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management team, improved
But Mohamad is a firm believer in not standing still
governance to allow speed of
and is already looking at the next step in order to
procurement approval, and
continue to improve, with technology and
strengthened supplier relationship
embracing digital procurement a clear goal.
management, there is still room
While Mohamad looks to the future
for improvement, including
of technology, that’s not to suggest that technol-
embracing technology.”
ogy hasn’t played a defining role in this transfor-
The transformation by its very nature is defined by improving
mational journey. “To support the procurement transformation,
performance. Mohamad’s
technology has and will be fundamental in the
sentiment of continuous learning is
delivery of speed and efficiency in our processes,”
shared across the Group. Four
he says. “As such, we have embarked on PINTAR
years into this journey and TM can
project, designed to provide data analytics on
already point to RM1.0 billion
spend analysis for our category managers.”
(USD250 million) TCO savings
PINTAR, or the Procurement Institutionalisa-
through the expansion of value
tion of Technology Applications and
creation, as well as expanding its
Resources, specifically enables greater
strategic vendor portfolio and
efficiencies across spend analysis, online tender
improving overall governance and
and quotation, supplier performance manage-
control in order to achieve faster
ment and contract management and repository,
procurement process.
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