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Oct 2017
40m 24s

Planning in Negotiation

MARK RAFFAN
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In this episode, we interview Don Klock, a professor of Supply Chain Management at Rutgers Business School. Don has over 30 years of experience with major multinational consumer products corporations like Colgate Palmolive, where he was most recently their Chief Procurement Officer. He has fantastic advice around the value of planning in negotiation. He’s a legend in the world of procurement and negotiation and it was truly an honor to talk with him.

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