Here’s a comprehensive list of the top 100 skills that a Procurement Manager should master
Procurement Templates
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
SAP, Oracle) Procurement software (e.g., Coupa, Ariba) Data analytics tools (e.g.,
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Procurement vs. Supply Chain Management: Differences, Challenges & Solutions
ivalua
MAY 29, 2025
SCM is focused on efficiency, throughput, and resilience across a much wider operational footprint and requires coordination between manufacturing, logistics and supply chain, and demand planning teams to ensure timely fulfillment and quality assurance.
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Intake & Orchestration in Procurement – Cutting Through the Jargon
Jaggaer
APRIL 16, 2025
These could be service requests, inquiries, demand planning, or purchase needs. Finally, structured intake leads to higher data quality, which in turn improves spend analytics, forecasting, and risk management, and feeds clean data into third-party systems such as ERP or demand planning tools.
Building Stronger Relationships: Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration
Jaggaer
OCTOBER 24, 2024
In the absence of communication, even the best suppliers can only deliver marginal value at best. For optimal effectiveness, supplier selection, contract management , and supplier development must be supported by consistent, streamlined, and transparent collaboration.
ERP vs. Best-in-Class — What is Best for Managing the Healthcare Supply Chain
ivalua
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
A purpose-built solution can enforce proper governance and standards, automate master data optimization activities, identify product standardization opportunities, and automate category management for strategic sourcing in supply chain. Demand planning capabilities.
The Beautiful Complexity of Procurement Planning
The Good Spending
APRIL 2, 2023
We must operate the inventory management plan to estimate the inventories at the beginning of the new budget period. You can easily download inventory reports when planning, but that would happen around Q3, while you need to forecast Q1 next year. Demand planning and consolidation 4. Each chunk of demand (e.g.,
The Big Interview with Lorna Baker
Procurement Heads
MARCH 27, 2023
Procurement at Futures involves negotiating and renegotiating contracts for all goods, works and services. We’re responsible for the supplier management and then supporting the business in contract management as well. We’re a point of escalation, for dealing with issues and supporting through the exit of contracts.
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