Welcome to this week’s This Week in Procurement – where we sort through the click bait, advertorials, sponsored content and marketing fluff so that you don’t have to!
Today’s “Must Read” comes from Noah Borgen, a Global Category Manager within the pharma industry. Noah asks how can we change the questions that we ask our stakeholders so that we get answers that enable us to become a more effective partner:
Procurement: Asking the Right Questions but Getting the Wrong Answers? | Noah Borgen, AstraZeneca
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OTHER INTERESTING ARTICLES
Getting Senior Management to Buy Into Procurement | Fabienne Lesbros, CPO, Co-op Group (via FT Careers)
Hey Procurement, Speak to Startups! | Matthias Gutzmann, Old St Labs
Centralized, Decentralized or Hybrid Sourcing Structure: How Do We Decide? | Sydney Lazarus, Spend Matters
Build, Buy or Contract Out a Taxonomy? | Heather Hedden, Taxonomist
5 Things Employers of Choice Understand About Hiring Top Procurement Talent | Nick Lazarra and Naseem Malik, MRA Global Sourcing
Has Technology Tipped the Scales on your Work-Life Balance? | Euan Granger, Category Manager, Glasgow City Council
Building Supply Market Intelligence: Which Data Sources are the Best? | Taras Berezowsky, Spend Matters
Unlocking Your Strategic Sourcing Talent | David Hearn, CPO Advisement Services
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NEWS
The Story Behind the Numbers: The July ISM-New York Report on Business | Kelly Barner, Buyers Meeting Point
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@ THE ART OF PROCUREMENT
Podcast: 146: How to Bring Trust & Transparency to the Savings Reporting Process w/ Pierre Lapree
