Name: The business case for purposeful procurement
Start: 2023-02-15
End: 2023-02-15
Location: Risk and Sustainability

Virtual Networking Summaries

Developing an impactful category strategy in the face of inflation and a potential downturn

Jan 31, 2023

As buyers come face cut costs, manage threats and deliver further value, functions are looking to develop more impactful category strategies

Virtual Networking Summaries

A playbook for managing inflation and challenging price increases from suppliers

Jan 13, 2023

With inflation a significant challenge for businesses, buyers provide insight into they are avoiding or mitigating the worst effects of price increases

Leading through a polycrisis

IBM’s Bob Murphy: ‘I would define procurement as the catalyst to get things done’

Dec 22, 2022

The IBM CPO reveals how his team’s efforts to scout new suppliers, collaborate both internally and externally, as well as work in a more agile manner are paying off

Category Reports

Air travel

Dec 16, 2022

Macroeconomic factors mean the air travel industry faces an uncertain future as it looks to bounce back from the pandemic

SRM and Innovation Cohort Summaries

Identifying supplier relationship management metrics that will enable a new era of value

Dec 7, 2022

SRM and Innovation cohort members are reassessing performance measures so they can demonstrate the value of closer supplier relationships

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Leading through a polycrisis

Tim Snow: ‘We go as deep as Tier-7 to pinpoint risks to revenue’

Jan 27, 2023

The Inmarsat CPO explains why his organisation has a ‘profoundly different’ approach to supply chain threats amid the polycrisis

Leading through a polycrisis

Managing risks, priorities and talent: Nestlé’s approach to the polycrisis

Jan 9, 2023

Nestlé is leveraging its experience of managing a host of different risks to navigate the polycrisis, explains CPO Patricia Stroup

Leading through a polycrisis

How worried should the procurement world be about the relaxation of China’s Covid rules?

Jan 5, 2023

While the changes have the potential to get China’s economy moving, signs of a surge in the number of infections have stoked fears of major disruption

Risk and Sustainability Cohort Summaries

Procurement teams step up their preparations for geopolitical risks in 2023

Dec 22, 2022

With inflation, interest rates and tensions running high, buyers are diversifying their supply chains and pulling demand levers

Leading through a polycrisis

Bayer’s centralised approach to managing supply chain risks

Dec 21, 2022

Establishing a specialist risk management team within procurement enables the life sciences company to respond holistically, says Carlos Cruz

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Leading through a polycrisis

DuPont’s Miguel Gonzalez: ‘Take your procurement hat off, think business’

Jan 16, 2023

Deep relationships and a strong strategic focus have been critical in times of crisis, CPO Miguel Gonzalez says

Risk and Sustainability Cohort Summaries

How procurement is incentivising suppliers on sustainability

Dec 21, 2022

Functions are focusing on rewarding improved sustainable performance across the supply chain but have enforcement measures at the ready

Leading through a polycrisis

Lene Aabo-Bjerregaard on close communication and collaboration in a crisis

Dec 6, 2022

Although Novozymes has developed a tool to categorise material risk, its CPO explains why close supplier relationships can be the most effective mitigation lever

Webinars

Risk and regulation in 2023 – steering procurement through stormy seas

Oct 20, 2022

the state of risk and compliance, and crucially, how the procurement function can take the lead in risk mitigation in order to increase efficiency.

Webinars

Empower yourself and your business!

Jul 28, 2022

Controlling costs strategically is never far from the minds of company leaders, but it’s a topic that’s taken on new relevance as inflation has grown faster than the historical average.

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Videos

CPO Q&A: Delivering on sustainability, digitalisation and supplier diversity

Dec 1, 2022

A panel of leaders reveal how they are balancing cost-saving demands with the function’s broader ambitions

Webinars

Managing supply chain risk in a changing market landscape

Nov 9, 2022

It is now more important than ever for procurement leaders to manage and monitor risks within their supply chains – with both a short- and long-term view to understand the future impacts of supplier and supply chain health.

Webinars

CPO Compass 2023

Nov 1, 2022

Accelerating inflation, a darkening economic outlook, and geopolitical uncertainty are just some of the issues procurement teams are facing as they look ahead to 2023.

Reports

CPO Compass 2023

Oct 21, 2022

After years of firefighting, CPOs are leading their functions into an era of data-driven resilience – enabling their teams to deliver new sources of value

Whitepapers

Getting ahead in volatile markets: How sourcing teams are winning with dynamic market sourcing

Oct 11, 2022

In partnership with Keelvar: In an era defined by instability and uncertainty, procurement teams must ensure their sourcing processes are fit for purpose

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Feb 15 2023