What the webinar covers:
Relationships, both internal and external, are the building blocks of a successful procurement function. If they’re not approached with effective communication and respect, then procurement’s goals and potential value it brings to a company cannot be achieved.
Join Kathleen Jordan, Senior Director, Advisory and Brian Seipel, Senior Consultant, Advisory from Corcentric as they offer first-hand experiences with fostering strong internal and supplier relationships.
What you’ll learn:
- Strategies that procurement can use to demonstrate value and drive true collaboration with internal stakeholders
- Best practices for proactive management of supplier relationships and performance
- How procurement can bring both relationships together to drive desired outcomes
Presenters:
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Kathleen Jordan, Senior Director, Advisory, Corcentric
Kathleen Jordan is a strategic sourcing expert, leading large scale client engagements focused on delivering results across various spend categories. She specializes in category management best practices and building supplier relationship programs that create a lasting impact. Kathleen actively manages a team of Consultants and Analysts and seeks to set a standard for serving as a true extension of a client’s Sourcing team. A Supply & Demand Chain Executive-recognized Pro to Know with 15+ years of experience as a strategic sourcing consultant, she is primarily focused on alleviating challenges that Procurement Professionals face when overseeing strategic relationships and managing significant budgets.
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Brian Seipel, Senior Consultant, Advisory, Corcentric
Brian Seipel is a high-performing, consultative professional in the procurement and strategic sourcing space. He has extensive project management experience and a proven track record of blending strategy and analytics to solve business challenges. Brian guides organizations to fully leverage people and processes, delivering actionable strategies to elevate Procurement from a tactical function to a fully strategic, valued resources. With a strong Strategic Sourcing skillset grounded in supplier management strategies, he helps clients drive critical relationships across multiple spend categories.