Tag: mscategorymanagement
Tough Negotiations – Have You Been Stonewalled?
Find out how to breakthrough business negotiations, when you’re a victim of the stonewalling technique.
Conspiracy Theories about Procurement – Fact or Fiction?
December 2019 – Procurement Conspiracy Theories – Fact or Fiction? Click the link to find out if there are little green men in our back offices!
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When Fighting for Equality Isn’t Enough #WSW
Dec-2019 – When Fighting for Equality Isn’t Enough, Sometimes You Need to Re-Write History.
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Proactive Management of Agencies throughout the Product Life Cycle
Agencies – Best practices when managing creative and strategy ad agencies throughout the product lifecycle.
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There’s no Participation Trophy for Showing up to Work
Participation trophies for the millennials, entitled Boomers and everything in between (don't forget us Gen Xers!) Yes, you need to show up. It's... Read More
Bring it on Nightmare Negotiators, I’ve Been Black Swan Trained!
Negotiation Training with one of the best, former FBI hostage negotiator Christopher Voss.
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Why SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) Matters – It’s Your Business to Lose!
SRM is important, why? Suppliers assume they have the business because they are the incumbents. But remember it’s your business to lose!
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Have We Stretched the Supplier Relationship Too Far?
Supplier Relationships 101 The title sums it up pretty well. Let’s think of the relationship between buyers and suppliers like a rubber band….
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Sourceit and the RSN Real Sourcing Network – Sarah Scudder #WSW
Sourceit for bidding out Print, Fullfillment and Promotional Items for your entire company! This blog isn't just to highlight this amazing tool, it's... Read More
More RFP Mistakes, Mishaps and Mayhem!
RFP Mistakes... What do you do, when you've encountered writer's block? That's right! Exploit others' pain anonymously! Kidding. I would never do... Read More
How to Win with Finance! Best and Worst Practices in Reporting Procurement Savings
Finance 101 I get it, I at least I think I do. Before I started working in first finance role I was... Read More
ProcureCon Marketing 2019 – Come See Me Speak and Keep Austin Weird!
ProcureCon Marketing – Join me on November 18-20th in Austin, Texas. I’ll be presenting my case study of managing agencies through the product lifecycle.
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The Woman Who Inspired the My Blog – #WSW
Inspired I am not going to start off by telling you who inspired this blog, what fun would that be? I'd rather tell... Read More
Webinar: The Amazing Global Tealbook Rollout – 9.4
Check the Webinar video out here 👉 https://bit.ly/2YWy4R5 I'm a Co-Host! Background Information If you've read any of my previous blogs, you... Read More