Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

The thing I’m most passionate about is ensuring that we, as buyers, are ensuring the company uses the money and resources we’ve got in a way that benefits our customers and wider society so that we can get true value for money. What are you most passionate about when it comes to procurement?

Sustainability 246

Sustainability Agile and Lean Supply Chain Influencing Contract 246

ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

When it comes to the nature of buyer-supplier relationships, we’re entering a brave, new world. To top it all off, extremely tight supply markets have further shifted negotiating leverage from buyers to suppliers. Even reducing costs often depends more on effective collaboration rather than negotiation in today’s market.

Suppliers 130

Suppliers Management Supply Chain Efficiency Collaboration 130

ivalua

DECEMBER 19, 2018

“In the era of process automation and computers handling numerous daily tasks, buyers can make strategic decisions like which supplier to choose and sign a contract with. The integrated database of suppliers or the functionality enabling to run tenders, facilitate the process and provide an abundance of precious data.

Supplier relationship management 100

Supplier relationship management Contract Buyers Procurement solutions 100

Una

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

For Director of Global Sourcing for Medline Industries Brian Chaplin, being a sourcing hero means listening, learning, and taking action. The people that I think are heroes are able to put aside what they think and truly listen to buyers, purchasing managers , and senior managers, and really learn from those individuals.

Procurement 98

Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Purchasing Purchase orders 98

Arkestro

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

I worked at Ford Motor Company as a buyer up through purchasing director, then at two leading auto suppliers, TI Fluid Systems and ZF Group, as a global purchasing director. You have a very large global automaker, and a mega-supplier who are very happy customers. Before we dive in, Drew, tell us a little bit about yourself.

Procurement 52

Procurement Procurement team Agile and Lean Supply Chain Buyers 52

Positive Purchasing

MAY 3, 2024

Tom Walsh, Associate Director, Global Source-to-Pay Excellence Lead, Astellas Pharma US, Inc. Our Global Procurement organization has enjoyed great success in large part due to Jonathan O’Brien’s category management principles and processes.

Category management 52

Category management Purchasing Supplier relationship management Management 52

Positive Purchasing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It now owns 15 of the 17 cobalt mines in the Dominican Republic of Congo, the biggest global source of cobalt. As a buyer in procurement , you could be in an awkward spot. For example, China has progressively bought up huge swathes of land for agricultural use in the sub-African continent. The challenge for procurement.

Procurement 52

Procurement Raw materials Price Risk 52