Rajat Sarna is a member of SAP’s Global Customer Advisory Board. His most recent role was Group Chief Procurement & Strategy Officer (Advisor to CEO) at PLDT Inc., one of the largest technology & telecom businesses in South-East Asia. He has also held Chief Procurement Officer roles in Middle East, Europe and Australasia leading large-scale procurement transformation and value creation in Fortune 500 companies. His global recognition includes being a finalist at the ‘World Procurement Awards’ 2024, recipient of ‘New Zealand CPO of the Year’, 2022, ‘Procurement Team of the Year in Australia & New Zealand’, 2022 and ‘Glotel Award for Managed Services’ in Indonesia, 2020.
Session Overview
Procurement as the Catalyst: Turning Crisis into Enterprise Transformation
When a major CapEx crisis threatened the business, procurement became the engine of transformation. This session explores how bold digital initiatives, strategic sourcing, and a shift in mindset turned a high-pressure challenge into measurable success.
Attendees will discover how to:
– Cultivate a procurement culture that embraces innovation and accountability
– Harness digital platforms for full spend visibility and smarter decisions
– Drive adoption of tools that streamline processes and accelerate impact
– Deliver real financial and operational transformation
Packed with practical lessons and real-world examples, this session shows how procurement can move beyond cost-cutting to become a strategic driver of growth, resilience, and commercial excellence.
Three Tangible Learnings
Learning 1: Driving Mindset and Cultural Transformation: How to turn fear and doubt into a culture of accountability, innovation, and bold action that empowers teams to embrace change.
Learning 2: Leveraging Procurement Transformation for Strategic Impact: How digital tools, unified platforms, and strategic sourcing initiatives deliver transparency, operational efficiency, and measurable financial results.
Learning 3: Transforming Through Insight: Ensuring to dig deep into data and processes to uncover the root causes of inefficiency and risk, which creates a foundation for meaningful and lasting procurement transformation.
From Separation to Strategic Advantage: Rebuilding Procurement After Ownership Change
Ownership change is a defining moment for procurement. Legacy systems are dismantled, cost pressures intensify, and capability gaps are exposed. Yet it is also a rare opportunity to rebuild with intention.
This session explores how a $1B+ spend organization transformed procurement in just 18 months following divestiture — scaling from three to 30 professionals, simplifying 50 fragmented processes to 20, and implementing the most digital procurement & supply chain practice in the country.
Beyond systems and savings, this transformation reshaped mindset, culture, and business partnering — elevating procurement from transactional function to strategic growth enabler.
A practical, data-driven blueprint for leaders turning structural disruption into lasting competitive advantage.”
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Rajat Sarna is a member of SAP’s Global Customer Advisory Board. His most recent role was Group Chief Procurement & Strategy Officer (Advisor to CEO) at PLDT Inc., one of the largest technology & telecom businesses in South-East Asia. He has also held Chief Procurement Officer roles in Middle East, Europe and Australasia leading large-scale procurement transformation and value creation in Fortune 500 companies. His global recognition includes being a finalist at the ‘World Procurement Awards’ 2024, recipient of ‘New Zealand CPO of the Year’, 2022, ‘Procurement Team of the Year in Australia & New Zealand’, 2022 and ‘Glotel Award for Managed Services’ in Indonesia, 2020.
