Noga Sharabani , Director of Global Procurement at Claroty , discusses putting procurement at the forefront of business strategy
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Noga Sharabani , Director of Global Procurement at Claroty , discusses putting procurement at the forefront of business strategy
Claroty ’ s goal is to secure the cyber-physical systems ( CPS ) that are used to run critical infrastructure every day . Its technology protects systems used to run oil pipelines , health facilities , power grids , water utilities and many other essential services .
When Noga Sharabani made her first steps into the procurement sector , it was to protect against a very different type of threat .
“ It was mid-1999 , I was working in a bank and studying for my Master ’ s degree in Marketing & Finance when a friend called me saying that the high-tech company she was working for , Gilat Satellite Networks , was looking for someone to join the procurement team for a temporary role to oversee suppliers ’ compliance for the Y2K bug ,” she says .
“ At the beginning of 2000 , when the Y2K panic ended , I was asked to take the role of direct buyer and started to learn everything about the procurement world . Working for nearly 22 years at Gilat gave me the opportunity to develop my skills and gain experience in almost every category of purchasing – direct and indirect – and managing OEMs and suppliers in a multicultural environment , which kept my career very challenging but interesting .
“ I had excellent mentors over the years who taught me about supplier relationship management , and this is what I am focused on teaching my team today .”
4 claroty . com