PROCUREMENT STRATEGY digital procurement strategies must transcend departmental boundaries to become enterprise-wide initiatives.
Eric Larson, SVP Global Sales at risk management specialist Avetta, emphasised that effective digital procurement requires organisational alignment beyond the procurement function itself.
“ What we see as being effective – as you contemplate and deploy digital technologies – is having the alignment of the organisation,” explains Eric.
“ It’ s not just a procurement initiative; it’ s hopefully an organisational and enterprise initiative that has the support and the buy-in of the risk, finance and operations teams.”
Javier Carnevali, Chief Procurement Officer at Grupo Herdez, reinforced this perspective, explaining that digital procurement initiatives are fundamentally company-wide projects requiring stakeholder involvement and clear goal definition.
“ It all starts with a strategy,” he says.“ These are not specific projects for procurement. It’ s important to involve all stakeholders and define the goals we want to achieve.” procurementmag. com 59