Brandon Hummons

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Brandon Hummons, CPSM®, is a consultant at Source One, a Corcentric company. He is a 28-year-old self-starter and keen collaborator who immerses himself into client procurement projects. In his consultant role, he has saved millions in information technology indirect spend at one organization and helped create an optimized procurement department from the ground up at another. He chairs the Emerging Professionals Committee for ISM-Chicago, is a champion for talent diversity and inclusion, and provides procurement strategy and business coaching to minority and small businesses.

 

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Procurement’s role within an organization has changed dramatically over the past few decades.
Aug 20, 2021    0

Procurement’s role within an organization has changed dramatically over the past few decades.

Once primarily considered a tactical function focused on pricing and inventory management, procurement has now taken on a much more strategic role. Pricing is still an essential part of the job, as is managing inventory; however, the role has expanded to include oversight of asset utilization, confirmation of supplier compliance, and provision of data and analytics-backed ...