Casey’s chief procurement officer departs
Supply Chain Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Jaime Robes’ three-year tenure at the convenience store retailer included feats like implementing sourcing technology and boosting electronic payments.
Digital Sourcing: Digital Solutions for Procurement
ProcurePort
JUNE 23, 2021
How has technology impacted procurement and sourcing in the supply chain? Technology has revolutionized every industry and procurement is no exception. With increasing pressure to mitigate spend and streamline processes, Chief Procurement Officers have turned to digital sourcing and digital solutions for help.
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5 Critical Supply Chain Risk Mitigation Principles for Sourcing
ProcurePort
JULY 7, 2021
Are you thinking of developing a new sourcing risk management plan? Wondering how to better mitigate supply chain risk when sourcing? Or just keen to explore some of the best risk management practices Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) can adopt? Keep reading, that’s what we’re going to talk about in this blog.
Want to Keep Good ESG Data? Foster its Source
HICX
OCTOBER 16, 2023
How the suppliers that once fed the problem can contribute to its solution By Costas Xyloyiannis What’s clear from Deloitte’s Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey 2023 is that environmental and social governance (ESG) is now firmly on the corporate agenda. Exploring why turns the spotlight to its source: suppliers.
Want to keep good ESG data? Foster its source
HICX
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
What’s clear from Deloitte’s Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey 2023 is that environmental and social governance (ESG) is now firmly on the corporate agenda. Exploring why turns the spotlight to its source: suppliers. This year, it leapt right up the priority list, from seventh place to second.
Want to keep good ESG data? Foster its source.
HICX
AUGUST 18, 2023
What’s clear from Deloitte’s Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey 2023 is that environmental and social governance (ESG) is now firmly on the corporate agenda. Exploring why turns the spotlight to its source: suppliers. This year, it leapt right up the priority list, from seventh place to second.
Want to keep good ESG data? Foster its source
HICX
AUGUST 15, 2023
What’s clear from Deloitte’s Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey 2023 is that environmental and social governance (ESG) is now firmly on the corporate agenda. Exploring why turns the spotlight to its source: suppliers. This year, it leapt right up the priority list, from seventh place to second.
CPO Crunch: Hydrogen making its mark
Procurement Leaders
JANUARY 23, 2024
Whatever the reasons, it was great to hear similar excitement from one of our judges of the World Procurement Awards 2024 , who joined a kickoff call we hosted last week. (A So, as a concept, it’s fascinating.
Want to Keep Good ESG Data? Foster its Source
HICX
AUGUST 28, 2023
What’s clear from Deloitte’s Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey 2023 is that environmental and social governance (ESG) is now firmly on the corporate agenda. Exploring why turns the spotlight to its source: suppliers. This year, it leapt right up the priority list, from seventh place to second.
Ivalua Recongized for Procurement Excellence at Future of Sourcing Awards
ivalua
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , today announced that it was selected as the winner of both the Innovations in Third Party Management and Innovations in Digitization awards, presented at the Future of Sourcing Awards event in Carlsbad, CA. Ivalua is the Procurement empowerment platform.
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The Intersection of Data and Sourcing
CPO Rising
MARCH 25, 2022
The Intersection of Data and Sourcing Prior to my time as an analyst, I was a strategic sourcing consultant, or more specifically, an eSourcing consultant, since I always used an eSourcing tool. Before I go too far into this article, let me once again remind every Chief Procurement Officer, that if you have engaged a team […].
What is a Japanese Auction?
ProcurePort
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Sourcing and procurement can be complex endeavors. In an ever-increasingly competitive business environment, chief procurement officers and their teams must be […]. This is why alternative negotiation approaches have been devised.
BT Sourced: procurement rethought
Spotlight on Procurement
JANUARY 10, 2022
In this episode our guest, Cyril Pourrat , Chief Procurement Officer at BT discusses the creation of BT Sourced. BT Sourced is the innovative procurement arm of BT and was established to challenge the traditional ways of buying goods and services, with the introduction of new technology.
Procurement’s View of Direct Sourcing
CPO Rising
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
The role of procurement is ever-evolving. Chief Procurement Officers are executing strategies in a world wrought with immense volatility and unpredictability. It is a position that CPOs are accustomed to […].
Procurement Experts on CPO Rising — Planning for the Next Iteration of Source to Pay
CPO Rising
JULY 25, 2022
Our “Procurement Experts on CPO Rising” series continues today with an excerpt from my 2021 episode of the Procurement Rising Podcast — Brian Roche, a Procurement Expert and the Chief Procurement Officer at Westfield Insurance (click to listen to the full interview).
