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correct , but we were certainly missing out on a number of opportunities . We took the decision to centralise our Supply Chain enabling us to leverage our portfolio strength – this was really vital to our transformation .”
Goldcorp is a company that is predominantly decentralised so a great deal of work went into building the business case to centralise the Supply Chain function .
“ Technically , the decision to migrate the function is not too difficult ,” he says . “ But the company ’ s Supply Chain touches thousands of our employees every day . Getting the change approved involved conversations with Goldcorp ’ s investment committee , Mine Managers and the Executive team . It was so important to get our team to understand the thinking behind the move . We pinpointed to some early wins and were able to build momentum and support for the transformation .” Ghuldu and his team studied how other companies had turned their Supply Chain and Procurement functions from a largely lethargic function to one that added tangible value . The key was found to be a fundamental change in attitude .
OCTOBER 2018