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Contract Matters: A Future for Procurement
Procurement is in need of a ‘makeover’. There are challenges that should be looked at so procurement reform can be achieved. Procurement is in need of Leaders and Leadership. This applies for both buyers and suppliers. Do you wish for change? Do you want to make a difference? Do you wish for such leadership? Do you want to be a Procurement Leader? Then read on.
The book covers.
1. The need for Procurement Leadership. 2. Best Practice. 3. The requirement for a Procurement ‘Voice’. 4. The need for Procurement Reform. What can be achieved? 5. The need for Global Elders. 6. The need for Global Training 7. The need for Centre of Excellence. 8. The need for supplier input. 9. The need for Management input ... and action.
The question to ask Where are our Procurement Leaders? Perhaps a better question could How can I become a Procurement Leader?
Procurement itself needs to have vision and direction. We should be promoting an Agenda for Change – before others' agendas leaves us worse off than we are. To achieve the agenda - or to add to the agenda – there is the need for debates. These debates should include both buyer and supplier.
Procurement needs a 'Voice' – and we need it now. Are you that 'voice'?
What future do you want for Procurement? What will it take to achieve? It will take work and effort. The question what will Procurement’s future look like if procurement practitioners do not get involved?
Margaret Gilbert, Director, Corporate Contracts Management Ltd has worked in the contract/procurement area for 24 years both in New Zealand and Internationally. Margaret is a procurement consultant assisting in the complex contract world by looking at the 'whole of life' contract world.
We undertake procurement training both domestically and internationally as well as speaking at international procurement conferences. Margaret writes books under the Contract Matters series – see www.contractmatters.com.
The book covers.
1. The need for Procurement Leadership. 2. Best Practice. 3. The requirement for a Procurement ‘Voice’. 4. The need for Procurement Reform. What can be achieved? 5. The need for Global Elders. 6. The need for Global Training 7. The need for Centre of Excellence. 8. The need for supplier input. 9. The need for Management input ... and action.
The question to ask Where are our Procurement Leaders? Perhaps a better question could How can I become a Procurement Leader?
Procurement itself needs to have vision and direction. We should be promoting an Agenda for Change – before others' agendas leaves us worse off than we are. To achieve the agenda - or to add to the agenda – there is the need for debates. These debates should include both buyer and supplier.
Procurement needs a 'Voice' – and we need it now. Are you that 'voice'?
What future do you want for Procurement? What will it take to achieve? It will take work and effort. The question what will Procurement’s future look like if procurement practitioners do not get involved?
Margaret Gilbert, Director, Corporate Contracts Management Ltd has worked in the contract/procurement area for 24 years both in New Zealand and Internationally. Margaret is a procurement consultant assisting in the complex contract world by looking at the 'whole of life' contract world.
We undertake procurement training both domestically and internationally as well as speaking at international procurement conferences. Margaret writes books under the Contract Matters series – see www.contractmatters.com.
154 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 24, 2017
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