Indirect Procurement: A Strategic Value Driver - Step by Step

A Practical Guide to Effective Procurement Management
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-87-7170-140-1
Verlag: BoD - Books on Demand

Buch, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 120 mm x 190 mm, Gewicht: 171 g

If you're looking for a clear recipe for how to run procurement - especially in the often-overlooked world of indirect procurement - this is the book to read.

This is a practical guide providing a comprehensive framework for transforming procurement into a value-creating business partner. Through clear models, real-world examples, and actionable tools, it walks you step-by-step through the essential disciplines of modern procurement.

You'll learn how to:
- Achieve full visibility into indirect spend
- Develop category strategies with measurable business impact
- Lead structured, value-focused sourcing processes
- Maximize the outcomes of your negotiations
- Turn contracts into drivers of performance and compliance
- Build supplier relationships based on trust and accountability
- Track and communicate procurement's contribution to business results

Whether you're optimizing a mature procurement function or building a world-class capability from the ground up, this is your essential guide to modern indirect procurement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berg, Lars

Über Autor(innen)

Berg, Lars
Lars Berg is an experienced procurement and contract management executive with over 20 years of leadership experience from international companies such as COWI, Nilfisk, and Johnson Controls.

With a background as MSc in Economics and Business Administration and an Executive MBA from Copenhagen Business School, he has specialized in strategic sourcing, category and supplier management, and the optimization of indirect costs.

Today, Lars works as an advisor and interim manager and is passionate about elevating the procurement function into a value-creating partner within the organization.

Lars Berg:
Lars Berg is an experienced procurement and contract management executive with over 20 years of leadership experience from international companies such as COWI, Nilfisk, and Johnson Controls.

With a background as MSc in Economics and Business Administration and an Executive MBA from Copenhagen Business School, he has specialized in strategic sourcing, category and supplier management, and the optimization of indirect costs.

Today, Lars works as an advisor and interim manager and is passionate about elevating the procurement function into a value-creating partner within the organization.