Experience of Centralization and Transformation of Procurement Activities in a Large Company

Abstract

The article describes the possibilities and experience of transforming the procurement system in the company through the revision of the implemented processes, their centralization, the use of a single procurement portal and headcount optimization. The purpose of the study is to develop and present methodological approaches to optimizing the procurement system in the company, which allow obtaining an economic result, facilitating manageability, and providing additional effects. The analysis of a case (case study) of optimization of procurement activities in a particular large company was used as the basic research method, a comparison was made of the parameters of the procurement system before and after transformation. The experience of a domestic company in this direction, which has undergone a process optimization procedure and received the necessary economic and managerial effects, has been considered. the reasons that required these changes, the difficulties faced by the company during the implementation of the changes, the advantages of centralization are identified. The assessment showed the need for significant investments, which, however, paid off in the next few years due to a reduction in the number, centralization of purchases, and standardization of contractual relations.