Procurement Templates

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The Future of Procurement: Navigating the AI Revolution Metaverse? It is undeniable that AI is on the way, but how might it impact procurement? Jobs demanding creativity, emotional intelligence, and nuanced decision-making, such as those in healthcare, law, and creative industries, are less susceptible to full automation.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Procurement Tactics

APRIL 3, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter How Companies Can Benefit From Sustainable Procurement Many businesses are shifting towards sustainability due to the perceived benefits when applied to the actual processes in procurement and supply chain.

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Procurement Templates

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Nailing Soft Skills in Procurement: The Unseen Superpower Hard skills and soft skills – which is more important? Let’s go through a few of them and see how they can help you succeed in procurement. Listening and Relationship Skills In procurement, your ability to build strong relationships is gold.

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Procurement Tactics

APRIL 18, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Supplier Assessment — Embracing Sustainability in Procurement Supplier assessment is needed when selecting the right supplier to achieve sustainability in your procurement process.

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Procurement Tactics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Operational Procurement — Everything You Should Know. Operational procurement sustains every business to do its daily operation. Do not worry if you do not know operational procurement as this article will help you understand it. The Definition of Operational Procurement.

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 7, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Sustainable Procurement Strategy — Embracing Sustainability Sustainable procurement strategy allows an organization to conduct its procurement processes that support its sustainability goals and objectives.

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Procurement Tactics

APRIL 4, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter CSR Policy — Transforming Sustainable Procurement CSR policy is important to ensure that a company ethically conducts its business operations. However, what is it? So without further ado, let’s now start!

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Procurement Tactics

APRIL 27, 2023

18 Must-Have Negotiation Skills For Procurement Professionals Download Course Details →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter Kotter’s Theory — Embracing Sustainability in Procurement Kotter’s theory of change helps companies to introduce change in the business. Then try our Sustainable Procurement Course ! Enroll now!

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Procurement Tactics

DECEMBER 26, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2023. Procurement Strategy Case Studies — 5 Insightful Examples. Setting the appropriate strategy in procurement is the first step to improving control and effectiveness of the overall procurement and sourcing activities. Combining procurement models. Download Whitepaper →. .

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 28, 2023

Procurement Strategy Take the lead with our proven 5-step procurement strategy 3. Sustainable Procurement Maintain high profitability while moving toward sustainability 4. What is Procurement Tracking? Procurement Tracking is the process of monitoring and managing procurement activities.

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Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The same questions can be asked of a career in procurement. With advancements in automation and artificial intelligence, many industries are seeing a shift in how work is performed, and procurement is no exception. However, despite these changes, a career in procurement can still be considered future proof for several reasons.

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Procurement Tactics

JANUARY 13, 2023

Procurement success in 2023 with our Strategy Course. Procurement as a Career — 7 Reasons Why You Should Choose Procurement. Procurement as a career is a fulfilling one, especially if you enjoy putting your knowledge to use in the real world. For this article, we will discuss what procurement is as a career.

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 26, 2023

Procurement Heads’ Head of Industrial Practice Dan Goodson explores the obstacles encountered in these sectors and the scarcity of qualified candidates following the recruitment boom. Organisations in the industrial sectors find themselves vying for the same pool of qualified candidates to address their procurement needs.

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Procurement Tactics

JANUARY 8, 2023

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2023. Sustainable Procurement Analysis — The Ultimate Guide. Procurement analysis is used to collect and analyze data for businesses to gain insights and make informed decisions. In this article, we will discuss what sustainable procurement analysis is. Download Whitepaper →. .

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Procurement Tactics

JUNE 6, 2023

Bonus PDF: 51 ChatGPT Prompts to 10X Your Productivity in Procurement Download 51 Prompts →  Or receive our famous weekly newsletter ESG in Procurement — Embracing Sustainability ESG in procurement is continuously integrated by many businesses to foster sustainability in their processes. What is ESG Procurement?

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Spend Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Procurement teams are also faced with the challenge of maintaining effective processes in light of the recent dramatic shift to remote work. So how are companies meeting these new demands? Find out how Zip provides a software-based intake-to-procure solution that optimizes and simplifies the procurement process.

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ivalua

JANUARY 8, 2023

What Lieferkettengesetz Means for Procurement? The act was established to address issues of sustainability and ethical conduct in global supply chains, and has significant implications for companies and procurement organizations operating in Germany. By Jan-Hendrik Sohn. Fines of up to €8 million .

