Skill Dynamics

JANUARY 14, 2025

Procurement is often an overlooked area within organizations, working behind the scenes to ensure businesses have the goods and services they need to operate at their best. Considering its importance, it makes sense that modern procurement teams have a structured approach to developing essential skills and capabilities.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Procurement Templates

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Engage in Active Listening: Conduct regular meetings with stakeholders to understand their evolving needs and integrate feedback into procurement strategies. Exceeding procurement objectives requires strategic thinking, continuous improvement, and proactive leadership.

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Procurement Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Without a solid foundation, technology alone cannot fix broken procurement functions. If procurement teams use inconsistent, siloed, or outdated data , AI-powered solutions will produce unreliable insights. Solution: Digitize and streamline procurement processes first before layering AI on top.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 18, 2021

Procurement teams article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks. Procurement is a function that has long been at cross-roads; dare to transform within people, process & technology, or keep doing what has always worked just fine. Leadership. Leadership is vital within any team.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Procurement teams are now expected to manage a lot of moving parts — from supplier relations to spend, risk, compliance, contractual obligations, contingency plans and more — and a lack of visibility inhibits their ability to do any of that effectively. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility. Why is visibility so important?

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Jaggaer

MARCH 24, 2025

Prior to CBORD, Lawrence, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, covered senior product leadership roles in spend monitoring, supply chain management, and retail operations.

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Procurement Software

JANUARY 26, 2025

Procurement has the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to evolve into a strategic powerhouse. A lot of that will depend on how leadership reacts to the seismic shifts we are currently seeing in technology. Do not be surprised to see even best-in-class procurement teams look substantially different in 2030.

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Una

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Harold is a fractional CPO and the founder of TransExecutive, a company that deploys the Procurement Task Force model to help procurement teams enable, optimize, transform, and rapidly deliver value. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes Harold Hendrickx.

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

A frequent thought leadership contributor for the Ivalua Blog, Jarrod has worked across multiple industries, including higher education, public sector, retail, manufacturing, and engineered products.

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Una

JULY 3, 2023

Procurement-Specific Leadership Skills Along with thorough understanding and experience, here are eight procurement-specific leadership skills that will make you a better leader. Procurement-specific leadership skills We disagree.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action” Interview series. Procurement is an integral part of any company in any industry. This is so important as without strong MALE leadership, advocating and sponsoring females, we have no hope of moving the needle. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2018.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 6, 2025

Configurable and scalable: Every organization is unique, and Raindrop offers options for procurement teams to adjust workflows, dashboards and forms to capture specific information tailored to their needs, ensuring adoption and scalability as they grow.

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The Procuretech Podcast

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In this episode of The Procurement Software Podcast, host James Meads interviews Dan Gianfreda, the new CEO of DeepStream, to explore how procurement teams can move from reactive to proactive tech adoption. This incremental approach minimises risk and maximises effectiveness.

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Jaggaer

MARCH 21, 2025

At JAGGAER, we pride our visionary leadership in procurement technology with 30 years of experience, customer satisfaction and analyst validation. Were continuing our innovation-driven investment approach across people, process, and technology.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

JANUARY 6, 2025

By fostering a culture of ongoing education, businesses can empower their teams to handle challenges like warehouse reorganization, software integration, and policy development more effectively. Leadership plays a crucial role in ensuring that these learning opportunities are accessible.

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Arkestro

MARCH 5, 2025

This appointment underscores our dedication to leadership in AI-driven procurement technology and our commitment to helping enterprises unlock trapped savings, mitigate supply chain risk and drive greater, faster efficiencies. We are honored to have them join the team and we look forward to advancing the industry together.”

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Arkestro

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Founded in 1991, SIG provides thought leadership, networking, and training opportunities to executives in sourcing, procurement, and outsourcing from Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. In 2023, SIG appointed Arkestro founder and CSO Edmund Zagorin as a member of the SIG Advisory Board.

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Arkestro

MARCH 20, 2025

Alan has previously held leadership roles in finance, operations, procurement, supply chain, and sales, directing high-performance teams through strategic planning and expansion. I look forward to collaborating with the rest of the leadership team to support Arkestro’s continued success.”

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Procurement Teams Step-up. Help staff sell procurement’s value during recovery.

