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Top 20 Skills Procurement Pros Need to Master

World of Procurement blog

Strategic Sourcing : Identifying and developing key suppliers and products to optimize spend. Risk Management : Assessing and mitigating risks associated with suppliers and agreements. Supplier Relationship Management : Building and maintaining positive relationships with suppliers.

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Top 20 Skills Procurement Pros Need to Master

World of Procurement blog

Strategic Sourcing : Identifying and developing key suppliers and products to optimize spend. Risk Management : Assessing and mitigating risks associated with suppliers and agreements. Supplier Relationship Management : Building and maintaining positive relationships with suppliers.

Ethics 52
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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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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Supply Chain Blog

The following are examples of strategic sourcing use cases: Transparency and traceability From fast fashion to fluorite, consumers and stakeholders are keyed into product provenance—expecting brands to uphold ethical, responsible sourcing practices. And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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What to Look for in a Managed Procurement Services Provider

Empowering CPO

However, as businesses recognized the strategic value of procurement in achieving their broader objectives, the role of managed procurement services providers also started to evolve. It’s about being able to navigate the complex landscape of global sourcing, regulatory compliance, risk management, and more.

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Procurement in the Age of Uncertainty: 4 Lessons from the New Forrester Study

ivalua

Disruptions, ethical and compliance risks are more likely to occur deep in your supply chain. Some suites have embedded MDM capabilities that can unify data across the enterprise and fix issues at the source. That ensures accuracy, timeliness and better accessibility regardless of where a user is working.

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Procurement Challenges Condensed

Claritum

Cost (value) management. Corporate Social Responsibility (including Ethical, green and sustainable supply). Risk Management. Identifying current and future critical supply chain risks and mitigating these (government, financial and environmental impacts on supply for example). Market Intelligence. Points as above.