⚡️ Buyer-Supplier Relationships
ProSource #11 discusses supplier relationships, cost savings case study, and procurement platforms.
Welcome to ProSource #11. Bringing insights, events, and opportunities to India’s largest procurement community. Here are the top stories of the week from the world of procurement.
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Procurement Insights
🌾 Thriving on disruptions: food, water, and air in global value chains - How do you gain a competitive advantage through supply-side shocks? Develop a food crisis readiness capability, inform foreign policy and agri-food investment, and focus investments on CO2 emissions.
💵 How Fossil realized 44% cost-savings in IT spend - Case study by SIG discussing how Fossil reduced it’s global IT spend across 150 countries and 500 retail locations.
📈 Procurement platform touches $1 Trillion mark - Payments, procurement and supply chain digitalisation software provider Tradeshift just passed $1 trillion in transactions across its platforms.
🔥 How commodity costs hit Reckitt Benckiser share price - In quarterly results the owner of Dettol, Nurofen and Durex reported it had seen the cost of commodities rise by 8-9% and rising costs had seen its operating profits fall by 5% to £1.4bn..
🏥 Procurement platform for hospitals - GHX serves 4,100+ healthcare providers, 600 North American manufacturers and distributors, and 1,500 providers in Europe. The company was formed back in 2000 by five of the world’s largest medical manufacturers—J&J, GE, Baxter, Abbott, and Medtronic. From the start, its whole mission is to use digital tech to reduce healthcare inefficiencies.
⚡️ Taking buyer-supplier relationships to the next level - Closer relationships between buyers and suppliers increase EBITDA and help supply chains become more resilient.
You’re Invited
🌎 Achieving Progressive Procurement Targets
By Portt • Aug 10, 2021 • Registration Link
🌎 Upping The Procurement Ante
By Real Sourcing Network (RSN) • Aug 11, 2021 • Registration Link
🌎 The Role of Supplier Collaboration: ESG and Supply Chain Resilience
By Procurement Leaders • Aug 12, 2021 • Registration Link
🌎 Importance of Predictive Analytics: Procurement & Supply Chain
By CIPS MENA • Aug 15, 2021 • Registration Link
Opportunities
💡 Vedanta is looking for a Chief Procurement Officer
Mumbai, Maharashtra • Mining & Metals • Full Time
💡 Amazon is looking for a Procurement Manager
Bengaluru, Karnataka • E-Commerce • Full Time
💡 Apple is looking for a Vendor Manager
Hyderabad, Telangana • Electronics • Full Time
💡 AB InBev is looking for a Senior Manager - Indirects & CAPEX, Procurement
Bengaluru, Karnataka • Manufacturing • Full Time
💡 Unilever is looking for a Global S2P Manager
Bengaluru, Karnataka • Consumer Goods • Full Time
💡 Koch Industries is looking for a Key Commodity Manager
Mumbai, Maharashtra • Oil & Energy • Full Time
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Gaurav Baheti
Founder and CEO, Procol