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BGIS • Future of Sourcing Awards Finalist Interview

Posted: 09/18/2023 - 20:17
Author: Future of Sourcing Awards
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 our global supplier network, a cornerstone of our success.  
 

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc • Future of Sourcing Awards Finalist Interview

Posted: 09/15/2023 - 20:37
Author: Future of Sourcing Awards
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. 
 

The Fractional CPO

Posted: 08/31/2023 - 20:58
Author: Greg Tennyson
The Fractional CPO

There is an exciting trend occurring within the labor market - fractional CxOs. So, what is a fractional CxO? They are highly experienced executives with functional, industry-domain knowledge retained by an organization on a part-time or contract basis. Instead of being a full-time employee, the fractional CxO provides expertise, insights, mentoring, and leadership for specific hours or days per week or month.

A Brief History of the Enterprise Approach to Supplier Diversity

Posted: 02/10/2021 - 07:39
Author: Purvee Kondal
Supplier Diversity

2020 brought us a time of reflection on many fronts, from how we eat to how we prioritize, how we think, how we get from point A to point B, to focusing on what matters. Diversity is one of the elements that came to the forefront in 2020 for many people and organizations.

As an immigrant and a minority woman, I never thought that we would be at this place in my lifetime where an open discussion of diversity occurs because I have seen how much of it was shunned systematically in the past.

Achieving the Best Possible Outcomes, with Lawrence Kane, Tim Hopper and Greg Tennyson

Posted: 09/17/2018 - 07:58
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Hello, everybody. This is Dawn Tiura from Sourcing Industry Group. Now, today I have the pleasure of talking to Greg Tennyson who has been nominated as a Sourcing Star, and I'm sure nobody is surprised. I don't think there's anyone in sourcing or procurement that hasn't heard of him. But even more so, I don't think there's a procurement leader out there that does not have the utmost respect for Greg.
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