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Are Category CEOs The Next Evolutionary Step In Procurement?

Author: Jaime Bohnke, Vice-President of Global Supply Chain at Tyco

Jaime Bohnke, Vice-President of Global Supply Chain at Tyco, is a keynote speaker at the forthcoming Procurecon for Corporate Sourcing conference in Atlanta and will be featured in a forthcoming IACCM Ask The Expert interview on January 10^th.

Jaime has deployed the concept of the Category CEO across Tyco businesses, producing close to $2 billion dollars in savings since 2003 despite a de-centralized approach to procurement across 5 business units. This unique approach has given purchasing a seat at the table of every business unit to influence spend in all categories, by creating executive steering committees and category specific procurement councils to jointly establish an optimal sourcing strategy.

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