“ One of the things that has really come to the fore for CPOs in the private sector is how they deal with compliance and making sure that every penny is driving value for their company ”
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new emerging economies , but at the same time asking how they can sustain employment and innovation .
“ As an example , a lot of [ governments ] are spending hundreds of billions of dollars – how much of that spend can be spent on startups ? Imagine if 10 % of that spend is targeted only on start-up businesses , minority-owned businesses or female-owned businesses ? Now , [ the government ] can start to shape its economy and employment in a fundamentally different way .”
SO , WHERE DO CPOS FIT INTO THIS ? “ Governments are starting to say ‘ Well , if I ’ m going to do that , I need people who understand procurement ; I need people who have done this before , who can bring some of their private sector thinking . Not only that , I can bring in CPOs that have purpose at the heart of their leadership . I can bring in CPOs that have this knowledge of technology and innovation and can bring those things together to create the vison that I have for my citizens .’ That is something we ’ re seeing as an emerging trend across the globe .”
All of which begs the question – is
“ One of the things that has really come to the fore for CPOs in the private sector is how they deal with compliance and making sure that every penny is driving value for their company ”
– Paul Devlin , GM for EMEA and MEE , SAP Ariba
28 March 2018