CPO News – August 23, 2012
Even in the Dog Days of Summer, Chief Procurement Officers are making news Apple CEO (and a Former CPO) Celebrates One Year Anniversary in Role So this is not breaking…
From CPO to CEO: How the CEO of the World’s Largest Company (Apple) Used His Procurement Background to Thrive
With the unusually high levels of traffic in what has been traditionally been our slowest month, I can tell that many others are fascinated as I am by the career…
Vision + Execution: Steve Jobs Understood Procurement’s Importance to Apple’s Success
On Monday, I introduced (or re-introduced) our readers to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., in an article entitled Think Different, which included an excerpt from the the book, Steve…
Think Different.
I was able to get away for a few days last week to a favorite destination in Vermont and have returned completely recharged and geared up for a busy and…
CPO News – July 6, 2012
We'll use this Holiday week to take another opportunity to share some recent Chief Procurement Officer News and introduce a few other CPOs who have recently been "on the rise."…
CPO News – July 2, 2012
Our top stories today: UK's Ongoing Public Procurement Focus At the Intellect World Class Public Services conference in June, leaders in the UK government presented and announced strategies for public…
Becoming a Chief Procurement Officer – Webinar
Publisher's Note: This report is now available in the Ardent Partners library at a substantial discount. Click here to learn more. Who wants to be a CPO? Given the responsibilities, exposure,…
CPO News – June 6, 2012
On Monday this Chief Procurement Officer news hit the AP wire. DuPont Names Shelley Stewart as Vice President of Sourcing & Logistics and Chief Procurement Officer (AP) June 4 -…
CPO News – April 25, 2012
Lots of movement this month so, this edition of CPO News offers more, but shorter stories. Yahoo CPO Joins BuyerQuest Earlier this month, Ron Carcamo, industry veteran and longtime Chief…
CPO Shop Talk – Ariba LIVE and Jean-Jacques Beaussart
Our last article introduced Leslie Campbell, Chief Procurement Officer at Reed Elsevier and her keynote at Ariba LIVE 2012. Today we continue with another CPO on the Rise at Ariba…