Blogs – SPG Leaders

Blogs

Practitioner writing on the forces reshaping sourcing, supplier strategy and supply chain resilience.

Sustainability·2 min read

Turning ESG commitments into supplier requirements that actually hold

Most ESG pledges die in the gap between the boardroom and the contract. Closing that gap is a procurement problem before it is a sustainability one.

Resilience·2 min read

Buffer stock, dual sourcing, nearshoring — the standard answers all carry a cost. The useful question is which risks are worth paying to avoid.

Contracts·2 min read

Negotiated savings and realised savings diverge for structural reasons. The fix is an operating-model change, not better tracking.

Technology·2 min read

The credible use cases are narrower and less exciting than the pitch decks, and they are also already delivering.

Category Strategy·1 min read

Most category strategies are written, presented, and then ignored. The ones that stick are built differently from the start.

Negotiation·2 min read

Sole-source, mid-contract, urgent, and the supplier knows it. What actually moves the outcome when the usual levers are gone.

Careers·2 min read

The skills that make an excellent category manager are not the ones the next role needs, which is why the step catches capable people out.

Supplier Management·2 min read

Scorecards measure compliance. They rarely produce the innovation or priority that SRM programmes are sold on.

Leadership·1 min read

Savings is the number procurement volunteers and the one the board trusts least. There are better things to bring.