Richard Varga

Richard Varga

Global Lead to Cash Transformation Mars Global Services
Richard Varga

Finance and Operations Executive with 25+ years of experience leading Lead to Cash transformation initiatives across multi-industry global organizations including Mars, GE, Bayer and EY. Proven ability to strengthen front-end commercial, order, and trade processes to reduce downstream disputes, eliminate cash leakage, and deliver measurable working-capital and efficiency gains.

SSOWOMEN Leadership Day & Excellence Labs: May 18th, 2026

3:00 PM CASE STUDY: MAXIMISING THE GPO IMPACT TO STREAMLINE PROCESSES AND PREVENT CASH LEAKAGE

Achieving end-to-end process efficiency requires a deep understanding of the impact across the Order to Cash (O2C) cycle and identifying reasons for underperformance. This session will explore how Mars has transformed their GPO role from an operational focus to strategic leadership, aiming to identify and prevent revenue loss both internally and externally.

• Leverage insights from process mining tools to continuously integrate improvements into the organisations GPO framework

• Discover the importance of a holistic view of your organisations processes in identifying areas of lost revenue

• Uncover best practices for developing policy and process frameworks that ensure sustained cash flow improvements

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Richard.

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