“Effective tail spend management is an ongoing discipline,” says Arnaud Malade, Director at Ivalua
With procurement teams under growing pressure from tariffs, geopolitical instability in the Middle East, and ongoing cost inflation, many organisations are tightening budgets wherever they can. Yet one of the biggest opportunities to improve resilience and unlock savings continues to fly under the radar: tail spend. Arnaud Malade, Director at Ivalua, explains why.
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