Sourcing with Cross-Functional Teams Challenges Leadership Skills Cross-functional teams work well for the sourcing of indirect goods and services, but they require good discipline and creativity on the part of the purchasing leader of the team. Often, the purchasing team leader must spend more time on team building and training ...
Read More »Guest Blog – Market Your Purchasing Successes with the Use of Storyboards
Market Your Purchasing Successes with the Use of Storyboards Purchasing professionals need to realize that they must not only market their purchasing strategies but their successes. Many purchasing professionals neglect to create a marketing plan for their organization. I use the term marketing plan synonymously with communication plan. Some of ...
Read More »Guest Blog – Strategies to Limit Backdoor or Maverick Buying
Author´s Name: Job Title: Management Program Director at Marian University & Principal (CEO) of Apollo Solutions Company: Apollo Solutions Location: Wisconsin LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/dr-thomas-depaoli/0/736/6b3/ Website: www.apollosolutions.us Introduction: Dr. Tom DePaoli is the Management Program Director at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and the Principal (CEO) of Apollo Solutions which does general business consulting in the supply chain, ...
Read More »Guest Blog – Should Purchasing Use 360 Degree Performance Feedback?
Author´s Name: Tom DePaoli Job Title: Management Program Director at Marian University & Principal (CEO) of Apollo Solutions Company: Apollo Solutions Location: Wisconsin LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/dr-thomas-depaoli/0/736/6b3/ Website: www.apollosolutions.us Introduction: Dr. Tom DePaoli is the Management Program Director at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and the Principal (CEO) of Apollo Solutions which does general business consulting in the ...
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