Future of Sourcing Awards
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The 2023 Future of Sourcing Awards recognizes organizations and individuals that show innovation, leadership and transformation in categories that are critical to the sourcing industry. The Awards will take place on October 18, 2023, the capstone evening at the SIG Global Executive Summit. Attendees will enjoy dinner, networking and an awards ceremony that brings together some of the brightest minds to create a truly remarkable experience.
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1. Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?
Since its inception in 1908 bp has always been about transitions; from coal to oil, from oil to gas, and then from onshore to deep water. Most recently bp launched a transformation to reimagining energy for people and our planet. bp wants to help the world reach net zero and improve...
1) Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?
At BGIS, our diversity and inclusion (D&I) beliefs and practices play a pivotal role in our success as a service-based organization; enabling us to attract and retain the best talent and better reflect the employees, communities, and customers we serve and value. We take pride in...
1) Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. (BlueCross or BCBST) is a mature diversity and inclusion company. Guided by our leadership team and board of directors, diversity and inclusion have been a focus for more than 20 years.
We value and respect...
1) Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?
This joint project between Bayer and GEP was to address a series of critical challenges faced by Bayer's procurement function. It was struggling to deliver increased value to its business operations, implement improvements to third-party costs, enhance working capital and maintain...
1) Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?
ATD faced challenges in managing contracts effectively, prior to the implementation of our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool. The absence of a centralized repository resulted in contracts scattered across disparate storage locations, making it difficult to track, retrieve,...
1. Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?
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How did you get into this field – was it purposeful or by accident?
It was for sure not purposeful, as I initially decided to obtain a bachelor degree in Business Economics at Tilburg University in order to become auditor eventually after graduating. That has been the plan ever since going to high school… until I figured during my studies and first internship at one of KPMG’s technology advisory teams that rather started working at a...
How did you get into this field. Was it purposeful or by accident?
Accidental! I had just exited my first company, named EcoSearch, which was an environmental mapping company. We had a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution in the mid-nineties, a decade before that term was even coined! I was sent information by a friend about FreeMarkets, the original architects of eSourcing, and their full-service model for reverse auctions. It was clunky...
How did you get into this field. Was it purposeful or by accident?
Actually, my entry into Procurement was unexpected. I was finalizing my engineering internship at Solvay in a production facility in Belgium, when I decided to submit my resume to the centralized HR database of resumes without applying to any specific role. A few weeks later, a recruiter called me to discuss an analyst opportunity within Solvay’s newly created centralized...
How did you get into this field. Was it purposeful or by accident?
I have always been interested in why, how and with what criteria professionals make career choices. In college and as a young professional I often heard friends and colleagues say, “this job is OK until I figure out what I want to do.” I wanted to find a way to pre-emptively help employers and candidates make great choices. Companies struggle to build workforces...