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CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Holger Baeuerle: In the Mood for Procurement (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini February 28, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

In the Spring of 2007, friend of the site, Holger Baeuerle became the first Chief Procurement Officer in the company that John Moody founded in 1914, Moody’s Corporation’s (Ticker –…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Price Marr: Generating Value at Ameren (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini February 24, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Our “CPOs on the Rise in 2011” series continues today with part two of our profile of Price Marr, a procurement executive with Ameren Corporation (Ticker - NYSE: AEE), one…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Price Marr: Generating Value at Ameren (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini February 22, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Our “CPOs on the Rise in 2011” series starts with Price Marr, a procurement executive (and ‘friend of the site’) who’s generating a ton of procurement value out in the…

MMQ – What Kind of CPO (Coach) Are You?

By Andrew Bartolini February 7, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, GeneralNo Comments

On the last “Monday morning” of the NFL season, we appropriately end our first season of the Monday Morning Query series where on many Mondays during the NFL season, we…

Early Indication: Things Are Brewing

By Andrew Bartolini February 2, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, GeneralNo Comments

Happy Groundhog Day! 125 years ago today a small group in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, found a groundhog, named him Phil and crowned “Punxsutawney Phil” as the one, “official” weather “prognosticator of…

Embedded – Reprise

By Andrew Bartolini January 21, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Process, StrategyNo Comments

Another big procurement issue is how to collaborate and engage with the business. This article looks at one way strategy that can help achieve both: Today we will focus on…

CPOs: Think Globally, Network Locally – Reprise

By Andrew Bartolini January 12, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People2 Comments

Since this article’s first run, Boston CPOs have begun meeting on occasion. How about the CPOs in other major cities/regions? The CPOs in the Bay Area have an informal group…

The CPO “Bump” – Reprise

By Andrew Bartolini January 10, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy1 Comment

Our retrospective continues with a few CPO strategies While the cost of some marketing programs can be excessive, effective campaigns can pay huge dividends for many years. One of the…

What’s Past is Prologue! – Reprise

By Andrew Bartolini January 4, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General1 Comment

Editor's Note: To celebrate our first anniversary, we are sharing a few of our favorites from year one. This article kicked it all off…. We think it holds true today.…

ROA – Yes, Suppliers Are Assets

By Andrew Bartolini December 22, 2010Articles, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Short week, short article: How many procurement departments treat their suppliers like assets? While I believe that many procurement groups act like they “own” their suppliers, based upon the terms…