Great to finish the week in a castle (Kasteel Groeneveld in Baarn) for a full day of Executive MBA teaching at EFMI Business School & Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Great group of non-procurement participants from different Food and Retail companies eager t…lnkd.in/gQWUucms

Our Maastricht University School of Business and Economics mission is to educate and train our students to function responsibly in their careers. How to teach that in my course Strategic Sourcing? Share theory and discuss a case? No! Organize an in-class…lnkd.in/edXkqa6u

Just closed the 1st module of the 2023 edition of the unique Nevi Procurement Leadership Program (PLP) that we host at Universiteit Maastricht. Lots of different topics were discussed with this new group of procurement professionals over the past 4 days,…lnkd.in/evwMmx8z

It’s wrap! Two days of teaching in the Masterclass in Hospital and Healthcare Procurement at NEVI’s House of Procurement. Together with a number og guestspeakers (Dieter Zocholl) we covered a lot of topics (Sourcing, SRM, Sustainability, Value based procu…lnkd.in/eccFR7Ej

Together with my SCM colleagues from Maastricht University I enjoyed the annual IPSERA conference in Barcelona this week. With more than 300 participants and more than 200 paper presentations it was a successful event. Apart from (re)connectings with my i…lnkd.in/eRD_ZYMe

Had a great evening last night discussing Procurement with a group of Account Managers. Although buyers and sales professionals reside on different sides of the table, their is great potential value in creating a better mutual understanding of costs, valu…lnkd.in/esUeBU_U

During my visit to Kristiania University in Norway (invited by Marius Langseth and NIMA Utdanning) to give a guestlecture to students and facilitate a CPO Roundtable, I was interviewed by a journalist, you'll find the result here: …lnkd.in/eMwfzicE lnkd.in/eeH-sKpZ

Just wrapped up module 2 on ‘Strategy’ of our Nevi Procurement Leadership Program (PLP) in Maastricht. This week our leadfaculty Prof Michael Mol (CBS, DK) discussed strategy, strategy formulation, blue/red ocean, strategic management, strategic dilemmas…lnkd.in/eBcr4ufb

Proud that we, again, have a Maastricht University student team in the finals of ISM Global Case Competition!! It proves that we do something good when it comes to teaching Procurement and Supply chain management in both our SCM Master programs. The last…lnkd.in/gvxbBN-p

Proud to share that one of our UM student teams won the ISM Global Case competition this week in Dallas (USA). Even more so because it is the 3rd (…) time in a row that our students won this competition. Well done Bart Vos! lnkd.in/eTEfQzbA

Just wrapped up three days of teaching at UMIO | Maastricht University as leadfaculty for Module 3 - Organization of the Nevi Procurement Leadership Program (PLP). We discussed many topics like how to organize procurement, procurement operating models, ho…lnkd.in/enYwqHyy

Had the honour today to act as keynote speaker at APCADEC - Associação Portuguesa de Compras e Aprovisionamento Strategic Procurement Conference in Lissabon (Portugal). Great location and a great audience of Procurement professionals eager to learn. Discu…lnkd.in/esfJ6nQR

This week I joined the Nevi CPO Summit 2023 in Zeist (NL) together with 35 CPO’s of leading companies in The Netherlands. After the opening by Lizan Molmans (Director NEVI), results from the CPO survey were presented by Silke Herold and Vincent Delke. The…lnkd.in/e3CWetky

Looking back at a busy day, that started at Nyenrode Business Universiteit Lean Institute discussing Procurement and Supply chain collaboration with the participants of the Masterclass Operations Excellence. Thanks for inviting me Rob Van Gorkom and Logis…lnkd.in/eN_5Rgyh

While waiting on our delayed flight back to Amsterdam, I look back at a fantastic week in Stockholm with our Nevi Procurement Leadership Program. Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education is our partner for Module 4 on Finance. The module was kick…lnkd.in/g2-gruci

See announcement below for an upcoming event. 📣 Feeling honoured and looking forward to act as keynote speaker on this 20-year celebration event of the Slovenian Purchasing Association ZNS on October 4, 2023. Don’t miss it! lnkd.in/eKCrmbHj

We’re pleased to let you know that our paper 'Dynamic Capabilities for Digital Procurement Transformation' has now been assigned a journal volume and page numbers. You can find it here… lnkd.in/e8rQ6y53

Today I had the honour to close the Nevi Procurement Executive Program (PEP). Based upon the content presented in the past 5 modules by a large nuber of guestspeakers, we explored what it takes to manage the procurement function and develop procurement ex…lnkd.in/eKEtAyA3

Proud to announce that in collaboration with APCADEC, I will deliver a 2-day training program in Portugal on 17-18 October (2023). For all my Portugese friends that I met at the conference in Lisbon recently, don’t miss this opportunity! Keep a close eye…lnkd.in/efXEGiG9

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