Be it forging closer relationships with suppliers or reworking supply chains and boosting agility, leaders share how they’re managing risk
Jack Torrance
Insights Manager
Joined 2020
Jack is responsible for capturing member success stories and sharing them with the wider community for collective progression. A former business journalist at the Daily Telegraph, his main procurement interests are in sustainability, risk and talent development.
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8 things we learned about sustainability at WPC 2025
Leaders shared how they are winning over suppliers and stakeholders while pushing ahead on ESG
Enabling disaster-resilient procurement at Turkcell
The telecoms company has invested significant energy in developing an agile and robust supply base
In times of turmoil, CPOs owe their teams vision, clarity and vulnerability
Leaders must be able to articulate the function’s future and provide employees with clarity about their roles
Prove the commercial value of sustainability to win support for ESG
Demonstrating the broader business impact of sustainability is can help leaders demonstrate its importance
Simplifying compliance: Managing procurement’s regulatory burden
In an increasingly complex regulatory environment, functions must be proactive to ensure compliance
What do the EU’s Omnibus sustainability proposals mean for procurement?
As the EU aims to ease the regulatory compliance burden, Procurement Leaders explores the potential changes
Is it time to re-evaluate your best levers for driving savings?
PL gathered three members of the community to share the levers they rely on to drive commercial performance
Working with finance to drive efficiency and transparency
Leaders at a professional services firm share how working with finance has helped improve accountability, positively impact the P&L, and deliver further value
How Bayer collaborates with its peers on Scope 3
As an active member of Together for Sustainability, the life sciences company has helped develop a collaborative approach to Scope 3
How Gilead segments suppliers for Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions
The pharmaceutical company has a two-phase approach to ensure suppliers get the help they need to calculate their footprint
Why water scarcity needs to be on your risk radar
The impacts of water shortages are varied and far-reaching – procurement teams must ensure they are prepared
Plotting the path to net-zero: Developing Scope 3 data capabilities
In a tighter regulatory environment, functions must elevate their capabilities – and those of their suppliers – to calculate emissions accurately
CBRE’s approach to calculating and cutting supply chain emissions
The real estate firm has developed a system that incorporates supplier-specific data so it can calculate emissions more precisely
The community’s approach to developing AI use cases
Discover how procurement teams are harnessing AI to solve problems and deliver efficiencies
AI-powered procurement: Decode, deploy, deliver
CPOs must be prepared to pilot at pace, fail and learn from their mistakes to accelerate the adoption of AI and capture the full value that the technology offers
IBM’s approach to building data foundations for AI
Rather than wait on a costly system-consolidation project, the tech giant opted to keep combine key information data into a single view within its enterprise data platform
How Kraft Heinz collaborates with suppliers to turbocharge productivity
The FMCG giant shows how bringing together internal stakeholders and suppliers on a regular basis can create enormous value
Beyond centre-led: The future of procurement operating models
Discover how functional structures are evolving in response to changing demands and their own particular circumstances
How dedicated procurement business partners build closer ties at Kraft Heinz
Allocating employees to focus on building internal relationships has helped open doors for procurement