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Episode 111: Taking Intelligent Risks with Mark Trowbridge

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Mark is an experienced procurement leader with a broad area of focus including sourcing, supply management, contracts management, supplier relationship management, risk management, and inventory management.

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A Gameplan for Procurement Transformation

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

A successful procurement transformation involves a strategic overhaul of processes, technologies, and approaches to achieve greater efficiency, cost savings, risk management, and value creation. Procurement teams equipped with risk management tools can ensure business continuity and minimize potential negative impacts.

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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.

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

Arkestro

They spend much of their time analyzing inventory levels, assessing current and anticipated needs, and identifying potential gaps in the supply chain. Procurement management isn’t associated with one specific degree, but many majors could prepare someone for the industry, such as business, economics, supply management, or finance.

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Top Competencies of Procurement Professionals

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

Properly identifying and mitigating risks is essential to ensuring success and sustainability. Properly identifying and mitigating risks is essential to ensuring success and sustainability. Neglecting to do so can result in serious consequences, such as financial loss, reputational damage, and legal ramifications.

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How to build a successful procurement strategy

IBM Supply Chain Blog

Additional goals might be risk management and mitigation, supplier relationship management and sustainability considerations. Tasks such as vendor selection criteria, contract management and compliance initiatives should be clearly defined. Be flexible.

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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. It now plays a crucial role in cost savings, risk management, and value creation for organizations.