Category Archives: Business change

Siemens to save €3 billion with procurement overhaul

The changes will be led by CPO Barbara Kux, who will leave the company when her contract expires in December 2013.

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Balfour Beatty cuts procurement staff in restructure

The Construction Services UK division is merging its six operating businesses into one from January 2013 and streamlining procurement in the process.

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Manchester Airport Group acts as matchmaker to big and small suppliers

Supply chain director Steve Tanner hopes to reduce the number of vendors his team have to manage by making the introductions.

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‘Effective procurement’ key to £100m savings at Direct Line

Following a drop in profits, the company plans to close one of its sites, cut almost 900 jobs and use effective procurement to make savings.

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Vivendi plans procurement efficiencies after profits fall

The company that owns, among others, the video games maker behind Call of Duty, blamed problems with struggling mobile phone business SFR for the drop in income.

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Travel buyers earn more than £60,000 on average

The first study into the remuneration of travel buyers by the Institute of Travel & Meetings reveals purchasers in the pharmaceutical sector are the highest paid.

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Unilever procurement helps with sustainability objective

Buyers are assisting the fast-moving consumer goods company in achieving an ambitious long-term plan to double in size while reducing its environmental impact.

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Merged services puts councils on track to save millions

A CPO involved in the tri-borough project told SM other authorities should follow their example by putting individualism aside and collaborating.

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Barclays to move procurement jobs to Singapore

The financial services firm is to relocate some UK procurement roles to the Asian country as part of a plan to reduce costs by £2 billion by 2013.

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NAVCA signs up to local government procurement pledge

The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action has turned down the Cabinet Office’s procurement pledge because it focuses too much on multi-million pound contracts.

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