64 March 2021
NTT GLOBAL SOURCING INC.
Arvind Kumar; An insight into
NTT Global Sourcing
bring the strength of NTT as a group into
one programme. Our job is to make sure we
bring projects into a central focus area that
can help us drive the big picture value and
give back to the various operating companies
across the group.”
First, NTT GS established a common
platform through which these decentralized
entities could bring their initiatives together.
Better planning and strategic sourcing allows
for the consolidation of spend across the
business and its categories. The team also
identified roughly 200 best-in-class vendors
with which to build long-term partnerships.
Kumar’s role with this newly minted
procurement division is indirects, a broad
remit that encompasses payment solutions,
everything to do with real estate – from land
acquisition and construction through to lease
back and infrastructure built for data centres- and managing all the facility workplace
services around the globe. It is also involved
in the digital transformation programmes
within the group, though “there's a slight
difference in our approach,” Kumar explains.
The implementation of new digital
platforms such as SAP Ariba are group-level
decisions that roll down to the company level.
In this regard – in the traditional definition
of digital transformation – Kumar’s division
has little involvement. “But what we do in
“NTT has created
a meeting platform
which allows
everybody to work
together seamlessly.”
Arvind Kumar
Global VP of Indirects,
NTT Global Sourcing