Unfiltered Stories | Future of procurement & driving new value

In this edition of Unfiltered Stories, Reetika Fleming, Executive Research Leader, and Saurabh Gupta, President, Research & Advisory Services at HFS are in conversation with Kris Koneru, Strategic Business Practice Head, Sourcing & Procurement at Infosys BPM about the future of procurement.

What is the future of procurement’s role in driving new value? What are the hurdles? And what are the lessons learned from Procurement Achievers? To find out, HFS Research, in partnership with Infosys BPM, surveyed 300 senior procurement executives across the Global 2000 enterprises. Our study reveals that procurement is uniquely positioned to become the “ecosystem builder” for an enterprise. Still, the path is challenging and requires a fundamental mindset shift within procurement and its stakeholders.

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Reetika, Saurabh, and Kris cover a range of topics, including:

• What is the north star for CPOs today?
• What does our study show? Why is it challenging & what is holding people back?
• Did our survey show any gold nuggets of CPOs that they are learning to balance this dual role of managing cost interest and looking to partner externally?
• How should procurement leaders think about their talent and skillset for the future?
• How can the focus on sustainability also help procurement leaders to start to play this new role a little bit?

You can read the related POV here.

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