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Rich Sains

@rich_sains

Founder @acadatech - Tweeting about Procurement, Negotiation and Tech

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⚡️SCHOOL BOOK GIVEAWAY!⚡️

My biggest giveaway EVER to celebrate A Spy in the Jam Factory (coming 04/04)!

🍓1 x signed copy of each Jam Factory book (inc. SPY!)
🍓1 x FIZZBEE PLUSHIE!
🍓35 x bookmarks

👇Like, Follow and Retweet to win!👇

Random winner picked 19/03. UK Only.

⚡️SCHOOL BOOK GIVEAWAY!⚡️ My biggest giveaway EVER to celebrate A Spy in the Jam Factory (coming 04/04)! 🍓1 x signed copy of each Jam Factory book (inc. SPY!) 🍓1 x FIZZBEE PLUSHIE! 🍓35 x bookmarks 👇Like, Follow and Retweet to win!👇 Random winner picked 19/03. UK Only.
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Thomas Edison once said:

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

Ryan Reynolds this is me trying one more time. Join me on the show and let’s have an incredible discussion.

If you retweet this and

Thomas Edison once said: “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” @VancityReynolds this is me trying one more time. Join me on the show and let’s have an incredible discussion. If you retweet this and
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For organisations with budget challenges in 2024, Procurement is the right place to invest.

But we must prove that this investment will pay back.

So what steps can Procurement leaders take to demonstrate the value they deliver and that extra investment would bring?

This

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January can be overwhelming. Lots to do, not enough months in which to do it.

Having spend the first week or two planning, everyone else's plans and priorities for the year are now landing on our desks.

So how can we get more done?

We know most of the answers, but sometimes

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Stakeholders: 5 things you can say which makes Procurement happy:

➡️ We’ve actually got a confirmed budget for this.

➡️ There's enough time for a proper process to be run.

➡️ We’ve not contacted suppliers yet and have no strong view on who we want for this.

➡️ We’re

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9 laws of Procurement:

These are 9 of my favourite laws and principles, and how they can be applied to Procurement.

1) The Eisenhower Principle:

The Urgent/Important Principle - 'What's urgent isn't important and what's important isn't urgent'

Being aware of this can help

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