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Category Management In Purchasing: Award Winning Author Releases 5th Edition of Essential Core Business Text

Positive Purchasing

Tom Walsh, Associate Director, Global Source-to-Pay Excellence Lead, Astellas Pharma US, Inc. Our Global Procurement organization has enjoyed great success in large part due to Jonathan O’Brien’s category management principles and processes.

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A Gameplan for Procurement Transformation

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

These insights enable data-driven decision-making, negotiation strategies, and risk mitigation, leading to more informed procurement choices. Consider these courses and resources from NLPA: 14 Procurement Best Practices Are You Chief Procurement Officer Material?