Procurement Connect: Empowering Procurement Leaders to Drive Impact

For this months Procurments Connect we have Georgina Willis from Procurement Hacks as out guest speaker. Georgina has spent the majority of her career working in the food industry working for the likes of Bakkavor and Pilgrims, managing over £30 million worth of spends across Direct and In-Direct categories. Georgina has set up Procurement Hacks as her own Procurement consultancy business.

Details of the event are below:

Procurement - A Greenfield Procurement set up where no structured procurement function exists.

 Agenda:

• Laying the Foundations - How to assess current spend, supplier relationships, and business needs before building a strategy.
• Stakeholder Buy-in - Convincing leadership and internal teams of the value that procurement brings to the business.
• Building the Procurement Framework - Governance, policies, and processes to ensure efficiency, compliance, and cost management.
• Technology Choices - What systems to implement to support procurement operations and reporting from day one.
• Supplier Strategy - Developing sourcing plans, negotiating first key contracts, and structuring supplier relationships for long-term success.
• Quick Wins to Prove Value Early - Identifying immediate cost savings or risk mitigation efforts to demonstrate impact.

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