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Identifying Suppliers — Embracing Sustainability

Procurement Tactics

However, how can you identify the best supplier that is fit for your business and sustainability standards? We will discuss how you can identify and engage with suppliers and the benefits of having a sustainable supplier. Thus, it is important to choose your suppliers wisely. What are Sustainable Suppliers?

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Commerce strategy: Ecommerce is dead, long live ecommerce

IBM Supply Chain Blog

This reality means that every brand in every industry with every business model needs to optimize the commerce experience, and thus the customer experience , to drive conversion rates and revenues. Building trust in an uncertain world Research shows that today’s customer is anxious and uncertain.

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CPO Spotlight: Ketal Patel

Procurement Heads

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest CPO Spotlight, he spoke with Rupert Gaster about the various categories he has managed during his extensive career and how he and his team have shown procurement’s worth to the business during one of its busiest ever periods. Unlike some people, my career in procurement started by pure luck.

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How to conduct a good procurement interview process

Procurement Heads

Often, hiring managers will seek to get ahead of the curve and get the ball rolling on a process, however, if the sign-off process takes a little longer than expected, candidates can (understandably) feel uneasy about how serious a business is about hiring. When interviewing, your questions must be tailored to the skills you need.

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The Big Interview with Andrew Smith

Procurement Heads

How did you get into procurement? I sometimes wonder actually, how did I end up here? I got hold of the CPO and said this is not the way you create relationships and build value. We had a conversation and reset the agenda, I was up for the conversation about how to create more efficiency across the organisation.

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The Big Interview with Andrew Smith

Procurement Heads

How did you get into procurement? I sometimes wonder actually, how did I end up here? I got hold of the CPO and said this is not the way you create relationships and build value. We had a conversation and reset the agenda, I was up for the conversation about how to create more efficiency across the organisation.

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CSR Policy — Transforming Sustainable Procurement

Procurement Tactics

We will also tell you the benefits of CSR policy when adopted in business operations and how you can use it to make a sustainable procurement policy. You will also know how you can make a sustainable procurement policy that will enable you to foster sustainability in your business operations. However, what is it? What is CSR?