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Talent Spotlight: Andrew F. Smith

Procurement Heads

Andrew’s career started in supply chain and M&A roles in Unipart Group, before moving to Royal Mail where he was part of the procurement leadership team that transformed the function, achieving CIPS Gold accreditation in the process. Collaboration and stakeholder engagement are much-used terms within procurement teams.

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Talent Spotlight: Andrew F. Smith

Procurement Heads

Andrew’s career started in supply chain and M&A roles in Unipart Group, before moving to Royal Mail where he was part of the procurement leadership team that transformed the function, achieving CIPS Gold accreditation in the process. Collaboration and stakeholder engagement are much-used terms within procurement teams.

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Spot the mistakes Strategic Sourcing Framework

Procurement Templates

Stakeholder Engagement : It’s important to involve relevant stakeholders in the assessment process to ensure that their needs and preferences are considered. Stakeholders may include department heads, end-users, finance teams, and others who will be impacted by the procurement decisions.

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Deloitte Global CPO Survey 2023 — A focus on digital maturity and how to get there

Spend Matters

So while this year’s report places a lot of emphasis on operating model set-up and talent management, we wish to highlight the ‘Digitization’ section because Procurement has a clear imperative to build agility and resilience into supply chains. in the 2021 study to 10.9%.”

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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. You’ll be able to see where you could reduce costs in your category.

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The State of Procuretech address – Solo episode with James Meads

The Procuretech Podcast

Throughout the episode, the importance of effective change management and stakeholder engagement in procurement is underscored, emphasising the need for improved strategies and communication in the field. 00:22:03] Tech companies cutting marketing budget. [00:25:48] 00:22:03] Tech companies cutting marketing budget. [00:25:48]

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What Skills Does an ESG Procurement Manager Need?

Una

From being seen as a compliance-related cost-center, ESG is now understood as a source of potential value generation. Reducing plastic packaging, for example, will not only help meet environmental targets, but will reduce costs and improve brand perception among environmentally-conscious consumers.