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Procurement Insider
Sourcing, Savings, Simplification, Support, and Sustainability
Inside This Edition:Introduction from Procurement LeadershipOverview: How Procurement Supports Business OperationsMeet The Procurement TeamFeatured Story: Cyber Security and Procurement
May 2024
6. Test Your Knowledge
4. Did You Know?
What Did You Learn?
How Procurement Supports You
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Table of contents
From Procurement Leadership
1. Introduction
Meet the Team
3. Procurement Pillars
Procurement Metrics
2. Procurement Overview
For more information, visit the Procurement website
Procurement and Cyber Security(Plus insight from Ali Qureshi)
5. Featured Story
Denis Chesseron, Chief Financial OfficerJeff Crowley, Vice President, Procurement and Chief Procurement Officer
For more information, visit the Procurement website
Introduction from Procurement Leadership
Welcome to the first edition of the Procurement Insider, a quarterly communication intended to provide relevant Procurement updates to Veolia stakeholders in the business unit operations and corporate functions.Centralized Procurement has made great strides over the past year, transforming the department into a cohesive team aimed at driving total value (financial and non-financial) for our internal customers. In 2023 we achieved great success by establishing the framework for enhancements in our Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process and delivering significant savings (in collaboration with our business unit/functional partners) in a very challenging economic environment.There is plenty of opportunity ahead to enhance our value proposition even further, and we are actively assessing ways to further mature our organization and the associated policies/processes/tools to streamline the Procurement process and drive compliance. The Procurement Insider will be one of many new communication channels to provide you with visibility into Procurement offerings, all with the intent of maximizing our support enterprise-wide and enabling operational efficiencies and cost savings in your business.We welcome your feedback and encourage readers to connect with Procurement to ensure alignment on the ambitions above.
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Procurement Overview
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Procurement Team
Procurement is broken into four pillars. Learn about each pillar on the next page.
Procurement objectives support you through 5 key S's. Click below to view.
The 5 S's
2024 Objectives
Curious how Procurement will support compliance and savings in 2024? View the team's goals below.
Procurement strives to be your trusted partner to buy goods and services the right way, at the right price.
Value Proposition
For more information, visit the Procurement website
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Procurement Team
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Responsible for the overall contract lifecycle, compliance, supplier diversity and sustainability improvement activities
Responsible for VNA’s Source to Contract process including purchasing category strategies, vendor selection, competitive bidding and contract negotiation
Responsible for all the procurement tools the company uses (implement new functionalities and functional upgrades, evaluate new tools etc.)
eProcurement Tools
Responsible for the Procure-to-Pay process including vendor management, purchasing procedures and program administration, data analysis and reporting
Purchasing Operations
Contracts and Sustainability
For more information, visit the Procurement website
Strategic Sourcing
Did You Know?
annual spend managed
$1.9B
full-time, committed Procurement employees supporting business operations
52
purchase orders received
154,000
savings delivered through collaborative initiatives
$24.9M
monthly requisitions reviewed by The Buy Desk
1,000
suppliers vetted per month by Procurement
100
For more information, visit the Procurement website
Featured Story
Protecting our employees through Contracts, Vendors, and Processes
With recent spikes in cyber crime, protecting Veolia and its employees is a paramount focus. Phishing, scams, data heists, and selling of personal information are threats that we face everyday.
Procurement and Cyber Security
Veolia Procurement has placed an emphasis on ensuring the right vendors, processes, and contracts are in place to protect us against these threats.
For more information, visit the Procurement website
As we renew contracts and bring new vendors into Veolia, the Procurement, Legal, Privacy, and DB&T teams are working closely together to ensure we have the proper Information Security, and Data Protection exhibits in place to protect Veolia, our employees, and our customer data.
Procurement and Cyber Security
For more information, visit the Procurement website
"Data privacy is no longer an option; it is compulsory under the law. Veolia North America is obliged for preserving individual autonomy and safeguarding all personal information in our possession. As custodians of personal information, we bear the responsibility not only for our direct use but also for its protection when entrusted to third parties. Information security and data privacy exhibits serve as the cornerstone for fostering trust with third parties, safeguarding individuals' privacy rights, and mitigating Veolia North America’s risk associated with the handling of personal information."- Ali Qureshi, Vice President Privacy Counsel
Our Commitment to Security
Veolia and Employee Protection
Procurement and Cyber Security
Curious about the Supplier Contract Compliance Flow? Check out the Procurement Process here.
