Investing In Your Team: Developing A Partnership Mindset Among Procurement, Suppliers, and Stakeholders

06/10/2021

While we all recognize the importance of stakeholder relationships, it’s all too easy to maintain a status quo and sometimes adversarial relationship with the business units and suppliers you interface with on a daily basis. This engaging panel will give you pointers on how best to invest in your holistic team (procurement, suppliers and stakeholders) to set yourself up for continued success.

Key topics to discuss include:

  • Tools and techniques for understanding stakeholders, aligning motivations, improving communication and helping your projects succeed
  • Methods and techniques to prepare your business and suppliers from a change management perspective
  • Tip and tricks on how best to prepare your business to become a strong member of your negotiating team
  • And more!

Panel members:

  • Moderator: Joanna Martinez, CEO/Founder, Supply Chain Advisors
  • Katie Sharma, Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing – Technology, Zendesk
  • Josh Pickles, Director, Head of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, DoorDash
  • Dawn O’Bryan-Lamb, Supplemental Workforce Program Manager, Southern California Edison



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