Procurement Software

JANUARY 16, 2024

Could more visionary procurement leaders be the cure for procurement teams not getting the recognition they deserve? We must usher in a more visionary and value-focused group of procurement leaders and CPOs. And let’s face it, most category strategies are a box-ticking exercise. Is a lack of vision and creativity the culprit?

Procurement 52

Procurement Procurement team supply chain budgeting Budget 52

Procurement Templates

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

So, you’ve probably heard of the visionary architectural Neom Project. Saudi Arabia stands as a dynamic economic force in the Middle East, driven by its oil-rich resources and strategic investments in diversified sectors. But what is it like to work in a country like Saudi Arabia?

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Contract management Networking Procurement Contract 130

Procurement Leaders

JUNE 9, 2022

T-Mobile’s supplier diversity team works across all three of the company’s category teams (Network Infrastructure, Technology and Enterprise Procurement, and Supply Chain) to deliver its initiatives. Workloads are divided between the team members according to their experience in particular categories. Builder (5-9 students per year).

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Supply chain Supply Procurement team Suppliers 130

Positive Purchasing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

That’s quite a frighteningly alien concept to most organizations, however it is how the likes of Apple work, where once a genius said, “Let’s put a thousand songs in somebody’s pocket…” Procurement can – and should – be the transformational enabler of future success in a visionary organization.

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supply chain budgeting Category management Negotiation Sustainability 69

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 14, 2021

This may seem a bit cheesy, but when it comes to embedding sustainability into your procurement organization, strategy, process, and operations it’s ok to be visionary. The point here: any business case for procurement systems and/or resources will be more impactful if tied back to a sustainability strategy/goal.

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Sustainability Procurement supply chain budgeting Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

Procurement Software

JANUARY 24, 2023

Procurement teams just don’t have the resource to manage all of it, so what do you tackle first? In general, the content was much more centred around the challenges we’re facing as a profession, rather than the more visionary aspect of DPW. The same challenges are ubiquitous across almost all organisations.

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Procurement Quality Procurement team Stakeholder engagement 52