Back in 2013, Nick Martindale published an article in Raconteur (Part of The Times newspaper) entitled “Top 5 Challenges Facing Purchasing – key trends are set to influence procurement over the next 12 months” Given that it is almost 2 years since this was published, I thought that it would be good to look back… Continue reading Top 5 challenges facing procurement
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Building a dynamic new procurement profession
I have long held the belief that business can get significantly greater value from their procurement activities and by definition, their procurement teams. Historically, the profession has been driven by transactional behaviours, whether that is the number of procurement projects completed or the volume of tenders managed. More forward thinking procurement organisations have developed closer… Continue reading Building a dynamic new procurement profession