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The Beautiful Complexity of Procurement Planning

The Good Spending

Our colleagues tend to accept the business demand for granted and not try to understand or, God forbid, challenge it. When discussing value generation , we mainly mention category management, stakeholder relationships, and supplier innovation. The lion's share of procurement value could be created in the planning stage.

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Cross Purposes: Does demand planning belong with merchandising or supply chain?

The Network Effect

Who does the Demand Planning group report to?”. The goal of the demand planning process is to create a sales forecast that is as accurate and unbiased as possible. In retail, the process of coming up with a forecast is typically a “joint effort” between the Category Manager and the Supply Chain Planner.

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Hepsiburada – E-Commerce Retailer

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Demand Planning and Pricing Solutions for Category Management Hepsiburada achieved automated forecasting and inventory optimization, supplementing historical sales data with web searches, click rates and conversion. The post Hepsiburada – E-Commerce Retailer appeared first on Solvoyo.

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4 Predictions on Procurement’s Top Trends in 2023

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Companies Will Scale Their Procurement Knowledge Base and Enablement Programs To Attract and Retain A New Profile of Category Management Talent. As the average tenure of a category manager continues to plummet, companies are investing to document best practices and enable faster onboarding cycles for new generations of hires.

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The Big Interview with Lorna Baker

Procurement Heads

We’re a centralised indirects procurement team with category management being introduced where it can in order to support the parts of the business where we need subject specialism. What are the roles and responsibilities the procurement function holds within Futures Housing Group?

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The Supply Chain Gender Pay Gap is Narrowing!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Anecdotally, this is a bit lower in Canada, except for particular functions with very strong starting compensation like Demand Planning. Source ,” which includes Buyers, Category Managers, Commodity Managers, Procurement Specialists, Purchasing Managers and Sourcing Managers.

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11 Tips to Take Your Supply Chain Career to the Next Level

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Set Realistic Career Goals To build a successful career, establish achievable goals aligned with your aspirations, such as becoming a supply chain manager, logistics director, or category manager. Read More About: A word of advice: choosing your major isn’t something you should take lightly.