SupplyChain Magazine April 2022 | Page 148

ROLLS-ROYCE

“ I personally spend as much time on sustainability as I do anything else ”

BENN GODFREY VP PROCUREMENT – RAW MATERIAL & FORMING , ROLLS-ROYCE

Powering Purposeful Sustainable Sourcing

through technology , with up to 300 negotiations actors able to be coordinated in one sourcing event , remotely and digitally .
“ We had to change how we did things and move it to a completely digital method of communication , management , and decision-making ,” Godfrey explains . “ We had to completely build out new digital tools , and we are now able to source billions of dollars as a team , effectively , all while sat on our own sofas .”
The shift may have been prompted by the necessity of the pandemic , but it has resulted in “ some really good , outsized outcomes in terms of quality , cost , delivery from mature supply chains ”, the core pillars
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