ATE - A 360° approach to Supplier Management - with a focus on the critical elements of Information, Risk & Relationship Management

The impact of supplier-related activities and events on the operational performance and profitability of companies continues to increase. Equally, the opportunity to gain competitive advantage through supplier collaboration and innovation is prominent on most company's agendas.The practice of executing a successful Supplier Management strategy, however, remains immature in most organisations. Treated in silos, Supplier Management does not deliver the ultimate return on investment.To succeed, Supplier Management must be treated as a cross-functional, commercially-minded discipline, with sponsorship and engagement across key supplier-facing functions at both C-level executive and practitioner levels.  On this webinar, you will have the opportunity to learn about and discuss the following: Supplier Management definition, industry landscape and trends Overview of the key components of 'complete' Supplier Management - with a focus on Information, Risk & Relationship Management  Sample Supplier Management strategy, vision and mission  Business Relationship Management - the importance of mapping supplier segmentation to customer preferencing Sample 360° vision for all things supplier-related\r
Our Expert: Declan Kearney is founder of 360° Supplier View (www.360supplierview.com), an independent Supplier Management advisory firm. After spending 9 years in corporate sales roles leveraging CRM best practice, he commercialised (in 2004) a unique SRM concept in the form of an award-winning SaaS business, Supplierforce. After spending 2 years as Supply Management Business Leader with D&B, he recently set up 360° Supplier View. Declan's white paper, referred to by Spend Matters as a "Supplier Management treasure-trove", provides deep insight into key elements of Supplier Management, including practical case study references. Declan advises both companies and technology providers on their Supplier Management strategies and is a guest contributor to Procurement Leaders, Old Street Labs and Spend Matters.Procurement Leaders guest post on the theme of the '360° view of suppliers' - http://www.procurementleaders.com/blog/my-blog--guest-blog/a-complete-view-of-suppliers-is-in-reach\r
Procurement Leaders guest post: The evolution of Supplier Management: http://www.procurementleaders.com/blog/my-blog--guest-blog/the-evolution-of-supplier-management\r
How to select a Supplier Relationship Management system: http://blog.oldstlabs.com/how-to-select-supplier-relationship-management-system/