10 Key Quotes World Procurement Congress 2016 #ProcurementCan #PLWPC
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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