VODAFONE PROCUREMENT COMPANY
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Wilson describes Vodafone Procurement ' s Supply Chain
“ So I think you ' ll never get me above 6.5 out of 10 . The moment you think you ' re 8 or 9 is the moment you start going backwards .”
Future of Procurement Throughout our interview , Wilson comes across as amiable , energised and a man who has a clear vision of his global operations – both now and in the immediate future . If events of the last 12 months have taught us anything , it ’ s that anything can happen , and probably will at some stage . So how do you plan for the future and try to use predictive analytics in times like these ? For Wilson , it ’ s about setting out clear priorities and ambitions .
“ For us in supply chain for the next 12 to 18 months , there are three clear priorities ,” he says . “ Number one is the transformation of our physical logistics operation . So we ' re going to build a European platform , Sub-Saharan platform and completely transform how we work with partners and how they supply product to us .
“ Number two is autonomous sourcing . We think that ' s coming , and we will have a POC up and running by the end of April and will invest in that . And then the third area for us is really thinking about how new buying models evolve . So I ' m pretty convinced that the world ' s going to end up a number of different marketplaces and part of the CPO ’ s job or the category manager ' s job will be figuring out which marketplace they want to connect with to get best value , and then how their analytics platforms will help them actually make those decisions .”
“ It ' s not easy to do , but it must be doable to actually get to that position .”
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