Many Procurement functions struggle with attaining a solid platform in their organizations, even when they have a formal mandate. Quite often, one of the key challenges is Procurement not getting much love from stakeholders across the organization. The issue of...
I often have to elaborate to executives and managers in client businesses that their people are the most critical factor for organizational success. I sometimes get the point across by explaining that if you take the strategies, processes, systems and so on out of any...
“Procurement’s true positioning in the enterprise is largely determined by the perceptions of stakeholders, not necessarily the enterprise’s structure,” says Sigi Osagie in Procurement Mojo®, his book on strengthening the function and raising its profile. “The more...
Media coverage of my talk at the Trade Extensions User Conference, where I spoke about “change management in Procurement”. Read the Spend Matters UK/Europe coverage here.
Like it or not, perception can sometimes be more important than reality. That’s why successful consumer brands invest significant resources in creating positive perceptions of their brands. Purchasing folks can learn a lot from this to raise the profile of...
