Procure-to-pay process: Vendor evaluation.

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May, 2021

When the finance team is charged with handling RFPs for all departments, it needs to build an end-user mindset and a process that evaluates beyond price. Learn tips and tricks on the right questions to ask, and how to work cross-functionally in an organization when a product will be relied on by several departments.

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About this talk.

About

Gil Adler is the Corporate Controller at BLADE, a technology-powered global urban air mobility platform, committed to reducing travel friction, by enabling cost-effective air transportation alternatives to some of the most congested routes in the US and abroad. BLADE is in the process of going public via a SPAC with Experience Investment Corp. Join us as he shares his tales about the procure-to-pay process, especially for companies growing from early stage to middle market. When the finance team is charged with handling RFPs for all departments, it needs to build an end-user mindset and a process that evaluates beyond price. Gil will discuss how he has found ways to shore up product knowledge and assess vendors without relying solely on Gartner or other third-party rating sites. He will share tips and tricks on the right questions to ask, and how to work cross-functionally in an organization when a product will be relied on by several departments. Our fun and informative 20-minute conversation will be followed by 10 minutes of your questions.

Part of the 20-minute Tales from the Frontlines of Finance series.

Three tips and tricks.

What should the RFP process look like?
What sources of information are available to make comparisons?
How to map out cross-functional needs to ensure that all stakeholders are happy.

Speakers.

Gil Adler

Financial Controller

BLADE

Gil Adler is the Financial Controller at BLADE, a technology-powered air transportation platform, where he focuses on making both the historical financial statements and forecasted financial data meaningful to the C-Suite, Board of Directors, and Investors. Gil is a Special Forces veteran of the IDF, a Top 40 Young CPA, and has served as a financial director in multiple industries: real estate development, financial services, food & beverage, seafood processing, software development and aviation.

Darcie Lamond

Director of Brand

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