Focus on feelings – and facts – to enable successful transformation
Data may drive decision-making, but leaders should ensure they consider the human aspect
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Thank you, John Paterson
Procurement Leaders remembers a thought leader, innovator and trusted friend
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Prepare yourself and your function for further disruption in 2025
CPOs must ensure they’re mentally prepared to deal with the demands of ‘planning for the unplanned’
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What we learned at World Procurement Congress 2025
The most valuable takeaways from the leaders accelerating progress in procurement
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8 things we learned about performance at WPC 2025
From driving customer impact to bold new operating models – the World Procurement Congress was a rich source of inspiration
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Conflict, decoupling and inflation spell danger for supply chains
As uncertainty continues to grow, leaders are accelerating the process of shifting their supply chains
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Pause and effect: CPOs accelerate localisation as US delays tariffs
Recent announcements have prompted leaders to double down on localisation efforts
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‘Remain calm and observe’: CPOs react to Trump’s executive orders
With a slew of policy announcements making headlines, procurement chiefs gathered to share their strategies
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Building compelling strategies through category excellence
Discover how leading organisations develop best-in-class category strategies
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CPO Compass 2025: Navigating the ‘business supercycle’
As politicians implement increasingly protectionist policies, leaders must develop their understanding of the wider forces driving this trend
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Amplifying procurement’s social impact
Amid a challenging environment, social impact procurement can deliver significant commercial value
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Supplier inclusion opportunities emerge amid localisation push
The growing localisation trend means organisations are considering the merits of small and local businesses
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Developing future-fit supplier segmentation methods
The time has come to revisit how organisations segment suppliers
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8 things we learned about partnerships at WPC 2025
Leaders shared the secrets of their most powerful collaborations
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AI-generated ideas better than human proposals, experts suggest
Bots are already changing how leading organisations foster innovation
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Treat every stakeholder as a customer to strengthen internal relationships
Procurement teams must reset key stakeholder relationships to ensure the organisation’s success
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Simple office stationery switch positively impacts 6,000 underprivileged lives
Selecting social enterprise suppliers for nonstrategic categories is delivering significant social benefits
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Centre supplier management around stakeholder priorities
Rightsizing the number of strategic suppliers and aligning on stakeholder priorities can deliver significant value
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Influencing and partnering with the business
Discover the importance of partnering with the business, as well as techniques for identifying – and winning over – key stakeholders
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Gianluca Colombo: ‘There is no sourcing without responsible sourcing’
The deputy CPO at dsm firmenich offers his views on the importance of ESG, revisiting operating models and procurement as a breeding ground for talent
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The big picture: Creating a future-now procurement function
In partnership with GEP: Despite ongoing uncertainty, procurement must be an agile, data-enabled value-creator
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High-profile cyberattacks show the value of digital diligence
Several incidents resulting from supply chain weaknesses highlight procurement’s role in safeguarding the business
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Sustainable procurement leads turn to tech – but warn it isn’t a panacea
Specialist tools are helping to drive progress towards ESG targets
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8 things we learned about resilience at WPC 2025
Be it forging closer relationships with suppliers or reworking supply chains and boosting agility, leaders share how they’re managing risk
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Enabling disaster-resilient procurement at Turkcell
The telecoms company has invested significant energy in developing an agile and robust supply base
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From chaos to clarity: delivering data to drive AI-powered procurement
Develop strategies to overcome the barriers to building a strong data foundation and deploying AI
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Function-wide data effort crucial to AI success at Axpo
Staff taking collective responsibility for data quality has enabled procurement to automate spend classification
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The agentic age approaches
AI capabilities becoming increasingly autonomous raises huge questions for CPOs
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7 things we learned about digitalisation and AI at WPC 2025
From the dawn of agentic to chief AI officers, delegates at WPC were provoked with new ideas
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Roche’s AI-powered platform delivers double-digit savings while boosting productivity
The system has processed 25,000 orders from 1,600 users in 18 months
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9 things we learned about talent and leadership at WPC 2025
CPOs revealed how they are empowering future leaders, navigating major change and developing high-performing teams
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Look to build ‘experience capital’ to help bridge the gender divide
McKinsey partner Theano Liakopoulou says workplace experiences are key to progression
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Develop capabilities – not skills – to build the function of the future
Skills are just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to ensuring procurement teams can deliver on their strategic aims
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Managing risks, priorities and talent: Nestlé’s approach to the polycrisis
Nestlé is leveraging its experience of managing a host of different risks to navigate the polycrisis, explains CPO Patricia Stroup
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Hiring freezes threaten to halt procurement’s expansion plans
Notwithstanding economic uncertainty, Procurement Leaders members indicate teams will grow by an average of 8% in 2023
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