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Future of Work Exchange: why SOW and services procurement should matter to your CEO.

Buying services involves people, and people have different perceptions of value. People have different tolerances of quality. They have differing levels of budget, knowledge, patience, urgency, and ambition.

Every day we talk to organizations who would like to buy services better, who know they should be buying them better. Some are not sure what they need to do and how to do it. Some know what to do but they never quite get around to doing it. Some are ready and willing, but they are waiting for someone else to make the decision for them before getting on with it.

And this is precisely why services procurement should matter to your CEO. 

A CEO is ultimately responsible for maximizing shareholder value. And if they are to do that, then they need to be aware of what might be diluting it too.  It is highly likely that the assumed ROI of procured services is being negatively offset by the inefficiencies and procrastination embedded in your organization’s buying processes.  

Get additional insights from Paul Vincent, including 5 services procurement insights your CEO should have ready access to, in the Future of Work Exchange , then see how your company can benefit from SOW management.

about the author

Paul Vincent is the global head of services procurement for Randstad Sourceright, responsible for the strategy and growth of its SOW practice and elevating its go-to-market model across Randstad group's client base. Thanks to his array of experiences across procurement, sales, marketing, operations and workforce management, he is uniquely positioned to be a Services Procurement change agent and help organizations to achieve maximum return on their project-based work and business investments.

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