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Category: Procurement Leaders
Four questions CFOs should ask their supply chain leaders
By Chris Gaffney, Mark Shaughnessy and Anshu Prasad CFOs must challenge supply chain and...
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Procurement perspectives: managing effectively in the procurement environment
By Stephen Bauld During these difficult times of the pandemic, it can put additional stress on...
Read MoreThe inclusive CPO (part 2): cultivate your team
By Alejandra Garcia (MCIPS), Vice President: Procurement, Royal DSM In the first part of this three-part article series, I focussed on obtaining customer insights; in the last part, I will deal with crisis management, but...
Read MoreThe inclusive CPO (part 1): love your customers
By Alejandra Garcia (MCIPS), Vice President: Procurement, Royal DSM For most organisations, procurement was already undergoing a digital transformation when the COVID-19 pandemic hit us last year. While the accelerated rate of...
Read MorePhD research: the relationship between project success and entrepreneurial performance
A senior buyer for the natural sciences portfolio at the University of Pretoria (UP) who is conducting research for her Doctoral thesis is calling for participants to complete a survey. Alet Snyman, a seasoned procurement...
Read More4 leading CPOs reveal how they are digitalizing procurement
By Matthias Gutzmann, Founder, Digital Procurement World Digital procurement transformation is no longer an option, it is a must. Ignoring it today will ultimately lead to a loss of procurement’s influence in the...
Read MoreWhy CPOs should report directly to CEOs
By Betina Nygaard, CEO, SCANMARKET A/S Short-term results like savings are here to stay, but Procurement is also responsible for longer term results like improving profitability, time-to-market, innovation and risk management....
Read MoreProcurement perspectives: leadership in procurement is vital to organisations
By Stephen Bauld The COVID-19 pandemic looks like it is entering the next phase. We could be looking at a long time before we get back to the new normal and leadership in procurement will help to shape the wellbeing of...
Read MoreThe Public Procurement Bill: an opportunity for reshaping socio-economic transformation through procurement
National Treasury has highlighted that an important aim of the Public Procurement Bill is to use the procurement system to advance economic opportunities for previously-disadvantaged people, women, the youth and people with...
Read MoreCompanies’ procurement skills woefully lacking
By Kate Vitasek, Professor in Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee A report by the American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) outlines the critical skills gaps that face today’s procurement professionals....
Read MoreThe self-disruptive CPO: why we need a new kind of procurement leader
What kind of future-ready procurement leader is needed to survive a rapidly-changing business world? Only a few months ago, the stock market was looking strong and the ongoing trade war between China and the United States...
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