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Webinar Description:
“The CFO-CPO relationship might be the most important relationship that exists or needs to exist within the enterprise…. The onus is on the CPO to demonstrate clearly and unequivocally, what procurement’s value proposition is to finance and the rest of the company.” – Chief Procurement Officer, Fortune 20 Company
The current business environment is one that allows for much smaller margins of error and one that, for many enterprises, will mean a constant reevaluation of business processes and cost structures. This has helped align the focus and agenda of the CPO with the top priorities of the CFO and awaken the CFO to the opportunities that exist within procurement to support key enterprise initiatives. Ardent Partners research has shown that the CPO reports to the CFO more frequently than any other role. Ardent research has also shown that the CFO-CPO relationship is improving. And yet, many CPOs still struggle to gain full alignment and support from their CFO.
It doesn’t have to be that way.
This webinar will feature a CPO Roundtable with three notable procurement leaders, hosted by Ardent Partners’ Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, who will look at the opportunities and challenges facing C-Level leaders and their departments. The panel will offer up a series of actionable recommendations that can help improve procurement performance in the near-term and help build a foundation for a productive and thriving, long-term finance-procurement partnership.
Together the CFO and CPO can make spend management a business imperative — join this webinar to capture best practices and recommendations on how to do exactly that.
Moderator:
Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer, Ardent Partners
CPO Panelists:
Michael Jacobs, Chief Procurement Officer, Staples
David Hearn, former CPO Juniper Networks and CPO Advisor
Jack Miles, Managing Partner of MainSpring Advisors and a former Chief Procurement Officer who served as Secretary of the Florida Department of Management Services