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Posts Tagged ‘indirect procurement’
Procurement Transformation: How to Keep the “Strategy” in Strategic Sourcing
How to keep the “Strategy” in Strategic Sourcing… (Procurement Transformation) Observations from SIG Toronto This week HCMWorks sponsored the Sourcing Interest Group’s (SIG) Innovation Forum in Toronto. This year’s event drew close to 100 procurement professionals predominately from Canada with a small U.S. contingency. The event was hosted by Telus in their LEED CS (Core... Read the full article here
Jan 2012 – HCMWorks Managing Partner named to Sourcing Interest Group (SIG) Advisory Board.
HCMWorks Managing Partner named to Sourcing Interest Group (SIG) Advisory Board. OTTAWA, ON – JANUARY 10, 2011 – HCMWorks announced today the naming of Ted Weyn to the Sourcing Interests Group’s Advisory Board. Sourcing Interests Group (SIG), www.sig.org, is a membership organization comprised of sourcing and outsourcing professionals from Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies,... Read the full article here
Turn up the VOLUME: How to Become a Procurement Rock Star
Turn up the VOLUME: How to Become a Procurement Rock Star This position paper takes our readers through the common denominator that can assist procurement executives to play like a Rock Star. Learn how companies like Salesforce.com and Rent-a-Center pushed aside the normal procurement “analysis to paralysis” and by taking one simple approach revolutionized their... Read the full article here
How to Address Indirect Procurement Beyond Sourcing – Dannon (1m15s)
How to Address Indirect Procurement Beyond Sourcing Jean Bigaouette, Director of Procurement, Dannon Learn from Jean Bigaouette, Director of Procurement for The Dannon Company discuss how the success of indirect procurement has to go beyond just sourcing.... Watch the Full Video Here
La Réussite au-delà de L’approvisionnement Indirect des Biens & Services – Dannon (0m40s)
La Réussite au-delà de L’approvisionnement Indirect des Biens & Services Jean Bigaouette, directeur des approvisionnements pour la Compagnie Dannon Jean Bigaouette, directeur des approvisionnements pour la Compagnie Dannon, explique comment il a obtenu un grand succès avec les approvisionnements indirects chez Dannon.... Watch the Full Video Here
Success Beyond Sourcing with Indirect Procurement – Dannon (0m34s)
Jean Bigaouette, director of procurement at Dannon, talks about how to find success in indirect procurement beyond sourcing. Spend management is less about price negotiation but understanding demand management of the category.... Watch the Full Video Here
Why Outsource Indirect Procurement – Dannon (1m57s)
Dannon chose HCMWorks to outsource indirect procurement because they have a very specialized knowledge of all indirect procurement categories. Many large corporations choose an outsourcing services provider who is experienced in indirect procurement management.... Watch the Full Video Here
Indirect Category Successes – Cardinal Health (1m21s)
Indirect Category Successes – Patrick Eckhert Patrick Eckhert, Director, Indirect Procurement, Cardinal Health Hear from Patrick Eckhert Director of Indirect Procurement for Cardinal Health discuss which categories are driving savings success at their company.... Watch the Full Video Here
V2H Process Benefits, Phased Approach – Cardinal Health (1m51s)
V2H Process Benefits, Phased Approach – Patrick Eckhert Patrick Eckhert, Director, Indirect Procurement, Cardinal Health Too many corporate procurement strategies set out to “boil the ocean”. Hear from Patrick Eckhert Director of Indirect Procurement for Cardinal Health discuss how moving with a V2H approach is helping them achieve success and adoption by driving proof... Watch the Full Video Here
Keys to Attacking Indirect Procurement – Cardinal Health (1m32s)
Keys to Attacking Indirect Procurement Patrick Eckhert, Director, Indirect Procurement, Cardinal Health Decentralization and fragmented supply base makes managing and controlling the costs of indirect services procurement a challenge at most organizations. Hear from Patrick Eckhert, Director of Indirect Procurement for Cardinal Health discuss the actions they are taking to ensure procurement... Watch the Full Video Here
About HCMWORKS
Indirect Procurement intelligence beyond what our competitors provide:
We don’t just guide our clients on what they can achieve, we help them achieve it.
- Beyond analysis and strategy, our teams of experts assist our clients by implementing successful change management and adoption programs that ensure sustainability and success.
- Technology Agnostic. We don’t believe systems are a “one size fits all.” Our analysis of your firm’s expenditures reveals the best market solutions based on your corporate goals, cultural nuances and definitions of business success.
- Create enterprise intelligence on a single platform for tremendous indirect procurement visibility.
- Our programs can be deployed from analysis to implementation within 3-6months with a rapid return on investment.
- Proof-of-Concept. We can start slow then move fast. Let’s collectively demonstrate
to all constituents what success can look like.



