In the wake of Gartner/AMR Research’s latest ranking of the best of the best, here are five lessons for those aspiring to take their place.

The owner of the ‘Procurement Leader Award’, Delphi procurement chief Sidney Johnson makes no bones about it, you have to strive to be the best at knowing how to provide value to the organization.

It wasn’t that long ago that one of the most recognisable carmakers in the Western world was in trouble. Procurement’s part in it’s turnaround was both telling and dramatic.

This first installation in Hugo Eckseler’s series on procurement transformation takes a look at the mandate for functions to take the next step in their evolution.

Any procurement executive interested in where the function is headed - and what executive isn't interested in that? - must read deputy editor Steve Hall's cover story in the current issue of Procurement Leaders. In the article, Steve asks whether there will be a need for a CPO in the future.

Every CPO would vouch for the importance of getting on their CEO's agenda and TD Bank CPO Caroline Booth gave those attending the Procurement Leaders Forum, Chicago yesterday four important tips for accomplishing just that.

We caught up with Forum chair Joseph Sandor, the Hoagland-Metzler endowed professor of practice in supply management at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad School of Business, ahead of the event to get a taste of what’s to come.

Are you changing your business for the better? It’s a simply enough question and I think there’s a convincing case to say that procurement or purchasing always needs to be able to answer that: yes, it is changing itself and the business in a significant way. If you’re not able to manage change effectively, and always be doing that, you can be sure that your competitors probably are.