EMEA Archives - CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT https://cporising.com/tag/emea/ Analyst-led research and intelligence for the procurement community. Wed, 12 Mar 2025 22:17:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://cporising.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CPOR-Favicon-75x75.png EMEA Archives - CPO RISING - THE SITE FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS & LEADERS IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT https://cporising.com/tag/emea/ 32 32 ISM at 100: Robert Gates on Global Stability and Supply Risk https://cporising.com/2015/05/20/ism-at-100-robert-gates-on-global-stability-and-supply-risk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ism-at-100-robert-gates-on-global-stability-and-supply-risk Wed, 20 May 2015 10:00:12 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=19297 [Editor’s note: the views expressed by Dr. Robert Gates do not necessarily reflect the views of Ardent Partners or its employees. Our goal with this piece is to present a…

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]]> CPO News – May 6, 2013 https://cporising.com/2013/05/06/cpo-news-may-6-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpo-news-may-6-2013 Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:43 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=11099 CPOs on the Rise From “CPO” to Chief Executive Northrop Grumman has appointed former British Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) executive in charge of operations and procurement, Andrew Tyler, as Chief…

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]]> InSEPArable – Payments across the Eurozone https://cporising.com/2013/05/03/inseparable-payments-across-the-eurozone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inseparable-payments-across-the-eurozone Fri, 03 May 2013 10:00:20 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=11084 Executives and other leaders in procurement (and accounts payable) increasingly have roles with global responsibilities and implications. For this reason, I have taken a European focus with a few of…

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]]> Payer Beware: The EU’s New Rules about Vendor Payments https://cporising.com/2013/04/22/payer-beware-the-eus-new-rules-about-vendor-payments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=payer-beware-the-eus-new-rules-about-vendor-payments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:00:39 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=11030 During the tough days of the global recession, extending vendor payment terms became very popular in the halls of procurement and finance. In fact, this became an area that brought…

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]]> eInvoicing in the EU: Five Things You Should Know https://cporising.com/2013/04/15/einvoicing-in-the-eu-five-things-you-should-know/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=einvoicing-in-the-eu-five-things-you-should-know Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:00:23 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=10966 Publisher’s note: We understand that this article may not seem wholly relevant to the procurement professionals who comprise a majority of our readership at CPO Rising; but it is our…

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]]> CPO News – October 5, 2012 https://cporising.com/2012/10/05/cpo-news-october-5-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpo-news-october-5-2012 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:00:35 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=9510 We have been so focused on Tim Cook (and his move from CPO to CEO) that we somehow skipped September’s edition of “CPO News.” To catch up, October gets a…

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]]> CPO News – October 4, 2012 https://cporising.com/2012/10/02/chief-procurement-office-news-october-4-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chief-procurement-office-news-october-4-2012 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:00:51 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=9474 Recent procurement news from around the world: UK to Use Past Performance in Evaluation of New Supplier Bids Bill Crothers, the U.K.’s Chief Procurement Officer (he replaced John Collington in…

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]]> CPO News – July 6, 2012 https://cporising.com/2012/07/06/cpo-news-july-6-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpo-news-july-6-2012 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:32:42 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=8734 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.”…

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]]> CPO News – July 2, 2012 https://cporising.com/2012/07/02/cpo-news-july-2-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpo-news-july-2-2012 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:00:04 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=8708 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…

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]]> CPO News – April 25, 2012 https://cporising.com/2012/04/25/cpo-news-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpo-news-4 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:00:12 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=7976 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…

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]]> CPO News – March 7, 2012 https://cporising.com/2012/03/07/cpo-news-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpo-news-3 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:30:09 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=7218 L’Oreal’s CPO is Rising – Barbara Lavernos Takes Top Post Breaking News: Barbara Lavernos, Chief Procurement Officer for the L’Oréal Group has just been appointed the Managing Director of “L’Oréal Luxe…

