TOP STORY: Facility Maintenance & Outsourcing: To Broker or not to Broker There are two interesting things about this week’s top story, a LinkedIn Pulse Post from Nicholas Ammaturo, Head…
Kelly BarnerMarch 14, 2020
TOP STORY: 10 Critical Skills Your Procurement Team Needs Right Now We all know that the work to increase procurement skills will never be complete. Unfortunately, our learning & development…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 29, 2020
TOP STORY: Spotting a Supplier’s Financial Distress Despite the recent emphasis on soft skills in procurement recruiting and talent development, there are still a few technical skills that we need…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 22, 2020
TOP STORY: Risk Management to the n-th Degree Just when you think you’re starting to make headway with supply chain risk, someone asks the inevitable question: “What about our tier…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 15, 2020
TOP STORY: Don’t be embarrassed… questions about leadership Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you’ve known someone for too long to admit you don’t know their name?…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 8, 2020
Must Read: Turning the Team You Have into the Team You Need With the current (and likely to continue) emphasis on transformation in procurement, leaders are going to have to…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 1, 2020
A CPO’s Guide To 2020 Planning In this week’s podcast, Philip Ideson is joined by two members of the Procurement Leaders team: David Rae, their Chief Product Officer, and Geraldine…
Kelly BarnerNovember 22, 2019
In The Hackett Group’s 2019 CPO Agenda Report, titled Building Next- Generation Capabilities, there is clearly misalignment between what procurement is expected to do and what we are placing an…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 20, 2019
If you are a regular visitor to Art of Procurement, congratulations! You recognized how important it is to have access to thought leadership. You’re not mired in the ways of…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 5, 2019
