How Does Global Procurement Work with Business Buyers?
How Does Global Procurement Engage with Purchasers?
What Additional Services Can Global Procurement Offer?
Pros and Cons of Collaborating with Global Procurement
Achieving Success with Global Procurement
How to Work Within Procurement Guidelines
Typical Points of Engagement
How to Manage Reluctant LSPs
Speaking Procurement-Ese
Understand Differing Priorities and Concerns
Join Forces During Negotiations
Act as an Interpreter
Managing Suppliers with Global Procurement Involvement
Give Feedback to Other Potential Buyers
Stay in Touch
Prepare for Contract Renegotiations
Conclusion
Recommendations
Procurement: Friend or Foe?
Guidelines for Partnership Between Business Buyers, Procurement, and Localization
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by
Alison Toon, Rebecca Ray
The relationship between business buyers – for example, marketing managers who want to create campaigns that are effective around the world, their localization teams and a company’s global procurement team - is not always an easy one. Often purchasing experts are not partnered with to full advantage. Use this report to better understand the role of the sourcing team, strengthen the partnership, and understand where these specialists can help – it is not all RFPs. This report is for buyers of language services, translation and localization managers, and their purchasing colleagues.
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