Procurement Experts on CPO Rising (A Modern Approach to Source-to-Pay)
CPO Rising
JANUARY 26, 2022
On January 4, 2010, Ardent Partners launched CPO Rising as a new resource to procurement leaders around the world. The site tagline then (and now) was (and is) straight and to the point – “The Site for Chief Procurement Officers and Supply Management Leaders.”
Happy Easter
Procurement Templates
MARCH 28, 2024
As we gather around the procurement table, let us engage in a satire of reflections, for even in the procurement maze, you will eventually find the right way forward! Behold, as the Chief Procurement Officers, clad in their finest suits of red tape, convene for the annual Easter Egg Acquisition Committee.
We’re BACK! 5 Reasons to attend 2022 Ivalua NOW DC: Stronger Together
ivalua
APRIL 19, 2022
Kicking off the day with our first keynote, Ivalua’s Founder and CEO David Khuat-Duy will present his reimagined vision in a post-pandemic world, leveraging digital transformation to restore growth, and igniting new opportunities for procurement teams and suppliers. Director Strategic Sourcing Digital & Functional Transformation, .
CPO Rising Listicle: Don’t Negotiate a Supplier Contract Without These 4 Things
CPO Rising
MARCH 22, 2024
Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help procurement teams improve operations. Over the last few years, chief procurement officers have realized even more […]
Pacific Drilling Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Sourcing Best Practices Globally
ivalua
APRIL 2, 2019
The company has corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with offices in Brazil, Luxembourg and Nigeria. Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. We look forward to contributing to their Procurement cost optimization initiative”.
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World Sustainable Procurement Day — The Ultimate Guide
Procurement Tactics
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
The session panel for this was made up of SPP members who are also chief procurement officers. The important takeaway in this session was how suppliers can implement sustainable procurement practices by creating their own external ecosystem. . The structure of procurement teams was tackled in the event. LEARN MORE.
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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Where does procurement belong in the organisational hierarchy?
Sourcing Solved
JULY 6, 2023
Joining me today is Elvire Regnier Lussier, Chief Procurement Officer, Startup Advisor, Lecturer, and Speaker, to answer the answer question: “Where does procurement belong in the organisational hierarchy?” appeared first on Sourcing Solved.
Procurement as a Career — 7 Reasons Why You Should Choose Procurement
Procurement Tactics
JANUARY 13, 2023
He or she works closely with the suppliers and other internal teams of the company to ensure that the procurement process will run smoothly. . Strategic sourcing manager. The strategic sourcing manager is responsible for high-value purchases. However, a strategic sourcing manager is often seen in bigger companies. .
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Paris 2021 – EN – Taid Qazi
ivalua
JANUARY 15, 2021
He has 13 years of sourcing/procurement experience within the financial industry. Taid spent the last 3 years as Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) in Danske Bank, headquartered in Copenhagen (Denmark). Taid (41) graduated in 2006 with a M.Sc.
“It's trendy to say we're moving beyond savings”: Getting the procurement basics right at Marks & Spencer
Spotlight on Procurement
JULY 11, 2023
Andrew Newnham, Chief Procurement Officer at Marks & Spencer, discusses the challenges he faces in the current economic environment, as well as and the importance of negotiating, measuring savings, and understanding sourcing.
CPO Rising Listicle: Four Most Important Things to Have on Hand When Negotiating a Supplier Contract
CPO Rising
MAY 12, 2023
Each list will include a variety of procurement tips, trends, insights, research, lists, strategies, and/or recommendations designed to help procurement teams improve operations. Over the last few years, chief procurement officers have realized […]
How fostering CPO and supplier collaboration can solve the ‘ESG data problem’
HICX
AUGUST 9, 2023
What’s clear from Deloitte’s Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey 2023 is that environmental and social governance (ESG) is now firmly on the corporate agenda. Exploring why turns the spotlight to its source: suppliers. This year, it leapt right up the priority list, from seventh place to second.
How New or Improved Technologies Can Transform Procurement – P2P
CPO Rising
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
As Chief Procurement Officers (“CPOs”) and procurement practitioners move into the year ahead, they have the need and the capability for advanced technology solutions to automate and link the source-to-settle process – upstream, strategic sourcing and downstream, procure-to-pay (“P2P”).
Procurement in 5-Minutes: Elevating your procurement skills through personal experiences
Sourcing Solved
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
In today’s 5-minutes, I welcome the Vice President, International Chief Procurement Officer at FUJITSU LIMITED, Dr Clive Rees to answer the question: How do you elevate your procurement skills through personal experiences?
