Global vs. Local Sourcing: Which Strategy Powers Your Procurement Success? Both!

Procurement teams face a pivotal choice in their Category Strategies in terms of local sourcing: Both options have clear benefits and hidden pitfalls. To navigate this, Ahmed El‑Marashly’s recent LinkedIn break-down offers...

Swot method supporting a category strategy

SWOT Method Enhance Procurement Category Strategy

By utilizing the SWOT Method to Enhance Procurement Category Strategy you get a better understanding about your Category’s road ahead. Learn how to use the SWOT method as a critical part of...

Category Strategy for Small Machined Parts

Category Strategy for Small Machined Parts in the Scandinavian market outlines the procurement approach. The strategy includes a spend analysis, a wanted position, a market analysis, a SWOT analysis, and an action...

Category Strategy in Laptop Procurement – Harness the Power

I came across a company in the Nordics who really had taken their Category Strategy in Laptop Procurement to a good position. Hope you enjoy following summary: “At our company, a Nordic...

Category management – handover plan

This blog post explores the importance of a well-structured handover plan for category management and outlines a comprehensive framework to ensure a seamless transition when passing on a category to a new...

I failed at Category Management with Stephane Morel

I failed at Category Management by Stéphane Morel

I started in Procurement right after university. I began to practice Category Management quite many years later in Indirect Procurement in the Automotive industry. Since 2010, I have been teaching Category Management...

a purchasing manager recruiting a Category manager

Category manager – how to recruit – Case

When recruiting a new member to the procurement team, like a Category Manager, what skills and experiences are you looking for? The list of requirements and experiences can be quite long when...

What is Category Management? Objectives?

“Sometimes I am told that category-based purchasing is only about “saving money”. It is a very limited perspective that does not capture the larger role that category management can, and should, play...

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