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Spend Matters has released Q4 Services Procurement Vendor rankings
In 2.5 years since the first release, procurement professionals have referenced Spend Matters’ SolutionMap procurement technology benchmark rankings over 112,000 times, with the Accelerator toolkit gaining rapid traction to inform procurement technology selections:
“We didn’t have enough process and technology knowledge to identify our requirements for a P2P transformation. We wanted to include enough leading practice into our phase 1 assessment, recommendation and business case…You really helped us narrow the population.” — Senior Director, Supply Market Insight
The Hackett Group conducted a survey to gain insight into the strategic importance of maverick spend reduction, understand the adoption of specific procurement practices, and differentiate how top-performing organizations approach this topic.
As a procurement practitioner, you would be keen on chalking an all-encompassing procurement strategy. Download this eBook to gain the latest insights and views from the brightest minds in procurement.
IT Spend and Taxonomies - Share with a buy-side SIG member how your organization manages IT spend (from a category management perspective), specifically how you align/segment the components to best manage the category.
Property Tax Assistance Firms - A company is looking for a firm to assist in certain activities in connection with the assessment, payment and protest of property taxes levied by various taxing authorities with respect to certain properties held in fiduciary or agency accounts.
Julien Nadaud explores three case studies that prove one word — influence — can empower procurement strategies to put top value into the outcomes that all parties, including suppliers, seek.
A graduate of the Certified Third Party Risk Management Professional program, Brian Elliot, shared his feedback on the course lessons: "It's a thoroughly enjoyable and educational program that is informative and provides a strong framework for TPRM that can be used with any client."
Join the 1,000+ students like Brian who have advanced their sourcing knowledge and enroll for the January 20th start today.
Oliver Wyman would like your insight into the key trends and evolutions that will shape the “new frontiers” of the CPO role by 2025. Please fill out this quick survey and receive a complimentary version of the study results.
SIG and PeopleTicker have partnered to provide SIG members with insights and analysis to help them capture a greater understanding of their Procurement and Sourcing Roles with members-only access to the Procurement Labor Index.
With the understanding that SIG members also manage a large and growing Labor Commodity at their organizations, SIG and PeopleTicker are also providing members with a 25% discount to thePeopleTicker Online Job store.
Stacy Mendoza is a Digital Marketing Manager with Sourcing Industry Group (SIG). She began her career as an editor for a Washington, D.C.-based public opinion research firm where she worked on projects for political campaigns, nonprofits, and major corporations and brands. Since 2014, she has assumed progressive levels of responsibility in leading marketing and public relations campaigns and specializes in content creation, social media marketing, data analytics, media relations and crisis communications. Stacy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from The Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida; a certificate in grant writing from The Graduate School in Washington, D.C.; and is Inbound Certified through Hubspot Academy. Connect with her on LinkedIn and follow and tweet with her at @SIG_Stacy.
Here's your weekly update on the latest thought leadership, networking events and training with SIG.
Spend Matters has released Q4 Services Procurement Vendor rankings
In 2.5 years since the first release, procurement professionals have referenced Spend Matters’ SolutionMap procurement technology benchmark rankings over 112,000 times, with the Accelerator toolkit gaining rapid traction to inform procurement technology selections:
“We didn’t have enough process and technology knowledge to identify our requirements for a P2P transformation. We wanted to include enough leading practice into our phase 1 assessment, recommendation and business case…You really helped us narrow the population.” — Senior Director, Supply Market Insight
Read all about the Q4 launch here or view the free procurement tech benchmark rankings here.
>>Learn More
A Report on Maverick Spend
The Hackett Group conducted a survey to gain insight into the strategic importance of maverick spend reduction, understand the adoption of specific procurement practices, and differentiate how top-performing organizations approach this topic.
>>Download the report
Procurement Experts Outlook 2019
As a procurement practitioner, you would be keen on chalking an all-encompassing procurement strategy. Download this eBook to gain the latest insights and views from the brightest minds in procurement.
>>Download the eBook
Peer-2-Peer Inquiries
IT Spend and Taxonomies - Share with a buy-side SIG member how your organization manages IT spend (from a category management perspective), specifically how you align/segment the components to best manage the category.
>>View the Inquiry and Respond
Property Tax Assistance Firms - A company is looking for a firm to assist in certain activities in connection with the assessment, payment and protest of property taxes levied by various taxing authorities with respect to certain properties held in fiduciary or agency accounts.
>>View the Inquiry and Respond
>>All P2P Inquiries
Thought Leadership Webinars
Gain True Agility by Scaling Automation & AI Across the Business
When: December 10, 2019 at 1:00pm ET
Presented By: Catalytic
>>Register Now
Peak P2P Performance: What It’s All “Abot”
When: December 11, 2019 at 1:00pm ET
Presented By: Zycus
>>Register Now
Future of Sourcing Articles
Molly Spatara of SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass presents four key actions organizations can take to better manage services providers to maximize ROI and mitigate risk.
Julien Nadaud explores three case studies that prove one word — influence — can empower procurement strategies to put top value into the outcomes that all parties, including suppliers, seek.
>>Read More
SIG University Open Enrollment
A graduate of the Certified Third Party Risk Management Professional program, Brian Elliot, shared his feedback on the course lessons:
"It's a thoroughly enjoyable and educational program that is informative and provides a strong framework for TPRM that can be used with any client."
Join the 1,000+ students like Brian who have advanced their sourcing knowledge and enroll for the January 20th start today.
>>Enrollment Information
CPO Survey
Oliver Wyman would like your insight into the key trends and evolutions that will shape the “new frontiers” of the CPO role by 2025. Please fill out this quick survey and receive a complimentary version of the study results.
>>Take the Survey
SIG Partners with PeopleTicker
SIG and PeopleTicker have partnered to provide SIG members with insights and analysis to help them capture a greater understanding of their Procurement and Sourcing Roles with members-only access to the Procurement Labor Index.
With the understanding that SIG members also manage a large and growing Labor Commodity at their organizations, SIG and PeopleTicker are also providing members with a 25% discount to the PeopleTicker Online Job store.
>>Learn More
Career Network
If you are looking for a new job or hoping to fill a position, please check out the SIG Career Network.
>>View All Job Listings
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Stacy Mendoza is a Digital Marketing Manager with Sourcing Industry Group (SIG). She began her career as an editor for a Washington, D.C.-based public opinion research firm where she worked on projects for political campaigns, nonprofits, and major corporations and brands. Since 2014, she has assumed progressive levels of responsibility in leading marketing and public relations campaigns and specializes in content creation, social media marketing, data analytics, media relations and crisis communications. Stacy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from The Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida; a certificate in grant writing from The Graduate School in Washington, D.C.; and is Inbound Certified through Hubspot Academy. Connect with her on LinkedIn and follow and tweet with her at @SIG_Stacy.