Mark Perera

Procurement Leaders
Procurement Leaders
April 25, 2019

Founding Editor of Procurement Leaders Magazine 2005-2008.

Procurement Leaders Quarterly (PLQ) and Monitor are publications designed to inspire, inform and educate procurement chiefs and their teams on the latest trends shaping the function.

Why & How to Run Your 1st Supplier Day: Pearson's Story
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December 20, 2018

Ask any supplier what they want most and the majority will probably give you the same answer – namely, being involved earlier in the decision-making process and also, crucially, given a true understanding of what it is that a company is trying to achieve

Where I see Procurement in 2025
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June 28, 2018

Organisations need two things to thrive. Growth and speed. Miss these and you will miss the boat. Today I want to look at how technological advances will enable procurement teams to automate and augment their current transactional workload and allow them to deliver measurable growth and speed.

Where I see Procurement in 2025
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June 26, 2018

Organisations need two things to thrive. Growth and speed. Miss these and you will miss the boat. Today I want to look at how technological advances will enable procurement teams to automate and augment their current transactional workload and allow them to deliver measurable growth and speed.

Calling Female Tech Founders! €50.000 Startup Prize at the Arch Summit
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March 08, 2018

Arch Summit’s Women in Technology competition aims to help profile the awesome female-led technology startups with leading corporate innovators & venture capitalist.

Six Supplier Collaboration Takeaways from Munich.
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May 19, 2017

I’ve been lucky enough to be the facilitator of Old St Lab’s whistle-stop world tour on supplier collaboration. So far we’ve held executive roundtable sessions in San Francisco (write-up here), London (write-up here) and we’ve just wrapped up another session in Munich.

Old St Labs partners with Vodafone to drive ambitious supplier collaboration & innovation agenda
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March 07, 2017

Hopefully, you’ve seen Old St Lab’s press release announcing our partnership with Vodafone, if you missed it, you can get it here.

Formula 1 Reinvents Itself Every Year — It’s time for Procurement to Follow Suit
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June 15, 2016

Last week I attended the Docusign Momentum event in London and was blown away by a presentation former SAP CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe gave entitled “Re-invention from a Position of Strength — Leading through the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The Hard Things About Supplier Relationships
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April 04, 2016

One of the best books I’ve read in the last few years is The Hard Things About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz the co-founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. In a departure from most management books I’ve come across, Horowitz steers clear of the ‘management made easy’ spiel and instead opts for a far more personal approach to the topic highlighting accounts of his personal challenges in the corporate arena.

Engineering a Revolution at Work - Podcast
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January 16, 2015

Business innovators please take the time to listen to this podcast from Simon Sinofsky, on the evolution of work. Then reflect to tools & approach your team using day to day...... there might be an better way

Favorite App of 2014 - Slack
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December 13, 2014

This selection was simple. Slack is simply awesome.
At Old St Labs we don't use email internally. We use Slack. We keep email for our lovely customers & future customers.

My Favourite Quotes of 2014
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December 12, 2014

My Favourite Quotes of 2014

Procurement Leaders
Procurement Leaders
January 01, 2004

Procurement Leaders connects, informs and inspires global corporations and their executives to enhance the contribution procurement makes to the business each day.

Founded in 2004 and headquartered in London, we are a global membership network serving major corporations and procurement, sourcing and supply chain executives. We provide independent procurement intelligence, professional development and peer to peer networking via our award winning online information resource, events and training solutions.

Our unique insights, research and data, as well as networking and professional development opportunities, enable procurement executives to deliver more value to their businesses equipping them with expert practices that deliver greater savings faster, reduce risks and transform functional performance.