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What does a Procurement Manager do? Job Description, Skills, and Qualifications

Arkestro

Procurement managers play a key role in this rapid growth, helping organizations optimize costs, negotiate favorable terms with suppliers, and ensure financial efficiency. The best procurement managers are masters of risk mitigation and budget management, while also maintaining high quality standards and a competitive edge.

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Understanding Your Supply Landscape

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

Disruption Management has become a major discipline in today’s Supply Management doctrine. The abatement of supply risks is at the heart of such doctrines and strategies. NLPA designed the Supply Risk Ecosystem Framework to conceptualize supply landscapes regarding supply risks. Recommended Reading.

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A Gameplan for Procurement Transformation

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

Automation increases efficiency and reduces errors, leading to faster and more accurate procurement cycles. This results in better negotiation outcomes, improved quality, reduced costs, and enhanced overall value delivery.

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Beginner’s Guide to Managing Spend

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

To new members of a Procurement & Purchasing team, it’s important to understand the role of managing spend and its impact on organizational success. At its core, managing spend refers to the process of strategically controlling and optimizing the financial resources allocated for procurement and purchasing activities.

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Top Competencies of Procurement Professionals

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

With the increasing complexity of supply chains and the growing importance of sustainability and social responsibility, the role of procurement professionals has become more critical than ever. However, failing to strategically measure purchasing performance can have significant impacts.

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Innovative Procurement Models: Exploring Different Approaches

Empowering CPO

It is a strategic process that involves identifying business needs, sourcing suppliers, negotiating contracts, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products or services. These models are often accompanied by practices such as annual rate contracts, bulk buying, and just-in-time purchasing.

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The 25 Hottest US Procurement Startups

Procurement Software

Raindrop Raindrop is one of a number of US procurement startups offering enterprise-level spend management platforms. These modules can be purchased separately or as one complete suite. Raindrop has also been recognised as a cloud-enabled procurement focused Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) application.