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Procurement Templates

MARCH 6, 2024

So, here’s a breakdown of procurement personalities in the office if they were different fruits for you and your colleagues to debate what fits who! When procurement bear fruit who are you within the fruit basket? Their ability to maintain composure when things get hot makes them an indispensable part of the procurement team.

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 9, 2022

Reflecting that, T-Mobile’s procurement team has since implemented new initiatives, with a focus on providing additional support for diverse suppliers, incentivising internal staff and encouraging diverse hiring practices in its wider supply base. The supplier diversity team has been grown from just one person to four since 2019.

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Procurement Tactics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The Significance of Social Procurement. Lucie Durand, the director and head of unusual partners at Yunus Social Business, gave an introduction to social procurement and leadership required at the event. . About 63% of executives responded to a survey in 2021 that the key priority for their procurement is sustainability.

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Procurement Leaders

OCTOBER 14, 2024

While chaos was descending in various forms across multiple regions, procurement chiefs were confident and in control. Perhaps more importantly and tellingly, their boards and leadership teams were showing confidence in their functions’ capabilities.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Procurement leaders must incentivize adoption and ensure that technology serves both organizational goals and individual needs. In regions with diverse workforces and varying levels of digital literacy, localized training programs and visible leadership support are crucial.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

– CIPS – SME book reviews: Global supply chain, Diversity Management & Strategic Programme Leadership. David has over 30 years’ experience at senior executive/director level driving value and change through procurement and organisational transformation. The GBS procurement population is c.180

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Art of Procurement

APRIL 2, 2023

“At the end of the day, procurement is a business enabler. The post [Pod] Architecting and Enabling Amazing Procurement Teams w/ Fadi El Mouallem appeared first on Art of Procurement. No company can grow without its suppliers.

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ivalua

JANUARY 12, 2023

As public procurement teams face increasing pressure to improve efficiency while upholding compliance and transparency, it’s essential that they have the right strategies in place. After all, how can you streamline procurement processes without sacrificing your standards? Scalability. Data Insight Strategy. Conclusion.

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Arkestro

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

With our core patented three science technology, we empower procurement teams to accelerate savings and drive faster, data-driven decisions for a fast-moving industry. I am excited that still today, they have maintained its legacy of innovation with Arkestro’s platform. cost reduction across all spend types.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 28, 2022

There will be unique challenges public procurement teams will need to address to ensure the bill delivers on its full promise. Chief among these challenges is the need to modernize procurement processes and tools. . Ready to arm your Public Procurement Professionals with the tools they need for modern challenges?

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ivalua

APRIL 12, 2019

Soft skills and leadership are key enablers for procurement teams and are as important as technological competence. Noël is looking to have non valuable tasks automated and pointed out that this could benefit not just the procurement team but the total supply chain.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 3, 2025

MODEL #1 DPW (Digital Procurement World) is widely recognized as one of the most influential platforms in the digital procurement space. It hosts global events, supports startup innovation, and provides thought leadership to procurement professionals seeking digital transformation. High-profile speakers (e.g.,

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ivalua

MARCH 21, 2022

Our first day will feature Ivalua’s Founder and CEO, David Khuat-Duy , offering his reimagined vision in a post-pandemic world, leveraging digital transformation to restore growth, and igniting new opportunities for procurement teams and suppliers. Breakout Sessions.

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Barkers Procurement

MARCH 8, 2022

Procurement leadership. What does this mean to you and what are the qualities and attributes of a strong procurement leader? Just how easy is it to demonstrate procurement leadership within public sector procurement projects ? Firstly, gain knowledge quickly.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Now in fairness to CEOs if you don’t have strong leadership from your Supply Chain team, then they are likely just playing and perpetuating the traditional roles and long held paradigms of what Supply Chain is. But if you have great leadership, Supply Chain should be setting the agenda for your company in every respect.

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Positive Purchasing

JANUARY 20, 2025

Kathleen has over 30 years of experience in consulting and operating at the executive level in procurement. The Shift from In-Person to Hybrid Work Models Procurement has significantly transformed with the shift from in-person to hybrid work models. Remote work has made procurement teams more agile and flexible.

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The Procuretech Podcast

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In this episode of The Procurement Software Podcast, host James Meads explores the critical role of A players in leading digital transformations within procurement teams. Without the right leadership, digital projects often face resistance, poor user adoption, and a lack of strategic alignment.

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