Tips for Managing SaaS Procurement at Scale - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

The role of Procurement in the enterprise is going through a major evolution as the role shifts from a primarily negotiation and finance centric role to a strategic enabler - bringing new technologies, workflows and best practices into organizations as they scale. Join leaders from Box and Okta to understand challenges that a Procurement leader faces at a transformational technology company, and how they are establishing Procurement as a strategic function. Hear how they tackle changing priorities, collaboration, and data: Overall priorities and changes - What are the key priorities for the Procurement leader? - How Procurement leads enable procuring “best-in-class” technologies at the forefront of application purchase and evaluation process? - How the procurement function is transitioning from a “we are negotiating against you” to a “let’s partner to deliver value” model? Cross-department collaboration - How does the Procurement team collaborate with IT, Finance and Information Security business partners? - Is Procurement tightly aligned with Finance or IT? Both? Insights and Data - How to use data and benchmarks? - How does the Procurement team leverage data to be more proactive? To achieve key organizational outcomes i.e. financial, efficiency, employee experience