Ardent Partners hosted The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series – The Resiliency Imperative as a way to bring together our global community of procurement, finance, and supply management professionals and collectively tackle the big issues we were all facing and continue to face as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. As a special treat for all our readers, Ardent is excited to present the recorded sessions from that Virtual Series.

Uldis Sipols, the legendary Chief Procurement Officer (and, recent inductee into the CPO Rising Hall of Fame) has a long track record of navigating procurement crises in his decades leading procurement teams at Gillette, P&G, Sonoco, AMP/Tyco, and Danaher. In this one-on-one ‘virtual fireside chat, Uldis answered questions that address the different phases of crisis management and walked the audience through a real-time scenario of how (and why) a CPO should respond to a major crisis.

The interview was conducted by our own, Andrew Bartolini and he and Uldis walked through the different phases of crisis management and the strategies, considerations, and actions that Chief Procurement Officers should take when faced with a crisis like today’s global coronavirus pandemic.

This session is designed for Chief Procurement Officers and procurement leaders and managers from all industries and those that work closely with procurement.

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