Hey {{First name|there}},
This Week's Deep Dive
I love Category Managers.
Come to think of it, I also love Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
But what about when these three strategic pillars of Procurement form the structure of your team?
Instead of driving the Procurement Maturity model forward, everything slows down as the infighting within the Procurement team leads to a fractured vision.
In this week’s deep dive I break down how this should be set up
Category Managers driving the strategy
Strategic Sourcing delivering value throughout the supply chain
SRM optimising the contract value and developing the partnership
And yes, I even give you a practical example of how it should work in practice (e.g. for IT equipment) {{First name}}
3-2-1 Procure Bites Resources
Here’s the best of the best resources I’ve found in the last week. I’ve collated the best Procurement, Business and Productivity/ Life hacks that have caught my eye:
3 - Procurement Specific
2 - Business
1 - Productivity/ Life hacks
5 Surprisingly Productive things to do when you’re bored (Link)

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