134: How Google is Moving the Procurement Sphere of Influence w/ David Natoff & Bernd Huber

As a procurement leader, how do you balance the needs of your stakeholders with your responsibility to be guardians of third party spend? That is the challenge being addressed head on by today's guests on the Art of Procurement.  I'm delighted to be joined by David Natoff, the Head of Procure to Pay at Google, and Dr Bernd Huber, the Head of Google's Sourcing Center of Excellence. We focus our conversation on how Google Procurement continues on their journey to become a trusted business partner in a complex and agile organization, while ensuring that they remain strong corporate guardians.  Balancing these two objectives that are often in conflict with each other is Google Procurement's greatest challenge – one that they are solving through their journey to move their sphere of influence.