Procurement services

IBM can facilitate the transformation of your procurement operations into an on demand service by leveraging our own award-winning internal Procurement organization. IBM brings sourcing leverage by managing over $48 Billion of spend in order to maximize savings for you. We can provide full end-to-end procurement services or selected services based on your requirements.

Strategic sourcing

Procurement operations

Accounts payable

Customer assistance

Flexible technology solutions

You can achieve key business outcomes with help from IBM Procurement Services through our successful category management strategies which enable tight linkages throughout the entire source-to-pay process.

• Greater savings to the bottom line - IBM's strategic sourcing expertise and support for improved compliance can result in greater realized savings
• Deep sourcing and category expertise - our sourcing councils negotiate and manage spend which can result in improved pricing and advantaged relationships with suppliers
• Global coverage - we do business in over 160 countries around the world and have established operations in key emerging regions
• Dependable, long-term partner - IBM is the market leader in procurement outsourcing services since 1998

Technology Solutions
IBM is flexible to use your own technology platform or deploy alternative solutions. Our partner solution with Hubwoo provides an On Demand SAP source-to-pay platform with a rapid technology deployment model for a global client base. IBM also has experience delivering procurement services across any and all platforms including SAP, Ariba, Emptoris, Oracle, and many others.