Speaking to the CPO of a UK retail giant recently, he told me the number one duty of a procurement function is to get costs down and deliver savings for the business.
A former CEO of Channel 5 television has suggested the BBC should hold Dutch auctions for the hire of senior staff to prevent it paying “extraordinarily high salaries”.
At a sustainable procurement conference I attended yesterday I met Nigel McKay, head of procurement at construction firm Bovis Lend Lease.
While writing my feature about how buyers can use technology in “tricky” spend categories, the one thing I noticed was the similarities, rather then the differences, in approach.
Results of the Basware report we cover in the latest issue reveal some positive results. Over half of financial decision makers think we are becoming more strategic. Good news.
As a journalist you quickly learn there are certain people you should be extra careful with when writing about or interviewing them because they have a reputation for being litigious.
Buyers are doing all they can to help their organisations not just survive these difficult times but, with any luck, thrive. One part of the answer could be how you can use technology to its best advantage
It’s not often that we here at SM hear about procurement professionals rubbing shoulders with royalty.
This week the government published its Digital Britain report into the future of how the UK will make the most of technology in the future.
British Airways’ new idea to trim costs could be the ultimate test of employee loyalty. The airline – struggling amid falls in business class travel and still hurting from last year’s sky-high fuel prices – have asked staff to clock in but forego pay for up to a month.
