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Market trends in procurement technology 2023

Spend Matters

This article highlights the changes and trends that our scoring process and general market knowledge has brought to our attention. The post Market trends in procurement technology 2023 appeared first on Spend Matters. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.

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Episode 157: Telling a Compelling Procurement Story with Alex Ball

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Alex has spent most of his career in marketing and demand generation, helping companies connect with and engage their target personas. He has also had the opportunity to work with procurement and has seen some ways that his marketing knowledge can be applied inside of companies to increase procurement’s influence.

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Five Fundamental Principles of Category Management

Barkers Procurement

To manage categories successfully, you should respect several major principles of the practice: cross functional working, the use of facts and data, a strong supply market knowledge, open-ness to change and stakeholder engagement. Strong supply market knowledge. Below is a look at these principles in more depth.

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Tropic: Vendor Analysis — SaaS procurement solution overview, roadmap, competitors, tech selection tips, analyst summary

Spend Matters

Software is often difficult to procure for those used to traditional procurement techniques because it requires a completely different approach from procuring direct materials and goods.

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When Procurement Bear Fruit

Procurement Templates

They’re the mastermind behind our procurement strategy, leveraging their keen insights and market knowledge to drive sweet success. Mango Procurement Strategist: Picture this person as the mango of the procurement team—smooth, strategic, and always ripe with ideas.

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7 recruitment tips for building your procurement team

Procurement Heads

A retained approach to procurement recruitment, where the agency works on an exclusive basis and is paid upfront or a scheduled fee, shows the candidate pool your organisation is serious about hiring.

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OVO Energy – Utilities

Barkers Procurement

Barkers managed many and varied interdependencies throughout this project and leveraged its utilities market knowledge in negotiating the commercial outcome. This was focused upon providing guidance and strategy-setting in addition to delivering the new contract award. All procurement work was aligned to OVO Energy governance.