These items require collaboration between all BU’s when introducing new vendors and renewing existing vendors, especially those that will have access to Veolia employee, or customer data. We remain steadfast in our commitment to evolving, and responding, to the ever-changing threats and needs of the business in the digital world.By evaluating and using our strategic vendors, you help to ensure the safety of our customer, employee, and company data; we greatly appreciate your help within this process.
For more information, visit the Procurement website
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Our primary focus moving forward remains ensuring a safe and secure working environment for Veolia and its employees. Below you can learn how Procurement protects Veolia and our employees.
Test Your Knowledge
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Procurement Team
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Our team’s activities cover spend that goes directly to providing goods and services at Veolia as well as indirect spend that is needed to keep internal business operations running smoothly. Examples of spend categories that we address include fleet, travel, chemicals, health benefits, IT services, telecom, consumable goods, equipment rental, packaging, biosolids removal, and mechanical equipment.
Strategic Sourcing
The Strategic Sourcing team contributes to Veolia’s overall success and profitability in a variety of ways. As part of our mission, we build long-term collaborative relationships with key suppliers to improve quality, drive innovation, and ensure a stable and efficient supply chain. Additionally, we leverage market and supply base knowledge to secure better pricing and terms from suppliers.
As the business process owner of Procure-to-Pay (P2P), the team also partners with other VNA departments and business units to develop and implement initiatives that are aimed at improving and streamlining our processes to gain efficiencies for better decision making. We strive to make purchasing easier and not harder, it's what drives the Purchasing Operations Team, and there is no shortage of opportunities!
Purchasing Operations
The Purchasing Operations Team is mostly on the front lines for any request related to procurement. To that end, we work tirelessly every day to provide the best service to support our stakeholders whether it is vetting a new vendor, providing guidance on a purchase requisition, helping a corporate card holder, or analyzing available data to help drive compliance of our policies and procedures and mitigate risk.
Cyber Security Protection
Design Legal Assessment (DLA) process Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Privacy Impact Assessment Vendor Review (Tealbook, Dun & Bradstreet, etc.) Governing Terms and Agreements Data Protection Appendix Information Security Exhibit Established National/Global vendors with the above protections in place
The 5 S's of Procurement
- Sourcing
- Savings
- Simplification
- Support
- Sustainability
- + Sales
Our team's primary responsibilities include managing the Vendor Contract Lifecycle Process from initial engagement to execution and retention of an agreement. In addition, our team leads the Supplier Diversity Program, which complements and enhances the overall DE&I initiatives that we are focused on throughout our business. Our team also partners with global procurement and compliance to lead sustainability and risk mitigation efforts through tools such as Ecovadis and Compliance Catalyst.
Contracts and Sustainability
The Contracts and Sustainability team supports Veolia's multifaceted performance objectives and strategic goals within the procurement team. In supporting these objectives, we strive as a team to mitigate commercial and legal risks through stringent contracts management, to develop a more diverse vendor population, and to support sustainability initiatives both at the global and local levels.
- Drive P2P/Process Efficiencies/Automation
- Identify relevant KPI’s and metrics to highlight trends and influence behavior
- Mitigate risk via policy compliance initiatives, predictive data analysis and contingency planning
Procurement 2024 Objectives
- Deliver on financial/savings objectives (synergy/efficiency plans)
- Enhance Procurement communications and stakeholder relationship management
- Execute on IT-enabled Procurement Roadmap
- Support decarbonization and Scope 3 emission reduction effort with supply chain
Moreover, the eProcurement Pillar actively promotes the adoption of tools implemented like Concur Travel & Expense through comprehensive end-user training. Continuous optimization efforts ensure alignment with organizational objectives, keeping the pillar agile and responsive to evolving business needs.
eProcurement Tools
The eProcurement Tools and Solutions Pillar at Veolia is instrumental in driving the strategic implementation and management of electronic procurement systems. Tasked with identifying and selecting optimal tools, the team streamlines the purchasing processes, enhances efficiency, and helps drive cost reduction initiatives. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams ensures seamless integration with existing business processes and technologies, fostering alignment with broader organizational goals.