SUPPLY CHAIN

Transformation strategy “ I ’ ve been in procurement for 20 years ,” says Langley , who holds the role of Director of Commercial Management at the company . Within a few months of joining , he had developed a business plan with change at the forefront : “ Last year I joined CBRE , having previously worked as the Procurement Head for Citibank where I helped design and build a number of procurement activities . I saw the potential for CBRE to establish a leadership in the procurement space regionally , applying some of the practices that the finance industry has taken forward .

“ CBRE is a creative and entrepreneurial company ,” he adds . “ In two months I put together a business case that we needed to improve on our productivity . There was a service centre in

Manila but we wanted to move the supply chain management up the value chain to form a centre of excellence and productivity .”

Morton , in his role as CBRE ’ s Regional Sourcing Director , is responsible for the company ’ s supply chain solutions in the APAC region . His hand in the transformation has focused on meeting the needs of the client . He explains : “ Clients demand the best value - they want consistency , they want governance and they want flawless execution .

“ They ’ re all coming from different places . For us , it ’ s being able to manage consistency and getting the best value to those clients in the right way , so that you ’ re not putting up any walls . This process starts with visibility . It is hard to execute strategies if you can ’ t see what you ’ re looking at – it ’ s providing real visibility on what

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