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Released! Supernegotiate's Procurement Excellence Quadrant 2024
Learn how Top 1% of procurement excellence teams are spending their time and money in 2024 PROCUREMENT TECH : 30% eSourcing tools...
Gaurav Sharma
Jan 30, 20242 min read
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PART 2 : 2024 Key Events Notes and Actions to Take : A Guide for Procurement Category Managers and CPOs
2024 Key Events Notes and Actions to Take (Part 2): Previously, I spoke about - Commodity Price Slowdowns - Consulting World Shakeup -...
Gaurav Sharma
Jan 11, 20242 min read
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2024 Key Events Notes and Actions to Take : A Guide for Procurement Category Managers and CPOs
2024 is going to be the year of Elections! This will have an impact on Supply chains globally. Here is what 2024 looks like from a...
Gaurav Sharma
Jan 2, 20242 min read
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Top 4 Things to do in Procurement to finish Q4 on High Impact Mode
Top 4 things that I will DO in Q4 to create a HIGH IMPACT in Procurement organization: 1) Costs Management: Are you able to rejig your...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 19, 20232 min read
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Top 10 Future Technologies of Procurement that I will invest in
At Supernegotiate Procurement Labs, I am trying to bring the Procurement community focus where it should be. Solving high-impact...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 19, 20232 min read
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2023 - A Game Changer for Procurement
2023 is going to be a game-changer for the truly advanced Procurement team, and it is going to be a nightmare for mediocre ones. Why?...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 19, 20232 min read
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My top 10 generic rules in Procurement
1) Identify suppliers and categories where you can play & make strategic changes and product innovations 2) Data & Digitization have...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 19, 20232 min read
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Nike has an over inventory problem and why this is an opportunity for you to negotiate better
Nike has an over-inventory problem, and other retailers should be worried too!What's going on:Nike's inventory rise is not an isolated...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 19, 20232 min read
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If you are top 1% procurement CPO, this is what you should be doing in 2023
What is your roadmap to deliver 5% EBITDA margins in 2023? The top 1% of Procurement CPOs are solving big challenges of 2023 and beyond,...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20232 min read
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My Selfish post! Make sure your Procurement Ops are painless, and you should enforce no admin work
In summary #01 - Avoid PowerPoint presentations. Your teams are spending too much time on Powerpoint visualizations. You need decisions...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20231 min read
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Top 6 Corporate Innovation and/or Procurement Innovations Ideas! 💡 🔦
1) Allow Employees to be Entrepreneurs 😎 Instead of shelling out millions on substandard generalist 3rd-party solutions, allow your...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20232 min read
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Move beyond Pareto Principle! Check out Price law!
We all have heard about the Pareto principle or the 80/20 rule. However, a bit more effective rule is the Price law. I use this rule (and...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20231 min read
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This post will offend most in Procurement but it is the harsh reality of 2023
"If we have data, let's look at data. If all we have are opinions, let's go with mine." - James Love, CEO Netscape This post will only...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20232 min read
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Top 9 tips for negotiating effectively in a procurement setting
Here are some more detailed tips for negotiating effectively in a procurement setting: Establish your negotiation team: Determine who...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20232 min read
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🚩❌ ⚠ Avoiding Sales Tricks in Procurement: 5 Tips for Savvy Buyers
Here is Supernegotiate's ⚡first post for 2023 👋! And I am going more niche in Negotiations because I love it ❤️. I have been reading...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20235 min read
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Spend analysis, and esourcing platforms are dead. Do this in 2023
Spend analysis, and esourcing platforms are dead. Their teams are out of ideas, and it has been a while since that has been the case....
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20231 min read
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"5 Sales Techniques to Watch Out For: A Procurement Team's Guide to Winning More Deals" : Part 2
And I am back with my new post on Sales Techniques used against Procurement buyers in Negotiation!As you recall from my last post, I have...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20235 min read
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5 trends to stay away from in Procurement Digitization in 2023
1.) Tools that need more than 3 months of implementation time and end up as visualizations only! 2.) Sourcing process than runs longer...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20231 min read
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What Exactly is the Procurement Excellence Function all about?
Presenting my next Vlog series on Supernegotiate. This took me a good 1.5 months or so to research (hence no videos)! I want to share my...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20231 min read
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Bring home some Cost Savings! Here are 20 ideas for you to get started!
One of the key activities in 2023 for CPOs is to leverage the crude oil downturn, relaxed shipping industry scenario, better than last...
Gaurav Sharma
Dec 18, 20231 min read
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