NITA NAIR
PROCUREMENT STRATEGY
NITA NAIR
TITLE: HEAD OF PROCUREMENT COMPANY: EMIRATES NBD INDUSTRY: BANKING
LOCATION: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
With more than 25 years of industry experience, Nita is passionate about transforming businesses through the strategic implementation of streamlined processes, cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions to complex procurement challenges.
Emirates NBD built itself on this, embedding these capabilities throughout its supplier relationship approach. The organisation focuses on three core pillars: transparency, trust and shared value.
Through structured dialogue with key suppliers, it has ensured alignment on strategic objectives from the outset, fostering collaborative governance where performance monitoring and feedback flow both ways.
“ Co-innovation, fair contracting, timely payments and ethical conduct are non-negotiables,” Nita explains.“ By treating suppliers as strategic partners rather than transactional vendors, we unlock long-term value for both parties.”
AI and automation: reshaping supplier engagement Procurement’ s evolution comes as the function operates and engages with its supplier base in a completely different way than ever before, driven by technology and innovation that has moved far beyond simple process automation to create real strategic collaboration.
Those organisations at the forefront are harnessing the technology to transform the entire supplier lifecycle.
One tool helping to drive better supplier collaboration is Coupa. By sharing anonymised, permissioned data across its global network of buyers and suppliers, its customers empower Coupa AI to learn from trillions of dollars in real-world transactions.
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