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Listen to your critics when creating supplier sustainability scorecards
Feedback from sceptics can help leaders identify issues and build more robust metrics
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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
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From cutting costs to making money: Meet the teams generating millions in revenue
With many CPOs under pressure to reduce procurement running costs, some leaders are taking a more proactive approach
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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
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Make time to explore new solutions, rather than merely meet expectations
Times of uncertainty present an opportunity to go beyond business expectations – if leaders are bold enough to search for ideas
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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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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
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CPOs respond to US tariffs and the start of a trade war
With new tariffs taking effect, leaders are looking for ways to minimise the impact
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Use leading indicators to keep complex projects on track
Forward-looking metrics will help buyers identify and resolve supplier issues before they affect progress
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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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How procurement is responding to supplier diversity challenges
Despite a difficult external environment, leaders remain committed to their DEI goals
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Engaging and developing supply partners
Uncover new approaches to delivering competitive advantage by identifying and partnering with the right suppliers
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Supercharging procurement productivity
Technology offers the promise of a new paradigm in efficiency – but leaders must ensure their functions are ready to capitalise
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Press start: Gamifying data quality to improve engagement – and algorithms
Fresh approaches to data-quality are helping the entire team contribute to digital transformation
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Why leaders are exploring orchestration to boost compliance and efficiency
With CPOs looking to simplify processes and elevate user experiences, orchestration may prove a valuable investment
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‘We pulled every lever we could’: USAA’s Russ Major on driving productivity
Russ Major, CPO at USAA, joined Procurement Leader’s CPO community to share his team’s transformation journey.
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AstraZeneca modernises the source-to-contract process with technology
Discover how an S2C tool deployment is unlocking new value for the pharma giant
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Simplifying compliance: Managing procurement’s regulatory burden
In an increasingly complex regulatory environment, functions must be proactive to ensure compliance
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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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The big picture: Counting down to CSRD compliance
In partnership with GEP: Discover the impact of the legislation and the steps companies must take to prepare
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Piecing together the Scope 3 puzzle
Benchmark your Scope 3 capabilities and discover the actions leading functions are taking to progress in 2025
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Engaging directly with barley growers yields rewards for Asahi
Working together has helped improve resilience, traceability and sustainability
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Creating a global supplier scouting programme for innovation
Brian McClure, former head of global external innovation at J&J, shares insights into how his team set up a structure to identify innovations
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An adaptable approach to segmenting suppliers
One professional services firm has devised a robust yet adaptable process that enables it to apply SRM principles and practices to small, innovative suppliers
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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
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The community’s approach to early supplier involvement to enable three horizons of growth
Pioneering procurement teams manage growth opportunities – ranging from incremental to radical – while considering different suppliers for early involvement
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Amplifying procurement’s impact through early supplier involvement
Leveraging supplier capabilities through early engagement offers tantalising rewards for procurement teams with the right structures and governance
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