Procurement Magazine July 2021 | Page 10

Product quality
Value for price
Transparency

THE BRIEF

" WE WANTED TO KNOCK DOWN ALL OF THE REASONS WHY AN INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONALLY CAN ' T START TO EMBED SUSTAINABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY INTO PROCUREMENT ' S WAYS OF WORKING ”
Oliver Hurrey , Chair of The SPP
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“ When you look historically at why diverse businesses have been excluded from RFPs and processes by which we choose suppliers , you realise that in many ways , there are systems of inequality in place ”
Bernadette Bulacan , Vice President and Lead Global Evangelist , Icertis
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“ IT ’ S THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT WE ENABLE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES THAT MAKES THINGS HAPPEN ”
David Loseby , Managing Director at Barkers Commercial Consultancy
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BY THE NUMBERS

From Clear Channel and JCDecaux ’ s The Moment For Trust research , involving 1000 UK consumers
The top 3 brand qualities to build trust :

76 %

Product quality

72 %

Value for price

61 %

Transparency

EDITOR ' S CHOICE

M & S , THE IMPORTANCE OF PEOPLE “ We ’ re a brand with a lot of heritage and a lot of legacy . Culture — and how we look after our people — is important ” Andrew Newnham , Director of Group Procurement at Marks & Spencer
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FEELING THE LOVE “ With my suppliers , we must learn from one another , bounce ideas between one another and grow together ; it is almost love ” Natalia Pickett , Head of Procurement , KeolisAmey Docklands
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STRATEGIC ALLIANCES “ Shrinking core expanding periphery - this is how my MBA professor Ranjay Gulati described strategic alliances , and I think it is true today " Rainer Veith , CFO at Salzgitter Maschinenbau AG ( SMAG )
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10 July 2021