Procurement
All the latest news, insight and analysis regarding the procurement activities and functions surrounding BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica and Vodafone, including BT Procurement, BuyIn and Vodafone Procurement Company (VPC).
Partnerships & Alliances
BuyIn boasts transatlantic tech sourcing footprint
Purchasing JV indicates it is widening strategic sourcing scope in North American vendor ecosystem. Comments come with DT seeking to build closer strategic links with its American growth engine.
Strategy & Change
Vodafone to overhaul supply chain ops
Warehouse consolidation and digitisation intended to bring greater transparency and control of purchases from China and other key marketplaces. New, digitised stock management facility planned for “small country in the middle of Europe”. Move comes with supply chain resilience and predictability at top of news agenda.
People
Latest Vodafone people moves: leads named at scale up and engineering units
New unit established to draw together hunt and nurture unicorn startups, with Bento at the helm, while a unified European software engineering team installs Connelly at the top. Vacant Vodafone IoT Technology leadership filled by pair of promotions, with IoT solutions development also in the crosshairs elsewhere in the ...
Venturing & Investments
Vodafone venturing alumni earn No Big Deal backing
Marketing platform provider No Big Deal banks €465,000 in funding to scale in Benelux region. Founded in 2020 by former Vodafone Procurement Company and Tomorrow Street managers Bergstra and Klemetz.
Strategy & Change
Adobe on rise as Vodafone signals more marketing shifts
Adobe to play further role in transformation programmes over coming months. Adobe, Dentsu, Facebook, and Google point to value of symbiotic relationships with Vodafone.
People
Vodafone people moves: Ethiopia hierarchy laid out
Inaugural leadership team named at Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia, with remaining executives reported in local press. Vodafone Ghana opens search for new CTO after incumbent exits for MTN. Further changes at Partner Markets after meld within Vodafone Business.
People
DT–Orange procurement alliance BuyIn names new device boss
Sharaf steps up to lead Devices & Platforms, taking the reins from Kohler.
People
Latest DT people moves: CEOs and CTIOs named in central and eastern Europe
A host of changes at DT’s European NatCos include two new CEOs and two new CTIOs, and a reworked Commercial division. Finance lead swaps at T‑Systems Alpine. Group venturing unit DTCP targets portfolio partnerships growth.
Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Deutsche Telekom Group: digital transformation taskforce assembled
Inmarsat takes Dutch government to court; positive publicity for procurement JV; DT signs up to EU’s multi‑telco ‘green’ coalition.