Thomas Mehlkopf is the General Manager and Head of Working Capital Management Center of Excellence at SAP, responsible for driving working capital management business for SAP and close collaboration and coordination between SAP and Taulia.
After starting his career at the German multinational chemical company BASF, Thomas garnered significant experience in finance and treasury management, focusing on cash and liquidity management solutions.
Thomas formerly led the SAP Treasury team at KPMG in Germany. He was involved in various client projects in the Americas and Europe, designing and implementing state-of-the-art treasury solutions. Since 2017, Thomas has worked for SAP, initially designing, and implementing new business models, then providing strategic and operational support to the Group CFO.
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UK businesses expect to be hit the hardest by inflation, according to new research from Taulia. Nearly half (48%) of UK businesses expect inflation to get worse in the next 12 months, higher than businesses in Germany (42%), Singapore (35%) and the US (21%). The findings come at a time where nearly nine in 10 (87%) businesses are concerned about the
"Going back to why SAP acquired Taulia in the first place; it was to achieve the sweet spot of the combination of procurement and finance. It’s a natural fit. Bringing the two together on one platform is something that we see resonating very well in the market.
"Many of the supply chain finance programmes you see today have an issue with scaling. Sometimes only the top 10 suppliers are able to join a programme because the onboarding process is quite cumbersome.
"Given SAP has millions of suppliers already trading on the network and Taulia has, we believe, a state-of-the-art onboarding process, we’re really able to bring our solutions to scale.
"It also means we’re able to service the long tail of smaller suppliers, which is especially important given the current high interest rate environment and the fact that there’s even more pressure on companies to find increasingly favourable financing options."