The Point
Buyers Meeting Point attends many sales AND procurement webinars/webcasts. One of the interesting things about consistently reading content from quality sources is that you start to notice trends. It is amazing how often the same topics arise at the same time in different places. We use this blog as a way to help you stay on top of the major themes in procurement and supply chain management.
The Role of a Sourcing Professional: How Many Hats Should We Wear?
Today’s eSourcing Wiki-Wednesday topic outlines the many roles and responsibilities associated with being a successful sourcing professional. One of those roles is to provide ‘deep domain expertise’:
Management, members of the individual procurement organizations, and stakeholders will all expect the procurement professionals in the center of excellence to have deep domain expertise, especially in strategic categories.
Webinar Notes: SIG’s 'Executing on Procurement Transformation' at HealthNet
This week’s SIG webinar provided a great case study of a procurement transformation – taking an organization from tactical purchasing to a true procurement organization. In this case, the focus was on HealthNet, a health insurance provider looking to bring their indirect spend (effectively all of their spend) under management.