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ProcurePort

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

• Procurement is a complex undertaking for organizations and requires a careful strategy to ensure it aligns with and supports the overall corporate strategy. The importance of procurement has increased over the past few decades, as demands for firms to be more efficient have increased. •

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Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The top of the agenda for procurement is to deliver decarbonisation, particularly through Scope 2 emissions (indirect from purchased energy) and Scope 3 emissions (indirect from purchased materials and services). It is rightly argued that Scope 2 and 3 emissions should be controlled and targeted by procurement functions within organisations.

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Procurement Tactics

JULY 17, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Procurement Synonym – Everything You Should Know. So you want to know about procurement synonyms, don’t you? For this article, we will tackle what procurement synonyms are. We will check what words you can use other than procurement. What is the synonym of procurement?

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Procurement Tactics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

33 Procurement Interview Questions in 2022. Sustainable Procurement — The Ultimate Guide of 2022. Sustainable procurement is becoming vital as demands continue to rise. In this article, we will discuss the definition of sustainable procurement and its significance in every sector. What is Sustainable Procurement?

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Spend Matters

MARCH 11, 2024

Procurement organizations increasingly demand efficient and streamlined processes. Traditional procurement processes can be complex, time-consuming and manual, leading to inefficiencies, a lack of transparency and increased risk. It is exactly the kind of challenge that VORTAL addresses. This content is for members only.

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Una

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Episode 88: Global Energy Supply and Demand with Kris Lance. Kris has experience in multiple industries and has his finger on the pulse of the trends and topics that procurement, sourcing, and supply chain professionals need to be aware of. The post Episode 88: Global Energy Supply and Demand with Kris Lance appeared first on Una.

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Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Attracting talented procurement and supply chain interims is an important task for any organisation looking to fill a temporary gap in their procurement and supply chain operations. Attracting talented procurement and supply chain interims is essential for any organisation looking to fill a temporary gap.

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Procurement Freelancers

JANUARY 15, 2024

Procurement is soul of the business process for any organization. Standing in this modern era,…

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Procurement Heads

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Ben Stickland , Senior Recruitment Consultant – Public Sector, said, “It’s perhaps not surprising to see professional services – which procurement falls under – record one of the lowest rates of employees not working from home. Procurement careers, especially in the public sector, lend themselves to hybrid working.

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The Good Spending

APRIL 2, 2023

Where's the procurement planning when you need one? Once, we wrote about demand management in this blog. It's a good enough topic, which misses one crucial element - demand management mastery comes after sophisticated planning. In some companies (and I'm quoting my own experience), procurement planning barely exists.

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It’s been staggering even for the most seasoned procurement professionals. Should we be accepting price increases or demanding savings instead? What could the future hold and what role should procurement play? Simon has a career-long passion for procurement helping companies optimise their procurement.

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Procurement Heads

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It’s been staggering even for the most seasoned procurement professionals. Should we be accepting price increases or demanding savings instead? What could the future hold and what role should procurement play? Simon has a career-long passion for procurement helping companies optimise their procurement.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 5, 2024

I remember writing a post in 2015 about procurement’s “Generation Next” and the new capabilities they were bringing to the table. – [link] Here we are in 2024 – almost a decade later- and do the skills needed to excel in procurement align with the requirements of a very different world? Strategic thinking.

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Procurement Freelancers

AUGUST 19, 2023

Purchasing things and services to satisfy the business’s demands is one ⁠ of the most critical… The post Understanding The Different Types Of Procurement Contracts first appeared on Procurement Blog | Procurement & Supply Chain News.

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Spend Matters

MARCH 20, 2024

Procurement has not been immune to the latest evolution in technology. Procurement activities and tasks are operational, tactical and strategic. We detailed these approaches in our recent article on the “six different ‘flavors’ of GenAI implementations in procurement applications.

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The Good Spending

APRIL 3, 2022

Category management is the brain and spine of strategic procurement. Procurement largely relies on category management in its constant endeavor to transform transactional purchasing into a value-creation machine. Category management is an integral part of the "plan-to-procure" cycle. It's not an act of additional approval.

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Art of Procurement

AUGUST 30, 2022

The post All Categorypalooza Sessions Now Available on Demand appeared first on Art of Procurement. If you joined us for Categorypalooza 2022, you helped make it our must successful event ever. We were joined by.

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 20, 2024

Here are the results: A Real-Life Example That Demands A Real Life Result Click on the image below to watch this powerful 2:31 video from the CEO of a global brand. As a procurement leader, how would you address the above challenges? Is procurement on the sidelines here? Below the image is my comment. Regarding the Inc.

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