Organisations should build and lead digitalisation efforts with less random experimentation and with much greater emphasis on aligning both company and procurement needs with specific technologies
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The traits of an agile CPO
Giles Breault says that there are four key traits that make a truly agile procurement chief
Procurement agility in the age of digitalisation
Giles Breault, cofounder of The Beyond Group, shares the lessons he has learned about how procurement can be more agile as digital technologies challenge traditional ways of working
Sparking innovation with suppliers
Procurement needs to find more durable ways than simply being the producer of expected cost savings
Embrace the changing rules of the game
Former CPO and founder of the Beyond Group, Giles Breault explains how function heads should create flexible roles for themselves as procurement undergoes a metamorphosis
Pieces of the productivity puzzle
The sourcing and productivity functions (Lean Six Sigma, project management, offshoring and outsourcing and business services) teams are the engines of value creation, but fail to work seamlessly together, writes head of productivity & business services at Novartis Pharma, Giles Breault.
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