I've been spending a lot of time the past few months working with procurement teams on their transformation journey from being a tactical function to a strategic one.

This journey must begin by inspiring people on the art of the possible. This often has to be members of your procurement team - to rethink the possibilities of what they can achieve - and also senior executives and stakeholders - on what they can expect from a fully functional procurement team.

Today, I'm going to share a few approaches that you can use to secure executive buy-in for your procurement transformation.