CBRE

REGIONAL SOURCING DIRECTOR

outcomes in all their locations .”

Langley adds : “ We have partnered with finance on an initiative to go through and improve operations and the accounts payable process . We have strengthened the standard sourcing and supplier management foundations there ; controls and risk management are more consistent across the supplier base .

“ We have our insurance levels mapped to the vendors , and increased visibility in our supplier base , which we are managing closely . Another work stream we are working on is to hit the rest of the Procureto-Pay process and really prepare for what we expect regulators are going to be focused on and what clients increasingly expect .”

Delivering change From a training perspective , Langley is broadening skill sets in the supply chain management teams to include a stronger focus on stakeholder , change , and project management , through to developing strategic souring , category management and true vendor partnerships with an end goal of becoming a more trusted advisory / commercial consultant . CBRE has reinforced this through setting up a productivity centre in Manila , which also houses a number of centralised supply chain functions .

“ This improves spend analytics and management reporting ,” Langley explains . “ We centralised all the contract management here , which was previously handled at a

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