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One of the key principles Christina Ong keeps close to her heart is to “always keep an open mind. You never know what an opportunity can bring.” When a headhunter first approached her more than a decade ago with an opportunity in procurement, she thought they were making a mistake. After all, she never had a day of procurement experience in her entire life. Fast forward 13 years later, and Ong has “never looked back” on this opportunity that led to a fascinating career in procurement — one that she says fits her personality much better.

As part of this “Women in Procurement” series, I often get to interview women who are dedicated to and excited about the field of procurement. My recent conversation with Sara Muller was definitely no exception. She admittedly “lives and breathes procurement” in her role as the Procurement Manager at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) UK. Plus, our talk proved to be a fun and interesting intersection between women in procurement and sustainability topics.

“我们已经两年了解了一个三年的战略，最大化了我们摆脱采购活动的价值，”她谈到了WWF-UK。

梅丽莎亨德里克has been a veteran of serving procurement and finance professionals in her stint at firms like Yooz and currently with Lockstep. She's seen the rise of automation and addresses change like the Covid disruption with a can-do spirit.

“Learning how to work remote and keeping the team motivated had its challenges,” Hendrick said. However, “how amazing is it to be presented with this opportunity to learn new things about how to manage in a remote world completely?”

花费五项分析师对2021年“的采购技术选择共享见解”50 to Know那" "50 to Watch“ 和 ”未来5" lists in a发布后网络研讨会本星期。2021年名单标志着50岁的人，有50个知道和50次观看，以及未来的第三次年度释放，其中包括出色的采购技术初创企业。

The analysts kicked off with a high-level view of the procurement technology market and where they think it’s headed.

After arriving back in Chicago from a wonderful business trip to California, I had to jot down my thoughts about the 2021 Sourcing Industry Group (SIG) Global Executive Summit. I was lucky enough to travel there last week with three of my colleagues from Spend Matters.

For most of us at the Carlsbad event, it felt so immensely good to be back in person with colleagues and other procurement and sourcing professionals. After 18+ months of Zoom meetings and remote connections, we had high hopes for the SIG Summit. And let me say — it did not disappoint!

8年连续第8年，花费事项已发布其年度“50 Procurement Providers to Know” and “50 Procurement Providers to Watch“列表 - 加上第3届年度”未来5” list of noted start-ups. Each year, our technology analysts assess the capabilities for an array of companies across 10 procurement technology market sectors to determine the lists totaling 105 vendors in the industry. These represent the best-in-class companies you need to know about as well as the up-and-coming, growing firms to keep your eye on.

今年，列表正在与之结合发布SIG全球执行峰会taking place Monday through Wednesday in Carlsbad, California.

Sourcing Industry Group CEO Dawn Tiura said: “The analysts at Spend Matters bring technology alive and always provide such incredible insights for our members.”

Julie Brignac是WNS Denali的公司服务和交付公司高级副总裁。她与她的职业生涯，工作文化和从旅行时间表交换的建议，以便她的工作到归属角色。“我觉得我实际上要投入更多时间，因为我现在工作不同，不同的转变，以适应我们的客户。但是，我也希望人们收回他们的时间，“她说。”对我来说，有什么用的是打破它。“

Katarzyna（凯蒂）Fonteyn.never planned to have a career in procurement. In fact, she started work as a researcher. After obtaining her PhD in electromechanics, she decided she wanted to work in a business environment — which led her to apply for a job in procurement.

“It was a global position in indirect procurement,” she said. “And it looked very interesting.”

不用说，Fonteyn得到了这份工作。该职位涉及与供应商进行大量谈判，这针对她说明了数据的重要性，并且能够分析花费 - 当今仍然是当今作为董事的当前作用，在Basware采购解决方案的重要概念。阅读她在这个最新“采购中的妇女采购中的经验。

How you portray and carry yourself is important in everyday life but certainly in professional settings. This can sometimes prove tricky, especially for women.

When it comes to how you carry yourself,Kavita Cooper那Managing Director at Novo-K Procurement Solutions, advises that as long as you treat people and their opinions with respect, women can feel empowered to be true to themselves.

She is the latest featured woman in our women in procurement on Wednesday series. Read more today!

You may be familiar with the Hewlett Packard report that finds men will apply for a job when they meet only 60% of the required qualifications, while women will apply only if they meet 100% of them.

采购主管凯蒂·史密斯,克拉克奶嘴fic, surely represents one of many of us who want to change that. Spend Matters recently interviewed Smith for our series as a successful woman in procurement. Read more!

Whether it be in procurement, supply chain or any other field today, diversity, equity and inclusion (or DEI) are immensely important. Of those three components, many in the procurement field are focusing on equity.

“Equity” and “equality” may sound very similar to some. However, there is a clear distinction between the two — one that Maria Prince, the Vice President of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), detailed in a recent Women in Procurement interview.

在一家在缅因缅因乡村加入家乡的企业家家庭成长后，撒拉纳尔逊习惯于参与她的社区并帮助改变它。她学会了工作并在她的角色中拥有所有权 - 无论是在家庭拥有的加油站，洗衣店还是披萨场所。

现在作为速度采购的经理，纳尔逊的主要作用是实施采购解决方案的项目管理。她与花费关于她的采购之旅，并成为行业的女人。