Gary Levitan
DIGITAL PROCUREMENT
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Gary Levitan
TITLE : CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER , GLOBAL HEAD OF PROCUREMENT , SOURCING , CONTINGENT LABOUR , & SUPPLY CHAIN
COMPANY : WEWORK LOCATION : HQ IN NY
“ You need to create an elegant user experience for your stakeholders ”
How do you decide what is right for your organisation ? At WeWork we ’ ve gone through so many transformations we ’ ve had to make such decisions multiple times and if I didn ’ t have a regimented approach it would be a complete disaster .
One of the first things I did at WeWork was map out my vision for an end-to-end procurement and supply chain process . This is critical . If you ’ re looking to digitise your organisation you need to know what the key functions are . You need to know how you ’ re going to get from where you are now , to where you need to be in order to deliver the value your CFO , stakeholders , and Wall Street needs you to deliver . What is each step you have to take ? This is the key to evaluating tools . It ’ s extremely important . You might decide for example that there is no value in having a sourcing tool . I ’ ve been using email for 20 years and it works pretty spectacularly .
60 May 2023