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. Listen to this interview with Greg Tennyson below.

Greg Tennyson is the current Global Head of Corporate Services (Sourcing, Procurement, Travel, Real Estate/Facilities, Security and Distribution) at VSP Global. He has 30+ years of global executive leadership in the finance, operations and supply chain space with service based, high-tech, R&D and manufacturing concerns. Oh yeah, he’s also our reigning CPO Honors – CPO of the Year. IN this one-on-one virtual fireside chat, Greg walks us audience through a real-time scenario of how one CPO and his team have responded to the Coronavirus pandemic and used their networks to find new sources of supply. Among Greg’s insights:

“During uncertain economic times, we’re leveraging different methods and buying practices, including our social networks to find PPE.”

“We have leveraged social media and LinkedIn, eSourcing, technology providers, and personal colleagues to find quality materials and scarce supplies.”  

“The priority of getting the supplies needed to open our retail operations has gotten us greater access to our C-Suite and Board of Directors.” 

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