Client
Kantar
Industry
AI-native marketing data and analytics
Primary Goal
Modernise a fragmented procurement function
MAKE PROCUREMENT SMARTER
Developing a best-in-class procurement function through data analytics
When you spend more than US$1 billion a year on suppliers, you want to be sure you have a best-in-class procurement capability. The executives at Kantar – a global data analytics and brand consulting business – knew they did not. Procurement processes were highly fragmented. Visibility and control were low. Their spend data wasn’t providing them with any useful insights. The existing systems were outdated and not fit for purpose.
This is the story of how wehelped transform Kantar’s procurement function into a modernised, digitally-enabled, cloud-based Source to Pay (S2P) service that would join up Kantar’s people, processes and technology.
US $22bn in operational cost savings
through procurement transformation
One Source to Pay platform
to connect people, processes and technology
KPMG Kantar Case Study
Matthew Robinson, Transformation Director, and Steve Day Chief Procurement Officer at Kantar, discuss how KPMG helped Kantar become state-of-the-art.
MAKE CHANGE FLOW
Creating a technology roadmap for the future of procurement
KPMG started by helping Kantar’s leadership articulate their strategy and value case through a series of workshops where managers and leaders shared their vision for the future of procurement. That led to a clear roadmap that the organisation could reference at every step of the journey. We then helped Kantar with their technology and solution selection process, bringing together stakeholders from across the business to develop the specific requirements.
Where KPMG made the greatest difference, however, was in their ability to use the global firm’s insight and tools to accelerate the development and delivery of the organisation’s new operating model. Leveraging KPMG’s proprietary Powered Procurement offering, which provides clients with an out-of-the-box solution that can be quickly and easily fit to the business, KPMG rapidly rolled out the new solution in three waves across various global regions.
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
Harmonising global business around a single Source to Pay process
With KPMG’s support, Kantar has achieved some fantastic results. The business now boasts a cross-functional, end-to-end source to pay model that is truly fit for purpose. High levels of automation have reduced manual effort. Global businesses have harmonised around one S2P process. Contracts, orders and invoices are all linked up. Procurement now has the information it needs to actively address spend.
Kantar has now unlocked around US$22 million in cost savings as a result of the transformation programme – equivalent to around 4% of their addressable spend. Operational costs have been slashed. And procurement professionals have been freed up to focus on more strategic and value-driving activities.
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