I am pleased to welcome Buyers Meeting Points’ Kelly Barner as a regular contributing columnist to the Procurement Insights Blog.
Kelly recently received the well deserved honor of being a 2012 Supply & Demand Chain Executive ‘Pro to Know’ for her (and partner Cindy Allen-Murphy’s) incredible work in both informing and empowering procurement professionals the world over through the Buyers Meeting Point website.
Starting today Kelly will, on a bi-weekly basis, extend this service commitment through the contribution of what I know will be interesting and thought provoking posts on industry news and events, as well as areas of professional development.
Meet Kelly Barner:
Kelly has a unique perspective on procurement from her experience on both sides of the negotiation desk – both as a practitioner and a consultant at a solution provider. She has led projects involving members of procurement, supplier and purchasing teams. Kelly has practical skills in strategic sourcing program design and management, opportunity assessment, knowledge management, and custom taxonomy design and implementation. She also has direct sourcing experience in a number of product and service categories including: inventory fuel, location-based and professional services, corrugated, and corporate purchasing cards. Kelly has her MBA as well as an MS in Library and Information Science, and is a 2012 Supply & Demand Chain Executive ‘Pro to Know’.
Be sure to look for Kelly’s first post later today in the Procurement Insights Blog.
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Geoff Strotmann
April 17, 2012
Congratulations Kelly, I look forward to your insightful comments and guidance.
Geoff
Buyers Meeting Point (@BuyersMeetPoint)
April 17, 2012
Thank you Geoff! I’m glad to be taking the conversation about procurement issues and professional development to a whole new forum. I look forward to your comments in the future!
— Kelly
Government Procurement
April 25, 2012
Congrats Kelly, Can you please share some insight on where one can begin with procurement.
Buyers Meeting Point (@BuyersMeetPoint)
April 25, 2012
Thank you to the team at Government Procurement for your well-wishes!
The good thing about getting started in procurement is that all companies need to make purchases and manage their spend. So regardless of what industry you have a background in, there are opportunities for you to apply your knowledge in a procurement or sourcing group. Reading blogs like Procurement Insights or joining professional groups on LinkedIn dedicated to procurement activity are great ways to enhance your understand of the function. If live events are more your style, check out the Buyers Meeting Point procurement update on the PI Window on Business Blog Talk Radio program every Monday evening for recommendations on the best webinars of the week:
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