Case Study: Pandora Media cuts procurement time and lowers IT costs with Coupa Software

Pandora CFO Cuts Procurement Time with Coupa

Pandora Media, the California-based music streaming company, faced a chaotic, paper-based procurement process as it scaled: requests were written on napkins or printer paper and handed to accounts payable, leaving no formal system to control or track spending. CFO Steve Cakebread sought a low-cost, easy-to-use solution that would add process and visibility without heavy upfront IT investment.

Pandora implemented Coupa’s cloud procurement platform, enabling mobile and web approvals, centralized visibility, and scalable pay-as-you-grow pricing. The change dramatically cut procurement cycle times, gave leadership realtime spend control and monitoring, and reduced costs and administrative effort compared with on-premises alternatives.

Pandora

Steve Cakebread

EVP and CFO