The Good Spending

APRIL 2, 2023

Where's the procurement planning when you need one? Once, we wrote about demand management in this blog. It's a good enough topic, which misses one crucial element - demand management mastery comes after sophisticated planning. In some companies (and I'm quoting my own experience), procurement planning barely exists.

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The Good Spending

MAY 28, 2023

Building a High-Performing Procurement Team While efficient sourcing, negotiation, and supplier management are crucial for organizational success, the strength of the procurement team is equally important. Coordinator will manage the incoming flow of end-user requests in the Middle Office.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 26, 2020

With the promise of future business awards Procurement is largely responsible for finding and qualifying potential new suppliers. Once there is a pool of suppliers Procurement conducts and leads the quotation and supplier selection process culminating in the award of business. The Responsibility.

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Claritum

AUGUST 4, 2020

Within this environment, the Procurement has to remain focused on. It is procurement at the heart of any impact on P&L. Financial management within Procurement is therefore of critical importance. multi-disciplined sport of procurement are daunting. According to the Hackett Group’s analysis of its procurement.

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Claritum

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Address Procurement Strategy. Focus Procurement on supplier optimisation. Don’t lose Procurement’s focus on costs. Keep Procurement up to date. Procurement is a complex multidisciplinary team activity that crosses all areas of the business. Introduction.

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Claritum

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Procurement needs to transform and continue to transform to align to the business. Procurement has to move away from a transaction based function and become an advisory resource. The Category Manager needs to become more integrated into key business processes and more consultative in nature.

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The Procuretech Podcast

APRIL 19, 2022

If they have limited means and limited budget, where does the procurement practitioner start? Gone are the days where half an FTE manages digital transformation along with their regular day job as IT Category Manager or Centre of Excellence Leader. How will the skill set change for procurement teams?

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