Throughout 2022, Chief Procurement Officer at Coupa in Vancouver, Michael Van Keulen, says he was fortunate enough to meet many procurement leaders, customers, and partners around the globe. Reflecting on this crazy year, he speaks here of many challenges, from the war in the Ukraine to macroeconomic challenges, that required procurement professionals to work more …
This month SmartProcurement profiles Melita Ntsane from CBRE Excellerate Full name Melita Ntsane Position Head of Procurement, CBRE Excellerate (CBRE Excellerate merges CBRE’s operations in Africa and the Middle East with several of Excellerate’s businesses – including advisory & transaction services, facilities management, valuation and project & development management services as well …
Join Debbie Tagg, COO of SmartProcurement as she interviews one of the long time leaders in procurement and supply chain, Faan Du Toit. With over 30 years experience in the industry Faan has a wealth of wisdom to share. “If you don’t have a seat at the table with your various stakeholders you are …
With Halloween just past, it is time to consider whether your boss is scarier than your average ghoul or if your career is in the grip of a scary, old-world Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and thus doomed to wither… Tania Seary, Founding Chairman of three companies specialising in the development of the procurement profession – …
This month SmartProcurement profiles Mbulelo Babalo Gingcana, from PRASA Full name: Mbulelo Babalo Gingcana Position: Acting Chief Procurement Officer Your organisation’s procurement expenditure: R20-billion Who does P & SM report to: Group Chief Executive Officer
Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) have a very short window of time in which to make their mark at a company (the average tenure of a CPO is less than five years), and the terms of engagement are brutal: corporate mandates to reduce costs in the supply chain set up procurement officers for failure since …
A number of current issues in procurement will affect every professional, according to a new book, Procurement at a Crossroads: Career-Impacting Insights into a Rapidly Changing Industry. As authors Kelly Barner and Jon Hansen see it, the choices individuals make today will determine the direction of their careers and the future of procurement itself.
Businesses today have more exposure than ever before to trade, investment, jobs, people movements and especially flow of information. This represents a threat to some and an opportunity to others, says Lisa Malone, General Manger at Procurious in this month’s SmartProcurement. “Opening our companies up to a globally connected market has had enormous commercial …
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