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Strategic Procurement: 4 Tactics for Economic Recovery in 2021

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The Procurement team adds tremendous value in many areas, including operational performance, product quality, faster time to market and more. Yet to provide all of this value, it’s critical that Chief Procurement Officers have a seat at the table in discussions that impact the business. It’s critical to be vigilant.

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The Big Interview with Emma Giles

Procurement Heads

From then, seeking a new challenge, I moved to LV= to IT procurement a couple of years later and didn’t look back until earlier this year when I was presented with a great opportunity to head up the non-Claims Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) team here at Allianz Holdings, after first TUPE’ing across at the start of 2020.

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6 Lessons for Procurement Digitization

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Chief Procurement Officers stand at the precipice of change and taking the next steps towards Procurement innovation is going to require strong leadership and expert guidance. Step 2: You have arrived at Best-in-Class – digitize the full Source-to-pay process globally and bring all spend under management.

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Procurement Agility — The Next Frontier in 2022

CPO Rising

In this week’s segment covering our CPO Rising 2022 Report, we’ll look at the characteristic of “procurement agility” and its criticality to Chief Procurement Officers and enterprises over the last 10 years. In its State of Strategic Sourcing 2013: Speed is Good, Agility […].

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The Big Interview with Emma Giles

Procurement Heads

From then, seeking a new challenge, I moved to LV= to IT procurement a couple of years later and didn’t look back until earlier this year when I was presented with a great opportunity to head up the non-Claims Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) team here at Allianz Holdings, after first TUPE’ing across at the start of 2020.

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The Road to a Stronger Business is through Procurement

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What did exist was Procurement, a function that did worked with all suppliers, albeit in one area: transactions. So, management ended the search and tasked Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) with this added job. For example, in 2013 an early adopter, BAE Systems, started to manage supplier experience. Finish strong.

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PRESS RELEASE: NGO Evaluates & Recommends Best Supplier Sustainability Ratings Tools

SPLC (Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council)

Tim Hopper, Responsible Sourcing Manager at Microsoft, spoke during a webcast announcing the new market research guide, saying, “Supplier sustainability ratings help us focus on what our job is, and that is to segment our suppliers and to improve their performance. Responsible Sourcing Network. Michigan State University*. Microsoft*.