Ed Cross is the Executive Director of Odesma, a Procurement Consultancy. Ed has 30+ years of experience in Procurement across a wide range of industries and sectors.
In this Episode of the World of Procurement Podcast, we cover:
A Brief History of his wonderful career
Insights into Odesma, Ed’s Procurement Consultancy based out of the Gig Economy Approach
Starting in Procurement out of want rather than falling into it
How Procurement are responding to COVID19
Amazing stories from the Procurement Teams dealing with COVID
Tales from the Black Death - this was awesome!!!
How can Procurement ready themselves for different/new disruptions in the future
Customer of First Choice and why this is going to be important moving forwards
Why back to basics Procurement is vital
Understanding your Supply Chain
What does a Procurement Professional look like over the next few years
Single Source vs Multi Source/Competitive Procurement
Connect with Ed here:
Ed Cross - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-cross-919b0a5/
Odesma - http://www.odesma.co.uk/
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