Supplier sourcing leader at Google for EMEA and LATAM, Gabháin Neary, has described how the internet giant relies on outsourcing core essential services that do not directly deliver value, in order to drive efficiencies.

The move to outsource essential services in the supplier sourcing process has allowed Google to deliver greater efficiencies, allowing buyers to focus on value creation.

Mr Neary said during the ProcureCon Indirect conference that Google looked to: “Eliminate, automate or outsource any of the non-value transactional work- it has really freed up ourselves, and it is a never-ending exercise to constantly refine that”.

He added that by employing external parties to “support us in supplier sourcing now- my team are now just focused on doing stakeholder engagement.”

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