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Recommended Procurement Webinars June 24-28: Digital ROI, Metrics that Matter, Tantrum-Free Marketing Spend Management
How to Get Marketing’s Attention Without Throwing a Temper Tantrum (Real Sourcing Network, ISM-NJ) June 26 th , 11am ET It is no secret that procurement and marketing don’t have a natural bond. Marketing tends to be creative and big picture while procurement is fact-driven and detail oriented. So, as procurement professionals, how are we supposed to work with marketing, let alone influence ...
Momentum and Sustainability Create Impact: How Marketing and Procurement Can Deliver Business Growth (Part 2)
Corporate America is School for Adults First, a trip down memory lane: school. Picture one classroom, where the academic fundamentals were learned, students became familiar with their environment, and an understanding of educational expectations were developed. After mastering this level, multiple classrooms were introduced, with various classmates, subjects, and group projects ...
The May ISM-New York Report on Business: Nevermind…
Report Rundown In May, New York City purchasing managers reversed course and gave up all of the gains reported in April. Current Business Conditions fell from a 12+ year high of 77.3 in April to a 2-year low of 48.6 in May. This is the largest month over month drop reported in May, and it is the first time current conditions have been in contraction since September of 2017 (49.7).&nbs...
Momentum and Sustainability Create Impact: How Marketing and Procurement Can Deliver Business Growth (Part 1)
Compartmentalized departments with differing visions We have all heard the advice before: procurement must align with marketing to understand their needs and requirements. One would hope this advice to be a simple and easily implementable solution. However, historically the real-life scenario looked more like this: the creatives in marketing viewed procurement as pedantic, regimented p...
When procurement looks in the mirror, what do we see?
This share gained 30K views, 40 comments, and over 200 likes in a very short time. ( Click here to view the original post on LinkedIn .) Some of the most compelling comments centered around four core ideas: Procurement must “own” our image Comment from Slav V. : “Like many other functions Procurement can and does exaggerate its value and maturity. Why not! Perception is reality.” Comme...
Book Review: The Self Determined Manager
Part of this is because the reasons people are promoted to management roles doesn’t always correspond to what makes a good manager. And then, to make matters worse, there is no real instruction. If we don’t invest enough in staff capabilities (which we don’t), then we sure as heck don’t invest enough in management skills. Being managed simply doesn’t prepare you to manage – at least not well. The ...
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