SCMDOJO

APRIL 26, 2023

Category management is a procurement strategy that involves grouping similar products or services together into categories and managing them as a single unit. In this guide, we’ll explore the key principles of category management and how it can benefit your organization.

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Procurement Templates

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Improve Transparency: Use dashboards and reports to provide real-time procurement updates to all stakeholders. Engage in Active Listening: Conduct regular meetings with stakeholders to understand their evolving needs and integrate feedback into procurement strategies.

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Barkers Procurement

JANUARY 8, 2023

Category management is a long-term, strategic approach to procurement in which certain employees or teams of employees are responsible for procuring specific types of items, such as IT equipment, office supplies or construction materials. This makes being open to change indispensable in category management. Find out more.

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Future Purchasing

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Build category management coaching capability and unlock your team’s full potential. Well, there is, but for many, it’s been hiding in plain sight, building an internal business category management coaching capability. Often overlooked, however, is the potential for coaching to be used as a management tool from within.

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The Procuretech Podcast

AUGUST 6, 2024

This episode of The Procurement Software Podcast delves into the impact of technology and AI on category manager roles in procurement. Tune in to learn more about the evolving role of category managers in the era of technological advancements. Will Tech and AI make Category Management irrelevant?

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Spend Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The procurement leadership team fully supported and embraced the implementation of these new tools and their individual leadership and commitment created a lot of positive momentum and stakeholder engagement. For the third piece of tech, a contract management system, the Legal Department was a strong ally.

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Influencing Procurement supply chain budgeting Strategic sourcing 101

Future Purchasing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Hence, Procurement need to promote the value and benefits of planning and agreeing which projects are going to be worked on over the next 12-month period with their respective business stakeholders. Context : Understand the landscape and dynamics of the industry sector that the business operates in and its impact on key categories.

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