Business Chief Europe Magazine February 2020 | Page 131

transactional activity , it ’ s all digitalised and metric driven . The next step we ’ re working on is adding artificial intelligence ( AI ) into our processes ,” he says . “ In our procurement organisation , everything is digitally presented on scorecards . There ’ s no PowerPoint presentation . Over the past year , we ’ ve slowly increased our interest in AI and machine learning ( ML ), which is centered around category management and the tender process . It ’ s a work in progress and will enable us to ensure we ’ ve covered all the pieces of the value stream and digitalised over a three to five year journey .” With continuous improvement a key component of Wilson ’ s mantra , he believes that you can ’ t afford to stand still . “ If you win a gold medal at the Olympics , you ’ ve done very well in your particular sport , but the people who really stand out are the ones who win consistently and keep on breaking world records ,” he says . “ This applies to us because we want to have a mentality where it ’ s about being excellent at what we do and continually improving all of our metrics , costs and performance . It ’ s a mindset which we have here in the leadership team and in supply chain management .” While Wilson believes his organisation is in a great place , he also understands the necessity of striving to be better every year . “ It ’ s so important that we all have the mindset around improvement

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— Ninian Wilson , Global Supply Chain Director and CEO , Vodafone Procurement Company

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