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Expanding the influence and impact of Procurement

Spend Matters

a snack food company, came from how they intentionally targeted key strategic initiatives under Senior Vice President and Head of Procurement Ron Schnurs leadership. The leadership team was on board from the beginning but he still had to execute his recommendations in an orderly and intentional manner to deliver the results.

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The Big Interview with Jo Meehan

Procurement Heads

Procurement doesn’t just buy from supply markets, procurement shapes markets. It could go a number of ways, I think the dominant way in which it is going at the moment is supply market concentration, which is concerning. What are the motivations of your students to go into supply chain and procurement?

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Strategic Sourcing Success – Techniques Deployed by Leaders in S2P

Jaggaer

It is a process that creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. Assessment of the supply market (who offers what?) However, whats really missing hereneeds analysis.

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Category Management in Procurement: A Comprehensive Overview & Best Practices

SCMDOJO

It involves segmenting spending into areas that contain similar or related products, allowing for a focused approach on categories that offer opportunities for consolidation and efficiencies. Well, in-depth knowledge of the supply market will inform the best category management strategy. Team leadership and management.

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Focusing Beyond Cost in Procurement

Una

Reporting lines make a difference: if your function happens to report to the CFO, it’s likely that the overriding focus will be on driving savings for the organization through procurement efficiencies and spend compliance. This can help support underrepresented businesses and create a more inclusive supply chain.

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The Big Interview with Nathalie Adotevi

Procurement Heads

I studied procurement and obtained a Master’s degree in supply chain and international procurement. Since I graduated, I’ve always worked in procurement and supply chain across both indirect and direct categories, across different geographies and also worked as a Consultant delivering transformational projects.

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The Big Interview with Nathalie Adotevi

Procurement Heads

I studied procurement and obtained a Master’s degree in supply chain and international procurement. Since I graduated, I’ve always worked in procurement and supply chain across both indirect and direct categories, across different geographies and also worked as a Consultant delivering transformational projects.