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Stakeholder management in procurement digital transformation: Why, what, how?

Spend Matters

While technology plays a crucial role in modernizing procurement functions, stakeholder engagement ultimately determines whether digital initiatives succeed or fail. However, the reality is that stakeholders, including budget owners, business units, etc., largely control procurements level of influence.

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What About Procurement Objectives?

Procurement Templates

Create Contingency Plans: Develop risk management protocols for supply disruptions and emergencies. Financial Objectives Budget Management: Monitor and manage procurement budgets to ensure spending stays within approved limits. Action: Develop a procurement cost-avoidance tracker for proactive budget control.

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Expanding the influence and impact of Procurement

Spend Matters

Identifying the need for foundational technology and processes Before joining Utz as its SVP Procurement, Ron had been consulting with the Supply Chain department working on a number of different projects. In addition, the broader supply chain organization was working to implement other new tools and processes.

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Talent Spotlight: Andrew F. Smith

Procurement Heads

Andrew’s career started in supply chain and M&A roles in Unipart Group, before moving to Royal Mail where he was part of the procurement leadership team that transformed the function, achieving CIPS Gold accreditation in the process. Collaboration and stakeholder engagement are much-used terms within procurement teams.

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Talent Spotlight: Andrew F. Smith

Procurement Heads

Andrew’s career started in supply chain and M&A roles in Unipart Group, before moving to Royal Mail where he was part of the procurement leadership team that transformed the function, achieving CIPS Gold accreditation in the process. Collaboration and stakeholder engagement are much-used terms within procurement teams.

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Mastering Strategic Sourcing: Efficiency and Cost Savings in Procurement

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The process creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. Analysis should be focused on risks and opportunities while factoring in all costs and sources of added value.

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Deloitte Global CPO Survey 2023 — A focus on digital maturity and how to get there

Spend Matters

So while this year’s report places a lot of emphasis on operating model set-up and talent management, we wish to highlight the ‘Digitization’ section because Procurement has a clear imperative to build agility and resilience into supply chains. in the 2021 study to 10.9%.”