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CPO Shop Talk (BravoSolution Edition): (1) Strategic Sourcing (2) Perimeter (3) Transportation Spend Management

By Andrew Bartolini May 27, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, Solution Providers, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

BravoSolution’s North American User Conference, held this past Wednesday, delivered a great blend of user case studies, best practices and thought leadership. Set in the heart of Chicago at Café…

Scott Singer – Global Procurement Transformation in the Cloud at Rio Tinto (Ariba Live)

By Andrew Bartolini April 20, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, TechnologyNo Comments

Today’s article focuses on the customer keynote presentation delivered by Scott Singer, Rio Tinto’s Head of Procurement, at Ariba LIVE last week. First, one quick story about Scott that, I…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Kirk Eberhart: Directing Direct (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini April 11, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Strategy2 Comments

In our last article, Kirk Eberhart, our latest CPO on the Rise in 2011, gave us the view from the top of procurement at TMK IPSCO. Kirk reports to the…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Kirk Eberhart: Directing Direct

By Andrew Bartolini April 8, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Our next CPOs on the Rise in 2011 story focuses on direct materials and the supply chain and an interview with “friend of the site,” Kirk Eberhart, Director of Purchasing…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – A Passion for Procurement

By Andrew Bartolini April 6, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Procurement: it’s not just a job, it’s a passion. Our next CPO on the Rise in 2011 is a Chief Procurement Officer in the hi-tech industry, who in his own…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – One CPO Who Is Making the Grade (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini March 25, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

In our last article, we discussed this Chief Procurement Officer for a Fortune 500 Company’s achievements over his first four years in the role. During this time, he led a…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – CPO @ Fortune 100 Company

By Andrew Bartolini March 11, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, StrategyNo Comments

While all of the Chief Procurement Officers in our CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series have all been kind enough to support the site and our industry by sharing…

The Dog Days – Reprise

By Andrew Bartolini March 10, 2011Articles, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Revisiting an earlier article that is timelier today for our many readers in the Southern Hemisphere, who are just getting to work on a long, hot Friday in the middle…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – The Many Hats of John Sorci (Part 1)

By Andrew Bartolini March 7, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

Welcome to week three of our series, CPOs on the Rise in 2011, that is focused on highlighting different procurement executives and the strategies and approaches they will take (and…

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 – Holger Baeuerle: In the Mood for Procurement (Part 2)

By Andrew Bartolini March 2, 2011Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, StrategyNo Comments

CPOs on the Rise in 2011 continues with Part 2 of our profile of Holger Baeuerle, Senior Vice President - Head of Global Procurement at Moody’s Corporation’s (Ticker – NYSE:…