How category managers are seizing cost-avoidance opportunities
With persistent high inflation making savings increasingly challenging to deliver, avoiding unnecessary cost increases is a growing priority
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Procurement Leaders Resources
Category Excellence Toolkit
Actionable insights to guide procurement professionals through the category management process
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Category Excellence Playbook part three: Management
Thought-provoking guidance and time-saving templates focused on stakeholder engagement and supplier management
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Category Excellence Playbook part two: Implementation
Thought-provoking guidance and time-saving templates focused on sourcing, negotiation and risk management
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Category Excellence Playbook
A tool to enable buyers to elevate their end-to-end category process, document their thinking and develop a robust strategy
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Thriving through the polycrisis age
While many CPOs feel their teams are doing well, leaders recognise they must keep developing new initiatives to ensure their continuing success
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Procurement can’t afford to be complacent about cyberattacks in 2023
With the risk of attacks and their potential impact continuing to grow, digital procurement leaders must ensure their teams are prepared
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Bayer’s centralised approach to managing supply chain risks
Establishing a specialist risk management team within procurement enables the life sciences company to respond holistically, says Carlos Cruz
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CPO Q&A: Delivering on sustainability, digitalisation and supplier diversity
A panel of leaders reveal how they are balancing cost-saving demands with the function’s broader ambitions
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6 ways CPOs can boost their influence with the C-Suite
The secret to be successful is appealing to emotions first and then to logic. By applying what is considered good practice based on sales science, what should the procurement pitch deck story be?
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UCB’s Sebastien Bals on using technology to get ahead of supply disruption
Accessing supply chain insights quickly is crucial if buyers are to respond to – or anticipate – threats, says the CPO of UCB
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Urenco CPO: ‘We will only weather this storm if we work together’
Suppliers supported Urenco during the pandemic, now it’s helping partners overcome the polycrisis, says Tony Roberts
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Silicon Valley Bank collapse: ‘The biggest risk right now is fear’
With the tremors of SVB’s collapse reverberating throughout the global economy, former FDIC chair Sheila Bair explains the implications of recent events
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Electrolux’s Mirela Boldu on managing risk through education and collaboration
Strong processes, information sharing and cross-collaboration help to shape the electronics giant’s approach to risk
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Energy crisis: Why the worst could be yet to come
With China re-opening and extreme weather threatening energy production, procurement needs to be prepared
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