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Partnering with NKT – Procurement Opportunities
At NKT, we are committed to building transparent, ethical, and long-term relationships with our suppliers. Our procurement process is designed to ensure fairness, compliance, and collaboration while supporting sustainability and global innovation. We utilise SAP Ariba as our centralised procurement platform to streamline sourcing and engage suppliers across all regions.
Supplier Lifecycle Management
The Supplier Lifecycle process ensures smooth collaboration between a company and its suppliers by managing onboarding, qualification, performance, risk, and offboarding — building trust, reducing risks, and ensuring compliance.
SAP Ariba bridges relationship gaps by centralizing supplier data, automating onboarding, ensuring compliance, enabling performance tracking, and improving communication — leading to faster collaboration, fewer disputes, and stronger long-term partnerships.
To start a partnership with NKT, suppliers must complete the registration process via SAP Ariba. This ensures we have accurate and up-to-date information about your company’s capabilities, certifications, and service offerings.
Please note:
Our procurement team may contact you for additional information if the submitted responses require verification. Separately, our vendor master team will reach out to confirm the details provided regarding banking, finance, and other relevant information.
Kindly cooperate with our team to ensure smooth and efficient transactions.
There are two ways to get registered with NKT
1. Invited by NKT:Our internal team may invite you to start the registration process. In this case, please refer to the Supplier Registration User Guide for step-by-step instructions and complete the required questionnaire.
2. Not Yet Invited:If you have not received an invitation but are interested in working with us, please send your company details and request to: slpsupport@nkt.com. Our team will get in touch with you.
Once registered, suppliers may be required to go through a qualification process via SAP Ariba to verify financial, legal, operational, and compliance standards. This step ensures that all participating suppliers align with NKT’s quality, safety, and sustainability expectations.
- The qualification assessments may cover a range of areas, including company policies, ISO certifications, Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) standards, and other compliance-related criteria to ensure alignment with NKT’s and meet global standards requirements
"As this process is not performed frequently, we kindly request your collaboration in providing accurate and complete information. This will help us make informed decisions and build a trusted, transparent relationship with our suppliers."
Suppliers may receive modular questionnaires, which are the preferred way to collect certificates. These questionnaires include features to manage certificates, such as tracking expiry dates and sending notifications when a certificate is about to expire or has expired.
Contact us:
If you have any queries related to Ariba login, sign-up, or supplier account support, or any relevant topic to supplier onboarding status. please reach out to us via email at slpsupport@nkt.com.
Sourcing Life cycle
At NKT, we use SAP Ariba for all sourcing activities. It's an online tool that helps us work smoothly and clearly with suppliers around the world.
This digital approach ensures a fair, transparent, and structured process, enabling suppliers to submit their responses efficiently and with ease.
When a sourcing event starts, our team sends out:
- NKT uses a Request for Information (eRFI), typically as a precursor to an RFP, to gather non-competitive data and assess the qualification of participants for subsequent events such as an RFP and potentially an auction.
- A Request for Proposal (RFP) provides NKT with detailed insights into business needs. The central part of the RFP involves a bidding process that presents price indications.
The proposals are used to assess potential suppliers and determine the next steps in the supplier selection process. The RFP ensures that suppliers to NKT provide accurate responses aligned with the identified requirements.
- An invite to join an online auction (eAuction). Auctions are used whenever feasible to obtain the best offer for NKT, incorporating both price and non-price parameters to ensure the best overall value for the business.
To prepare suppliers for participation, invited suppliers are provided with training materials and resources to gain the necessary system knowledge in advance. This ensures they have the required understanding and basic skills to take part in NKT e-sourcing events. For any questions related to bid submission, login issues, or technical problems,
our e-Sourcing Support Team is available to assist. You can always reach us at e-sourcingsupport@nkt.com.
What suppliers can expect:
- An invitation email with event details and a link to access the e-sourcing events
- A training email (mainly for new suppliers) with helpful instructions to use SAP Ariba easily.
Note: If you’re not the right person to respond to our questionnaire or event, we recommend contacting us so we can help you find the appropriate person in your organization. That way, they’ll receive the link and be able to assist you.
Suppliers may receive documents such as Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), contracts, or other relevant materials from NKT for review and signature. These documents are shared via DocuSign, email and sometime via SAP Ariba ensuring a secure, transparent, and traceable digital signing process that enhances efficiency and visibility for all parties involved.
If you are involved in any of the above processes and require further information, please reach out to your designated point of contact at NKT for assistance or find our support channels at “Contact us”
We encourage all contracted suppliers to maintain catalogs in our procurement system to ensure accurate, contract-compliant pricing and product details. This improves purchasing speed, reduces errors, controls spend, enhances visibility for both parties, and provides valuable data for analysis — strengthening efficiency, compliance, and supplier collaboration.
Procure to Order
NKT Marketplace is NKT’s cloud-based platform for procurement to order of in-direct Materials and Services. To transact with NKT through SAP Ariba, a supplier needs an invitation by the specific NKT buying company to connect and register on Ariba Network.
Please contact our below support channels for Orders, GRs, Invoices and payment statues specific questions to :
NKT Market place team at nkt.marketplace@nkt.com – In-direct materials.
KAA region:
Purchase Orders : HVC-Supply@nkt.com
Invoice - se.accounting.sol@nkt.com
Site specific contacts:
Cologne - Einkauf.CGN@nkt.com
G3C, India G3Cadmin@nkt.com
SAP Business Network — previously known worldwide as the Ariba Network — enables buyers and suppliers to collaborate seamlessly, enhance business relationships, and explore new opportunities for growth.
For buyers, it offers end-to-end automation of the procurement process from sourcing to settlement, helping manage spend, uncover savings, and foster a responsible, resilient supply chain.
For suppliers, it supports buyers’ procurement transformation objectives by enabling cloud-based collaboration that improves customer satisfaction, streamlines the sales cycle, and optimizes cash flow.
Becoming a supplier on SAP Business Network empowers you to manage sales cycles more effectively, enhance cash flow, and expand your business reach. With a free Standard Account, you can:
- Connect with existing customers on the network and increase visibility to potential new ones.
- Exchange unlimited business documents, including purchase orders and invoices.
- Collaborate seamlessly on proposals, contracts, orders, invoices, and payments.
- Deliver a better customer experience and receive more accurate orders through private catalogs.
- Participate in sourcing events to access new business opportunities.
- Showcase your company profile — including sustainability ratings and certifications — to buyers.
- Track document and payment statuses in near real time.
Here are some useful links to refer. :
Help Center Portal (tutorials, FAQs, and other documentation)
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