Predictive Procurement Orchestration
Arkestro
APRIL 18, 2023
This report discusses the lost opportunities that many procurement teams have faced over the last two decades and the straightforward solutions that software such as Arkestro’s Predictive Procurement Orchestration can provide to transform procurement.
Keep Good ESG Data by Digitizing the Supply Chain
HICX
AUGUST 23, 2023
What’s clear from Deloitte’s Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey 2023 is that environmental and social governance (ESG) is now firmly on the corporate agenda. Exploring why turns the spotlight to its source: suppliers. This year, it leapt right up the CPO priority list, from seventh place to second.
Question Everything You Know
CPO Rising
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Over the last 30 years, Chief Procurement Officers and their enterprises operated in a relatively stable and prosperous economic environment.
Ivalua Further Grows its Procurement Solution Business in Canada
ivalua
APRIL 11, 2022
“An important aspect of our digital transformation journey is to provide our customers with an improved experience to maximize adoption and spend in support of corporate business performance targets,” said Lloyd Switzer, Chief Procurement Officer at TELUS. “To Learn more at www.ivalua.com. About Optis Consulting.
Procurement Agility — The Next Frontier in 2022
CPO Rising
JULY 22, 2022
In this week’s segment covering our CPO Rising 2022 Report, we’ll look at the characteristic of “procurement agility” and its criticality to Chief Procurement Officers and enterprises over the last 10 years. In its State of Strategic Sourcing 2013: Speed is Good, Agility […].
Sourcing Cost and Time Savings for America’s Brightest Orange
Jaggaer
OCTOBER 6, 2020
“We have captured many benefits thanks to the decision we took to extend our JAGGAER implementation to include sourcing. And not least, double-digit cost savings on our electronic sourcing bid events.”. Scott Schlotthauer Chief Procurement Officer Oklahoma State University. Paperless at the O.K. Quick on the Draw.
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Strategic Procurement: 4 Tactics for Economic Recovery in 2021
ivalua
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
The Procurement team adds tremendous value in many areas, including operational performance, product quality, faster time to market and more. Yet to provide all of this value, it’s critical that Chief Procurement Officers have a seat at the table in discussions that impact the business. It’s critical to be vigilant.
Procurement 2024: BIG Trends and Predictions
Arkestro
APRIL 2, 2024
Summary This report provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities procurement teams are expected to face in 2024. Despite the aversion of a recession and a slowdown in inflation, Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) still encounter a high level of economic and market uncertainty.
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Episode 126: Making Procurement Research Actionable with Denis Wolowiecki
Una
AUGUST 2, 2023
EPISODE 126 Making Procurement Research Actionable with Denis Wolowiecki By Kelly Barner | August 2, 2023 According to CAPS Research, two thirds of Chief Procurement Officers and Chief Supply Chain Officers – the top spend management executive in a company – sit two levels below the CEO.
Procurement Strategies Manifest from Uncertainty
CPO Rising
MAY 1, 2023
Chief procurement officers, among others, continue to operate in a new normal where answers to business challenges are elusive. There is no doubt that uncertainty is permeating the four walls of today’s enterprises. Many unknowns have yet to be revealed, leading to more conservative and risk-averse business decision-making.
Procurement and Human Resources: A Collaborative Necessity
CPO Rising
APRIL 14, 2023
The role of procurement is ever-evolving. Chief Procurement Officers are executing strategies in a world wrought with immense volatility and unpredictability. It is a position that CPOs are accustomed to […]
6 cost-reduction measures to recession-proof procurement with innovative tools and techniques
Spend Matters
JANUARY 5, 2023
To combat the effects of high inflation and recession fears, chief procurement officers, category managers and sourcing professionals need to prepare for a potential double whammy – a slowdown in demand and supply shortages.
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Why “Can You Believe This Winter?” Matters More to Procurement
CPO Rising
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Chief procurement officers face a myriad of supply chain risks from supplier insolvency to union strikes to geopolitical crises. However, an area of risk that can be overlooked is the weather. This year’s winter season has been particularly brutal across the country.
Best of 2021: Procurement Rising Podcast – Ian Maher, Global Atlantic Financial Group
CPO Rising
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Over the next few weeks on CPO Rising, we are going to re-publish episodes from our “Procurement Rising” podcast series. In this podcast series, I interview Chief Procurement Officers and Best-in-Class procurement leaders as well as technology and business experts working in procurement and supply management.
When it comes to S2P, which requires more of a CPO’s attention – direct or indirect spend?
Procurement Insights
JANUARY 12, 2024
However, the heart of source-to-pay lies in indirect goods and services – the domain of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO). While the direct spend is almost always optimized to within an inch of its life, leaving very little room for further savings, indirect often takes a backseat.
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