Cheryl Katz

Director Vendor Management Office and Procurement Strategy, Synovus Financial Corp.
  • United States of America
Supplier Relationships Reimagined.  Kodiak Hub is an end-to-end Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) platform that leverages Big Data, smart automation, and AI to drive precision in Procurement and power in partnerships. Our innovative cloud-based SRM software helps global Procurement and Sourcing teams to buy smarter, drive sustainable supplier relationships, and unlock value in global supply chains.   Capabilities Kodiak Hub offers a modular suite of intuitive SRM solutions that global teams can plug & play across the entire lifecycle to drive performance, predictability, and purpose. Effortlessly capture supplier data & information. Manage contracts, documents, categories, and products. Monitor supply chain risks comprehensively and proactively spot opportunities. Streamline supplier self-assessments and ensure compliance with optimized auditing tools. Evaluate supplier performance and drive continuous improvements. Enhance supplier collaboration to accelerate innovation and sustainable impact throughout your entire value chain. Key Features: INSIGHTS Transform your supplier information into actionable insights to forge stronger supplier relationships and unlock top-line value. Centralize all your supplier information, stakeholder input, and 3rd party data into a single source of truth, enhanced with advanced analytics to proactively spot risks, seize new opportunities, and power improved supplier performance. INTELLIGENCE Anyone can know – the point is to understand. Leverage sleek supplier scorecards, comprehensive & customizable rating schemes, and intuitive dashboards to drive data-driven strategic sourcing decisions. Unlock unprecedented intelligence on supplier risk, performance, and sustainability to transform your procurement from reactive to proactive and gain competitive advantages. INNOVATION Reach your goals faster together with your suppliers. Kodiak Hub's powerful collaboration solutions make it easy for you and your suppliers to resolve issues, build resilience, succeed with improvement actions, and accelerate product innovation. Leverage supplier knowledge, forge mutually beneficial relationships, and turn your suppliers into strategic partners to drive sustainable change at scale. IMPACT Adopt the triple bottom-line of Profit, People, and Planet to drive real, long-lasting positive change throughout your entire supply chain. Ensure compliance & ethical practices, reduce climate impact, enhance transparency & traceability, improve energy efficiency, and collaborate with suppliers to drive sustainable innovation at scale and unlock top-line value.     Product   Your Single Source of Truth Centralize all your supplier information, 3rd party data, and stakeholder input into a single source of truth. Save time, boost efficiency, and drive smarter sourcing decisions with an innovative and intuitive end-to-end platform, enhanced by automation, AI, and advanced analytics. Accelerated Onboarding & Streamlined Assessments Optimize your supplier onboarding, from finding to signing. Streamline your supplier information gathering. Enhance supplier assessments and KYS. And accelerate supplier validation, qualification, and approval processes with automation and process orchestration. Robust 360° Risk Monitoring Maintain a comprehensive overview of global and supplier risk to keep your supply chain secure. Automatically monitor macro and geopolitical risks, financial and credit ratings, media coverage, and sanctions, special interests, and PEPs to identify disruptions before they happen and protect your brand and shareholder value. Supercharge Supplier Performance Continuously evaluate and improve your suppliers across a wide range of performance areas, including quality, delivery, commercial, collaboration, innovation, and sustainability. Bring out the best in your suppliers with robust performance insights, customizable KPIs and rating schemes, and powerful collaboration tools. Enhanced Auditing Solutions Maximize ROI on your on-site visits with our intuitive auditing app, empowering you drag & drop template builders, live progress monitoring, and easy uploads of pictures, documents, and non-conformity notes. Capture opportunities for improvement and seamlessly share sleek audit summaries and reports with stakeholders and suppliers. Supplier Collaboration & Innovation Leverage advanced supply chain intelligence and powerful supplier engagement tools to identify opportunities and improve collaboration with your best suppliers. Enhance transparency and trust to bring better products to market, gain competitive advantages, and drive sustainable impact at scale.     Customer References “BT is one of the world's leading communications services providers. BT's Digital Procurement Garage identifies innovative companies that enable our procurement and supply chain management functions to operate more effectively. Kodiak Hub is a perfect match, and is instrumental for enhancing supplier performance and leverage opportunities with state-of-the-art Supplier Relationship Management technology.” “Teknos is a world-leading paint and coating solutions provider offering smart and sustainable coating solutions. The key to Teknos' success is the way we select and collaborate with the best suppliers. Kodiak Hub has been an important enabler leading to lower Total Cost of Ownership, improved yield, and new business opportunities.” “It just showed us how easy SRM can be and that Kodiak Hub did everything we needed it to do. It stood out as the perfect solution for us. It’s a breath of fresh air. I can’t think of another way that you could get that kind of information to make those decisions other than having a tool like Kodiak Hub.” Pia Gaviria, Digital Transformation Manager | Procurement & Supply Chain, BT Group Fredrik Calenius, Chief Procurement Officer, Teknos Andy Holland, Head of Procurement, PA Media Group Selected Customers  
Building the Digital Future of Procurement We are ProcureTech. We partner with ambitious enterprises and innovative solutions to accelerate the digitalisation of procurement. Together we shift procurement performance.     For Enterprises Leading companies match and scale their digital ecosystem with ProcureTech through our solutions ranging from our ACCELERATOR programme StrategyLAB SCOUT ACCELERATOR Our agile, creative ‘hot-house’ to develop your dynamic digital procurement strategy, operating platform and roadmap. Delivers faster, smarter matching of enterprise challenges to new digital procurement solutions, through our lean scout, source and select approach. Our fast-track programme enables leading enterprises to connect, collaborate and co-create innovative digital procurement solutions and partnerships. Orchestrate Scale Garage Create intelligent, integrated procurement UX, workflows, data and ecosystems. Drive exponential solution adoption and talent capability growth. Design, build and run your digital centre of excellence to deliver sustained high-performance.     For Solutions Providers Innovative digital procurement solutions scale business with ProcureTech. Strategy & Roadmap Partner to define the future and shape your digital journey. Go-to-Market & Customer Success Building impactful marketing campaigns and customer success programmes. Co-creation ACCELERATOR Fast-track programme to co-create digital procurement solutions and partnerships. Research & Intelligence Craft compelling research and experiences to fuel decision making and empower action.     The Community The ProcureTech100 ProcureTech STARS The ProcureTech100 identifies and champions the 100 pioneering digital procurement solutions that are supercharging procurement and the enterprise. The digital procurement company CEOs and Founders that are transforming procurement. ProcureTech SOURCE Procuretech Founders' Circle The ultimate place for the digital procurement ecosystem. You're here right now! Innovation collaboration events with Digital Procurement Founders, CEOs, B2B investors and procurement leaders to ignite procurement digitally.   Want to see what that looks like in practice? Watch the video of our latest Procuretech Founders' Circle below: