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Sharon Reason
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Organisation: Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS).
Interviewee:Sharon Reason.
Job Title: Procurement Performance Manager.
The Subject: HBOS is using a Kalido data warehouse to streamline its procurement process after the Halifax and Bank of Scotland merged, helping achieve £300 million in savings.
PERSONAL FILE
NAME: Sharon Reason.
BACKGROUND: Sharon has been
involved in data management and systems for the Halifax
for 14 years, both in procurement and HR. She managed
the implementation and operation of the procurement
management information system for Halifax and was actively
involved in the development of the group’s purchase
order system.
In her current role as Procurement
Performance Manager, she is responsible for delivering
procurement information across the group, including
access and delivery of data from multiple subsidiaries
and account systems, to set targets for procurement
action and monitor performance through KPIs.
She has managed the project to deliver
the HBOS data warehousing system, including development
of the business case, user requirements and user implementation.
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Q: WHAT WERE THE BUSINESS DRIVERS THAT LED
HBOS TO ADOPT ITS NEW DATA WAREHOUSING SYSTEM?
A: After the merger, we needed to deliver £300 million in
savings by 2006, a lot of that through procurement. Within
the procurement function, we had data in various different
systems but we wanted to look at who spends money with whom
and what on – a key for unlocking cost-saving opportunities.
In the Halifax, we had a data warehouse that could tell us
what we were spending and who we were spending it with. But
within Bank of Scotland, when information was needed, it usually
required a lot of hard coding.
Both organisations were using Walkers accounts payable, but
very different versions which meant that the systems were
almost incompatible. We were very keen to get to the position
where we could see both sets of data together.
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