Benefits by persona

How Leaders Are Leveraging AI
to Unlock Procurement Savings

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Strategic Focus: Maximize cashflow, cut indirect spend, and de-risk financial results. In 2025, 40 % of CFOs rank AI as their #1 growth lever, edging out M&A and workforce expansion.

How we help the CFO:
AI-Powered 4-Way Match stops over-payments and duplicate invoices by reconciling PO, receipt, invoice and inspection data in real time, driving payment accuracy and tighter working-capital control. Predictive Pricing Intelligence and Budget-Adaptive Optimization then lock in forward cost avoidance of up to 25 %, giving finance teams the data to hit earnings targets.

AI-Powered 4-Way Match

Chief Procurement Officer

Strategic Focus:
Deliver strategic savings and resilience while modernizing data foundations.
~74 % of procurement chiefs say their information still isn’t AI-ready.

How we help the CPO:
4-Way Match analytics feed clean, granular spend data back to the CPO’s dashboards, closing the visibility loop and accelerating savings programs. AI-Driven Category Management pinpoints 10-25 % savings per category; Dynamic Multi-Supplier Allocation cuts supply-risk exposure by 30 % through real-time vendor re-balancing.

CIO

Chief Information Officer

Strategic Focus:
Unify data, embed trustworthy AI, and safeguard integration across SAP, Oracle, Ariba or Coupa ecosystems—a top “what’s-in/what’s-out” mandate for 2025 digital transformation.

How we help the CIO:
The ODS AI layer works seamlessly with our Workflow, PO, and ERP solution, sharing new insights without ripping-and-replacing. 4-Way Match automation eliminates manual cross-platform translations - one of the biggest legacy system pain points - which aligns with the CIO’s governance and security standards.

VP of Procurement

VP of Procurement

Strategic Focus
Shorten sourcing cycles, sharpen negotiations, and prove ROI on every deal.

How we help the VP of Procurement
Accelerated Sourcing with AI drafts RFPs and scores bids up to 50 % faster; AI-Augmented Negotiation simulators capture 3-5 % extra discount per contract. Because 4-Way Match validates every inbound invoice, the VP sees real-time confirmation that suppliers honor negotiated terms.

VP of IT

VP of IT

Strategic Focus
Deliver reliable, low-overhead solutions that empower business users and integrate cleanly with enterprise stacks.

How we help the VP of IT
ODS deploys as a modular micro-service that plugs into Oracle, SAP or your middleware. Our AI models use open-source frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, Vertex AI) for portability, while 4-Way Match reduces ticket volume by slashing AP exceptions—freeing the IT team for higher-value projects.

Finance Controller

Strategic Focus
Ensure transactional accuracy, accelerate closes, and enforce policy compliance. AP teams adopting AI OCR and matching report 40-60 % lower processing cost and faster month-end cycles.

How we help the Finance Controller
With AI-driven 4-Way Match, every invoice is auto-reconciled against PO, receipt and contract terms before posting, preventing leakage and shrinking audit prep time by 50 %. Internal Compliance Monitoring flags policy breaches instantly, protecting P&L integrity.

Category Manager

Strategic Focus
Leverage analytics to hit 10–25 % savings targets per category and guide long-term sourcing strategy.

How we helps Category Managers
AI-Powered Strategic Category Management mines unified spend (from 4-Way Match) plus market indices to spotlight consolidation and renegotiation plays. ISM and Sievo highlight analytics as the new must-have for category excellence. Managers act on live dashboards instead of quarterly spreadsheets.

Procurement Analyst

Procurement Analyst

Strategic Focus
Turn raw procurement data into actionable insight—yet analysts spend 40 % of time cleansing spreadsheets.

How we helps Procurement Analysts
4-Way Match feeds clean, structured data into a central lake; AI-Augmented Analytics then auto-classifies, benchmarks, and visualizes trends. Suplari notes AI allows analysts to focus on strategy, not grunt data prep. Analysts deliver faster, deeper insight for leadership.

Audit / Compliance Manager

Strategic Focus
Reduce policy violations, ensure continuous compliance, and adopt AI risk-assessment best practices.

How ODS Helps Compliance Managers
AI-Powered Internal Compliance Monitoring reads every transaction against policy and contract rules—flagging anomalies instantly. Wolters Kluwer reports AI-driven audits transform risk detection and cut prep time dramatically. The 4-Way Match foundation guarantees that payment data, receipts, and contract terms align, giving auditors a single source of truth.

End-to-End Visibility

Intelligent workflows ingest requests, RFx events, contracts, POs, goods receipts, invoices, and supplier data directly into the Now Platform – no extra portals or swivel-chair exports.

AI Bots That Do the Busy-Work

AI-enhanced workflows auto-draft sourcing events, score bids, reconcile receipts, and post matched invoices – freeing teams to focus on strategy, not paperwork.

Proactive Savings & Resilience

Machine-learning models forecast price spikes, suggest early buys, and reallocate orders to healthier suppliers, locking in margin before volatility strikes.

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