REAL CHEMISTRY
It is a toolkit built on adaptability, and it is one on which she has relied heavily since her arrival at Real Chemistry four years ago.
From the shadows to the boardroom table When Ontonia took stock of the procurement function she had inherited, she saw a significant opportunity to build structure, visibility and impact.
She brought procurement together into a single, coherent function while building a global team, establishing consistent processes and clear lines of responsibility across the organisation.“ Whoever needed to purchase anything, or engage an outside partner, they would know exactly what to do and who to reach out to,” she says.
The effect was immediate. Ontonia’ s team was able to see the full picture of the company’ s commercial relationships.
Contracting practices were aligned into a common framework that teams across the company could leverage more consistently.
“ It also provides structure,” she adds.“ We’ re much more structured on the back end. We’ re not as fragmented. We know what we have and who our strategic partnerships are.”
That transparency, she argues, is a real strategic asset.
But centralisation was only half of the story. The more ambitious goal was to shift procurement from a reactive, costfocused function into one that could actively shape business decisions. realchemistry. com