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]]> CPO News – January 9, 2012 https://cporising.com/2012/01/09/cpo-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpo-news https://cporising.com/2012/01/09/cpo-news/#respond Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:00:16 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=6671 While we work hard to make the articles on CPO Rising as interesting, informative, and entertaining as we possibly can (I hope we’re succeeding), we also hope that the articles…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2012/01/09/cpo-news/feed/ 0 CPOs on the Rise in 2011: Calling all Suppliers https://cporising.com/2011/10/03/cpos-on-the-rise-in-2011-calling-all-suppliers-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpos-on-the-rise-in-2011-calling-all-suppliers-2 https://cporising.com/2011/10/03/cpos-on-the-rise-in-2011-calling-all-suppliers-2/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:00:35 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=5764 CPOs on the Rise in 2011 continues – In our last article we introduced you to an EMEA-based Chief Procurement Officer who works for a company that operates in 38…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2011/10/03/cpos-on-the-rise-in-2011-calling-all-suppliers-2/feed/ 0 CPOs on the Rise in 2011: Calling All Suppliers https://cporising.com/2011/09/30/cpos-on-the-rise-in-2011-calling-all-suppliers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpos-on-the-rise-in-2011-calling-all-suppliers https://cporising.com/2011/09/30/cpos-on-the-rise-in-2011-calling-all-suppliers/#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:00:56 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=5743 So, where were we? Ahh, that’s right – the CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series is back and with a big push coming up we plan to focus on…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2011/09/30/cpos-on-the-rise-in-2011-calling-all-suppliers/feed/ 0 CPO Shop Talk (London Edition): (1) Bravo’s Take on Procurement Value (2) Capital Assets (3) Career Planning https://cporising.com/2011/07/22/cpo-shop-talk-london-edition-1-bravos-take-on-procurement-value-2-capital-assets-3-career-planning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpo-shop-talk-london-edition-1-bravos-take-on-procurement-value-2-capital-assets-3-career-planning https://cporising.com/2011/07/22/cpo-shop-talk-london-edition-1-bravos-take-on-procurement-value-2-capital-assets-3-career-planning/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:02:53 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=5100 The second part of this week (and the reason for the late timing of this article) found me in London for two procurement-related events on behalf of BravoSolution (Bravo also…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2011/07/22/cpo-shop-talk-london-edition-1-bravos-take-on-procurement-value-2-capital-assets-3-career-planning/feed/ 0 CPOs on the Rise: Q&A with Luca Guzzaboca https://cporising.com/2011/07/12/cpos-on-the-rise-qa-with-luca-guzzaboca/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cpos-on-the-rise-qa-with-luca-guzzaboca https://cporising.com/2011/07/12/cpos-on-the-rise-qa-with-luca-guzzaboca/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:53:08 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=5015 Luca Guzzabocca, the Director of Procurement, Logistics, HSE and Security Management at Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (of the Montepaschi Group) has returned with us today to join…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2011/07/12/cpos-on-the-rise-qa-with-luca-guzzaboca/feed/ 0 Luca Guzzabocca – Banking on Procurement (Part 2) https://cporising.com/2010/08/12/luca-guzzabocca-banking-on-procurement-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=luca-guzzabocca-banking-on-procurement-2 https://cporising.com/2010/08/12/luca-guzzabocca-banking-on-procurement-2/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:00:10 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=2147 In our last article, we introduced you to “friend of the site,” Luca Guzzabocca, the Director of Procurement, Logistics, HSE, Security Management (or “Chief Procurement Officer”) at Banca Monte Dei…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/08/12/luca-guzzabocca-banking-on-procurement-2/feed/ 5 Luca Guzzabocca: Banking on Procurement (Part 1) https://cporising.com/2010/08/10/luca-guzzabocca-banking-on-procurement-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=luca-guzzabocca-banking-on-procurement-1 https://cporising.com/2010/08/10/luca-guzzabocca-banking-on-procurement-1/#respond Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:00:17 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=2117 There are certain people who come to epitomize their community while also being active participants in it. Sometimes they become statesmen, like Warren Buffet, who’s played that role for the…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/08/10/luca-guzzabocca-banking-on-procurement-1/feed/ 0 Enel: Making the Case for Spend Analysis (Part 2B) https://cporising.com/2010/07/12/enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis-part-2b/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis-part-2b https://cporising.com/2010/07/12/enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis-part-2b/#respond Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:00:55 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=1666 We’ll hop right into today’s article which follows this article (link) chronologically as part of an extended series where we have gotten to know Mario Mosca (amico del sito) and…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/07/12/enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis-part-2b/feed/ 0 Enel: Making the Case for Spend Analysis (Part 