David Khuat-Duy

Founder of Ivalua - France

Profile

David founded Ivalua more than 19 years ago and assembled an executive team to set the foundations for best-in class software design, continuous sales growth and rigorous operations management. Those efforts have allowed Ivalua to be recognized by leading analysts as one of the top global spend management software vendors growing consistently and profitably for more than 19 years. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique with a Ph.D. in Mathematics, David started his career as an SAP consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers working on the architecture, design and implementation of ERP for international accounts.

Firm Profile
Ivalua was founded in 2000 on a disruptive idea: that organizations can transform not just their business, but also the world by how they manage their spend and suppliers. Our mission has been steady ever since – to empower Procurement leaders to do just that.

Today, hundreds of the world’s most admired brands leverage our platform to manage ALL spend and ALL suppliers. They optimize efficiency, lower risk, unlock supplier-led innovation, maximize profitability, improve sustainability, and much more.

Ivalua’s platform provides the automation to free time for strategic activities. The insights to make better, faster decisions. And the connections to collaborate with suppliers and internal stakeholders. All in one place. With rapid deployment of best-in-class capabilities and unmatched flexibility to meet the needs of tomorrow.

Why Ivalua?
Ivalua eliminates the compromises that hold you back
• Rapid Time to Value AND Flexibility to Grow
• Full Source-to-Pay Process Automation AND Best-of
Breed Capabilities
• Cloud Convenience AND Robust Security
• A Single Platform For All Spend & All Suppliers
• Start anywhere, go everywhere, see everything

Digitize All Procurement Processes
• Full Source-to-Pay process
• Native integration
• Industry-specific processes
• Powerful, flexible workflows
• Embedded supplier collaboration

Manage All Spend Categories
• Indirect goods
• Complex services
• Direct materials / goods for resale
• Capex
• Assets & tooling

Improve Data Quality & Analytics
• Single analytics layer across source-to-pay
• Hundreds of out-of-the-box reports & dashboards
• Integrated Virtual Assistant (IVA) & actionable analytics
• Unified master data model
• Vendor master data management

Discover the Power of a True Platform
Many vendors use the terms “suite” and “platform” interchangeably, but there is a real difference. Ivalua offers a true platform, which means less effort and more value for our customers. Key benefits include:

Improved Decision-Making
• Real time visibility into all activity
• True 360 degree supplier visibility due to our unified
data model
• AI-powered insights and access
• Integrated Master Data Management capabilities
can unify item and supplier data across your backend
systems

Simplified Integrations
• A single set of integrations to your back-end systems
• Stress-free integrations to ERP and other systems via
an open approach, pre-built connectors and
integration tools
• Easy monitoring and control of all transactions and
connections in real-time with our unique ERP console
Increased Adoption
• Improve employee satisfaction with a consistent,
intuitive experience
• Rapid, scalable supplier onboarding
Improved Collaboration
• Efficiently engage internal stakeholders and suppliers
with integrated project management, communication
tools and secure information sharing
• Unlock supplier-led innovation, improve sustainability
and much more