Procurement leaders 10 key quotes from wpc 16

10 Key QuotesWorld Procurement Congress 2016

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Amanda Davies, CPO Europe Eurasia, Mars Chocolate

“Procurement transformation starts with how youwalk into the office every day”

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Eliza Manningham-Buller, Former Head, MI5

“What’s important in a leader?Be yourself, don’t try to put yourself in a mould”

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Jean-Christophe Deville, Purchasing Director, Toyota Motor Europe

“Mutual trust in necessary at the top but alsoat a working level … it takes two for a win-win”

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Gregoire Letort, CPO, Electrolux

“90% of new ideas come from potential suppliers outside the existing network; only 10% are found inside”

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Roger Gonourie, CPO, Swiss RE Group

“We don’t need a seat at the table, we need to throw the dinner parties”

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Peter Carlsson, Former CPO, Tesla Motors

“Radical supplier relationship strategies are necessary to keep speed of innovation”

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Tom Linton, CPO, Flex

“Real-time information is a requirement: live. fast. Intelligent.”

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Nikolaus Kirner, CPO, Thomas Cook

“You have to get close to internal and external customers and key suppliers. You have to align procurement strategy towards the business strategy”

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Sidney Johnson, SVP Global Supply Management, Delphi

“Speed is everything in our business. Ability to react to problems or predict at speed. It is the differentiator”

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Kenneth Crukier, Data Editor, The Economist

“We are moving to a digitised enterprise led by value creators and thought leaders. We are going to transform our enterprise and our industry together”

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