Unilever Streamlines Procurement Operations
Unilever Europe's non-production items (NPI) agrees to let IBM support the transformation and ongoing management of procurement operations for Unilever. This is expected to allow Unilever to more effectively manage NPI spend while maintaining strong business governance and process compliance.
The agreement builds on similar IBM procurement implementations for other Unilever regions and the current Finance Business Services agreement in Europe. It will streamline Unilever's European procurement system with an integrated procure-to-pay process, made to enable the consumer goods giant to drive significant bottom-line benefits.
IBM will service the routine elements of NPI procurement operations from Budapest. The IBM hosted global procurement system will be rolled out to Europe with maintenance services performed out of Bangalore, India. The contract was signed in December 2008 and implementation will be completed as a phased program over the next two years in consultation with relevant social partners.
The agreement builds on similar IBM procurement implementations for other Unilever regions and the current Finance Business Services agreement in Europe. It will streamline Unilever's European procurement system with an integrated procure-to-pay process, made to enable the consumer goods giant to drive significant bottom-line benefits.
IBM will service the routine elements of NPI procurement operations from Budapest. The IBM hosted global procurement system will be rolled out to Europe with maintenance services performed out of Bangalore, India. The contract was signed in December 2008 and implementation will be completed as a phased program over the next two years in consultation with relevant social partners.