News | May 3, 2016

Rockwool Selects BravoSolution To Underpin Global Procurement Objectives

Helsinki /PRNewswire/ - Rockwool, the world leader in stone wool solutions, has selected BravoSolution as their procurement technology partner to improve visibility and transparency on spend and garner control of a complex and global supply base. Rockwool's partnership with BravoSolution is a multi-year agreement to deploy full-suite BravoAdvantage Source-to-Pay.

The solution will be rolled out across 27 countries to enable the company to better manage financial and operational risks, minimise, monitor, and control the impact of risk events, as well as to maximise the realisation of opportunities.

"We chose BravoSolution as our Source-to-Pay partner because they demonstrated a clear understanding of our complex global supplychains and the challenges this brings to executing our business," said Dorte Skov, Procurement Process Manager, responsible for the Global Implementation.

"Procurement technology is no longer a luxury but required for good business practice and efficiency optimization within a procurement organization," said Luis Peluffo Johansen, Global Category Director. BravoAdvantage will support our continuing excellence agenda and ROI optimisation in the years to come.

"We are pleased to be offering our Source-to-Pay solution and services to support Rockwool's complex global business needs.BravoAdvantage will provide users with a collaborative, data-centric environment that makes it easy for stakeholders to communicate, share relevant information and tackle opportunities together. This type of social procurement is a key enabler of global alignment, sustainable business decisions and performance for Rockwool," says Hannele Palje-Rossi, ManagingDirector, BravoSolution Nordics.

About Rockwool
The ROCKWOOL Group is world leader in stone wool solutions. ROCKWOOL create sustainable solutions to protect life, assets, and the environment today and tomorrow. The Group is amongst the global leaders within the insulation industry with products and solutions for all major application areas for both residential and non-residential buildings. Together with other construction-related products such as acoustic ceilings and cladding boards, the Group ensures energy efficient and fire-safe buildings with good acoustics and a comfortable indoor climate. They also create green solutions for the horticultural industry, special fibres for industrial use, effective insulation for the process industry and marine and offshore as well as noise and vibration systems for modern infrastructure. ROCKWOOL have 10,601 employees in 37 countries. In 2015, the Group generated net sales of EUR 2,208 million. http://www.rockwool.com/

About BravoSolution
BravoSolution is a leading global strategic procurement solution provider. Our procurement technology platform and practitioner experience help more than 600 companies and 100,000 procurement professionals in over 70 countries unlock the power of procurement to drive financial performance, build procurement organisational excellence, manage risk, and influence innovation. BravoSolution's approach to strategic procurement consistently delivers business outcomes to enable customers to outperform their market. BravoSolution has direct operations in 18 offices located in 12 countries across 4 continents, employing more than 600 procurement experts.

To learn more, see http://bravosolution.com, read our blog Strategic Sourcing, follow us on Twitter @BravoSolution and connect with us on LinkedIn.

Source: BravoSolution

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