541: Unlocking the X Factor in Procurement Transformation w/ Radhika Samant and Lalitha Rajagopalan

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is not easy to strike a balance between the need for speed, control, and compliance. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get it right and you’ve unlocked the X factor. Get it wrong and the customer experience will suffer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The business wants more convenience but procurement is wired to ensure control. Can procurement satisfy both at the same time?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this session from Mastermind LIVE 2022, Radhika Samant, VP of Finance and Head of Global Procurement at Optimizely, and Lalitha Rajagopalan, Co-founder and Head of Strategy & Marketing at ORO Labs, share their thoughts on the procurement X factor and why it is so critical to transformation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They shared their perspectives about:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How procurement can be a revenue driver as well as a cost manager</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is driving the shift towards decentralized procurement activity and ownership</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ways that new digital capabilities are allowing greater freedom spending without sacrificing oversight</span></li> </ul>