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Mission Impossible: Eliminating Maverick Spend

Mission Impossible: Eliminating Maverick Spend

Posted on March 29, 2020March 28, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
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Executive Insight: Richard Ham "They can exploit the 5% you don't know, for a +>20% profit."

Executive Insight: Richard Ham “They can exploit the 5% you don’t know, for a +>20% profit.”

Posted on March 19, 2020June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
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Managing Creative Ad Agencies Throughout a Product's Lifecycle

Managing Creative Ad Agencies Throughout a Product’s Lifecycle

Posted on March 15, 2020June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
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Promotional Products - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Protect Your Brand Image and Check out New Trends for 2020

Promotional Products – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Protect Your Brand Image and Check out New Trends for 2020

Posted on March 6, 2020June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
Promotional Products, there's been a huge uptick in the amount of crazy promotional products that are being sent. So what gives? Read more to find out! Read More
Developing Your Personal Brand Without Promoting Yourself - My Interview in ProcureRising Q1 2020 Magazine

Developing Your Personal Brand Without Promoting Yourself – My Interview in ProcureRising Q1 2020 Magazine

Posted on February 26, 2020June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
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9 Issues With a DIY Procurement Strategy

9 Issues With a DIY Procurement Strategy

Posted on February 11, 2020September 8, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
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Amazing Advice From A Guru - Kelly Barner #WSW

Amazing Advice From A Guru – Kelly Barner #WSW

Posted on February 9, 2020June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
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Have You Been a Victim of Scope Creep? Find out Why it's the Ultimate Business Betrayal and What You Can Do About it

Have You Been a Victim of Scope Creep? Find out Why it’s the Ultimate Business Betrayal and What You Can Do About it

Posted on January 15, 2020July 17, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
Everything is going fine until you get a call and find out "unfortunately, this is going to take a lot more than we initially thought." Cue an increase in pricing and scope to give you the ultimate business betrayal scope creep. Read More
Martech WEBINAR! Keys to a Successful Martech Procurement

Martech WEBINAR! Keys to a Successful Martech Procurement

Posted on January 14, 2020June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
Webinar on Martech Procurement: Please join Ms. Category Management and other amazing Sourcing Professionals in a Webinar in best practices in Sourcing the Martech Stack! Read More
Putting the "CURE" back in Procurement in 2020

Putting the “CURE” back in Procurement in 2020

Posted on January 7, 2020June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
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Tough Negotiations - Have You Been Stonewalled?

Tough Negotiations – Have You Been Stonewalled?

Posted on December 29, 2019June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
Find out how to breakthrough business negotiations, when you're a victim of the stonewalling technique. Read More
Proactive Management of Agencies throughout the Product Life Cycle

Proactive Management of Agencies throughout the Product Life Cycle

Posted on November 20, 2019June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
Agencies - Best practices when managing creative and strategy ad agencies throughout the product lifecycle. Read More
Why SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) Matters - It's Your Business to Lose!

Why SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) Matters – It’s Your Business to Lose!

Posted on October 9, 2019June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
SRM is important, why? Suppliers assume they have the business because they are the incumbents. But remember it's your business to lose! Read More
How to Win with Finance! Best and Worst Practices in Reporting Procurement Savings

How to Win with Finance! Best and Worst Practices in Reporting Procurement Savings

Posted on September 4, 2019October 15, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
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Webinar: The Amazing Global Tealbook Rollout - 9.4

Webinar: The Amazing Global Tealbook Rollout – 9.4

Posted on August 23, 2019June 19, 2020 by DanaMarieSmall
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