2A) https://cporising.com/2010/07/09/enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis-part-2a/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis-part-2a https://cporising.com/2010/07/09/enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis-part-2a/#respond Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:00:01 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=1655 We continue today with Part 2A of our case study of how Enel, Europe’s second largest utility company with annual revenue exceeding 64 billion €, made its case for an…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/07/09/enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis-part-2a/feed/ 0 Enel: Making the Case for Spend Analysis https://cporising.com/2010/07/02/enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis https://cporising.com/2010/07/02/enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis/#respond Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:00:39 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=1610 Last week we introduced you to the procurement operations at Europe’s second largest utility company, Enel and its procurement executive in charge of the technology infrastructure and the company processes…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/07/02/enel-making-the-case-for-spend-analysis/feed/ 0 Mario Mosca – Energizing Procurement at Enel (Part 2) https://cporising.com/2010/06/25/mario-mosca-enel-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mario-mosca-enel-part-2 https://cporising.com/2010/06/25/mario-mosca-enel-part-2/#respond Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:00:00 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=1513 Today, Part Two of our CPO Case Study with Mario Mosca, Head of Procurement, Processes and Systems, for Enel Energy in Rome will look at the supply management solutions and…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/06/25/mario-mosca-enel-part-2/feed/ 0 Mario Mosca – Energizing Procurement at Enel (Part 1) https://cporising.com/2010/06/23/mario-mosca-enel-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mario-mosca-enel-part-1 https://cporising.com/2010/06/23/mario-mosca-enel-part-1/#respond Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:00:46 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=1483 Two speaking engagements in Northern Italy in the last two months and each time I have had the pleasure of preceding Mario Mosca, Head of Procurement, Processes and Systems, Business…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/06/23/mario-mosca-enel-part-1/feed/ 0 Planes, Trains, and (Auto)-Mobility https://cporising.com/2010/04/19/planes-trains-and-auto-mobility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=planes-trains-and-auto-mobility https://cporising.com/2010/04/19/planes-trains-and-auto-mobility/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:00:07 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=900 After the breakup of The Sugarcubes, I was pretty sure that nothing that ever happened in Iceland would have a big impact on my life. I was wrong. Curses, Eyjafjallajökull!!!…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/04/19/planes-trains-and-auto-mobility/feed/ 1 Spend Analysis, Italian Style https://cporising.com/2010/04/16/spend-analysis-italian-style/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spend-analysis-italian-style https://cporising.com/2010/04/16/spend-analysis-italian-style/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:00:09 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=888 We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming…. Two of my favorite things: (1) waking up in Italy and (2) talking about spend analysis. Despite my 90-year old Nonna’s…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/04/16/spend-analysis-italian-style/feed/ 2 European CPOs: Capitalising on the Best Opportunities https://cporising.com/2010/01/20/european-cpos-capitalising-on-the-best-opportunities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=european-cpos-capitalising-on-the-best-opportunities https://cporising.com/2010/01/20/european-cpos-capitalising-on-the-best-opportunities/#respond Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:00:54 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=223 Once again, we interrupt the “10 for 2010” series to highlight a webinar (free registration) that I will be participating in tomorrow that looks at the top opportunities for European…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/01/20/european-cpos-capitalising-on-the-best-opportunities/feed/ 0 10 for 2010: Solution Providers to Watch in 2010 https://cporising.com/2010/01/13/10-for-2010-solution-providers-to-watch-in-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-for-2010-solution-providers-to-watch-in-2010 https://cporising.com/2010/01/13/10-for-2010-solution-providers-to-watch-in-2010/#respond Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:04 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=144 As an industry analyst, I have been actively tracking the solution providers in the supply management marketplace for years. Over this time, I have worked directly with more than 200…

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]]> https://cporising.com/2010/01/13/10-for-2010-solution-providers-to-watch-in-2010/feed/ 0 10 for 2010: CPOs on the Rise in 2010 https://cporising.com/2010/01/08/10-for-2010-cpos-on-the-rise-in-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-for-2010-cpos-on-the-rise-in-2010 https://cporising.com/2010/01/08/10-for-2010-cpos-on-the-rise-in-2010/#respond Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:00:18 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=127 As I noted in my previous article, I believe that the leadership and managerial skills found in many of today’s Chief Procurement Officers (including those below) will provide the foundation…

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