Enterprise Ireland Talent required for growth 16 th February 2016 Killian McCarthy Sales Director
Enterprise Ireland Talent required for growth 16th February 2016
Killian McCarthySales Director
Delivering Procure-to-Pay Transformation
SoftCo Introduction
Dublin Cork Boston LondonHelsinki
1990 201626
Delivering Procure-to-Pay Transformation
SoftCo Introduction
Delivering Procure-to-Pay Transformation
Key P2P Statistics
Delivering Procure-to-Pay Transformation
Challenges within our Customers in P2P
Lack of control over spending
Lack of compliance to company spend policies
Optimal pricing cannot be negotiated
Manual invoice processing
Printing, filing, sorting, scanning
Duplicate tasks, invoices are lost and processed multiple times
Prompt payment discounts are missed
Errors and inaccuracies
Manual keying, allocating, and coding
Duplicate invoices and payments occur
Poor visibility of payables
Cannot easily access data on paper invoices
No single view of payables or accruals
Delivering Procure-to-Pay Transformation
Challenges -Talent Required for Growth
Reputation & Retention
Over 70 Employees
60 % of Employees over 10 Years
20% over 15 Years
Market is buoyant
Multi Nationals are moving the goal posts
Irish Tech Sector – Start ups are flying
Stripe, Storyful & Trustev
Good Indigenious market
Culture challenges
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Remote Locations requires Responsibility
SoftCo opened 4 new Locations
Cork
Helsinki
Boston
Manchester
Look to try and re deploy existing staff members
Top level stakeholder required to support the locations
Investment in IT
Different Cultures
Loads of Distractions / Competitive Employers
Don’t Rule out remote workers
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Challenges - Talent Required for Growth
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Recruitment by Reference
Look to get the right people by reference
Don’t settle for someone you think might make it
Don’t put Square peg’s in round holes
UK, US Markets look for expats
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Recognition & Rewards
Perception and value of this is changing
Communication recognition personally & publicly
Goals posts are moving for rewards with Multi Nationals
Facebook, Google in US offering Unlimited Holidays
Employees need to have a Personal Roadmap within the organisation
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Reality of Changing World
Companies need to be nimble & recognise market conditions
Move Jobs to the Talent pools
Borderless workforce
Reacting for retention
Retaining employees where you have invested signficantly
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Challenges - Talent Required for Growth
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Look for continued Growth across International Markets
Ireland
UK
USA
Growth & Development of People, Product & Profile
SoftCo – Next 3 years
Delivering Procure-to-Pay Transformation
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