As procurement professionals, we often see our peers across the negotiating table as adversaries. However, there is a lot that we can learn and apply from the art of Sales, particularly when it comes to influencing others.

This week's guest on the Art of Procurement is Stan Garber, President of Scout RFP. Stan is a proven sales and business development leader, and I wanted to tap into that experience to focus on two specific use cases where procurement can lever Sales techniques to increase their sphere of influence. First, we explore ways of selling the procurement value proposition internally, and then shift focus and consider how you can convince larger suppliers to provide "customer-of-choice" status when your level of spend alone may not merit such treatment.

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