Uber Steers Its Spend Management in the Right Direction
Uber is in the fast lane when it comes to growth. The company turned to Coupa as its one-stop-shop spend management platform to help it quickly scale and prepare for an IPO.
Company Overview
Uber’s mobility platform helps people, employees, and goods get from point A to point B safely and sustainably.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Employees
75,000+
Customer Website
Value as a Service
40%
Hands-Free Purchase Requisition
100%
Of Spend Pre-Approved
5 Days
Or Less for Order Processing
Challenges
Preparing for an upcoming IPO and supporting rapid growth by standardizing and scaling processes quickly.
Simplifying the procurement experience for its diverse 13,000 internal global users and suppliers.
Improving transparency and control over its ambitious sustainability goal to be a zero-emission platform by 2040.
Results
Achieving Spend Authority Matrix and segregation of duties compliance across its Oracle ERP processes while lowering IT costs.
Automating manual processes to make it easier for users — and newly acquired companies — to make compliant purchases.
Increasing visibility into suppliers and the reporting process, enabling finance to better track progress towards Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals.
