The scope of this five year agreement includes record to report services for the Northern Hemisphere. Earlier this week, the consumer goods manufacturer announced a new five-year, €100m deal, with Capgemini to deliver Unilever’s Southern Hemisphere record to report operations, global intercompany processes, as well as managing Access Control and Reporting & Monitoring globally.
The agreement with IBM will focus on globally standardised financial and procurement services. Both parties have also signed a strategic partnership agreement that sets out a clear framework of how IBM will help Unilever achieve its business and sustainability goals.
As part of the agreement IBM will look for ways to apply its innovative business offerings toward additional areas of the Unilever business. The agreement includes offerings from all areas of IBM’s portfolio of products and services, including hardware, software and global services. In addition, the agreement is a key element of Unilever’s Partner to Win supplier programme.
“If we are to achieve the continuous improvement we need to help the business remain competitive and to reach our goal of doubling the size of our business while halving our environmental impact, we need leading-edge financial services,” said Christian Kaufmann, vice president finance services Unilever.
“We carried out a competitive tendering process to achieve a ‘best-in-class’ solution and now look forward to working with IBM as a strategic partner.”
