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Oct 2023
34m 59s

Combating Procurement Vulnerabilities, T...

MARK RAFFAN
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Because the growth of procurement teams in organizations isn't prioritized, they're being taken advantage of. Expense management and the development of important internal and external relationships are being neglected. Suboptimal short-term contracts are being signed out of pure necessity. What can procurement do to navigate these vulnerabilities? How can they avoid being taken advantage of by their counterparts? Rich Ham dives into the topic in this throwback episode of Negotiations Ninja. 

 

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