THE BUSINESS REVIEW FOR PROCUREMENT LEADERS
From the editor
A new breed of leader
By Geraint John
Research digest
Supplier diversity, change management, spend analysis, auto suppliers, supply
chain security
Opinion
Raw nerve
Faced with supplier demands for raw material price rises? Then have the guts
to respond in a strategic manner
By Richard May
Books
Four flavours of leadership
How to…
Benefit from coaching
By Sabine Dembkowski
Briefing
Executive pay in procurement
By Jenny Cooke
Executive coach
By Dick Russill
Tactics
Why it's time for
timesheets
By Guy Strafford and Harbir Sidhu
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Leadership
Leadership at
the crossroads
By Jon Hughes, Sarah Lim and Gerco Rietveld
The capabilities required for world-class procurement are changing significantly.
They call for a very different leadership profile
Competence & performance
Deep sea fishing
By Adrian Done
When entering unchartered waters, purchasing functions often make the mistake
of adopting a catch-all approach to competence development
Case study: Numico
Nurturing talent
By Haidé Villuendas
With a growing appetite for talented stafff and a relatively unknown corporate
name, Dutch firm Royal Numico has had to employ some creative practices
Interview
The ethical capitalist
A conversation with Charles Handy
One of the world's leading business thinkers on investor influence, centralisation,
soulless outsourcing and uncritical business schools
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Strategy
Backing the brand
By Andrew Cox and Dan Chicksand
Aligning procurement and supply strategy with brand-building and marketing
is vital for long-term success - yet many firms fail to do it
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Organisational design
Tax and spend
By Philip Davies and Nick Mühlemann
To unlock the true potential of procurement, effective corporate tax planning
must be a key component of your company's strategy
Public-sector collaboration
Strength in numbers
By Elmer Bakker, Christine Harland and Helen Walker
Choosing the right form of collaborative buying can be a confusing prospect.
Here's a model to help guide the decision-making process
On-demand software
Outside the firewall
By Malcolm Wheatley
Compared with traditional software licensing, on-demand e-procurement means lower
costs, faster implementation and less hassle. Discuss
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