Ed Cross is the Executive Director of Odesma, a Procurement Consultancy. Ed has 30+ years of experience in Procurement across a wide range of industries and sectors.

In this Episode of the World of Procurement Podcast, we cover:

A Brief History of his wonderful career

Insights into Odesma, Ed’s Procurement Consultancy based out of the Gig Economy Approach

Starting in Procurement out of want rather than falling into it

How Procurement are responding to COVID19

Amazing stories from the Procurement Teams dealing with COVID

Tales from the Black Death - this was awesome!!!

How can Procurement ready themselves for different/new disruptions in the future

Customer of First Choice and why this is going to be important moving forwards

Why back to basics Procurement is vital

Understanding your Supply Chain

What does a Procurement Professional look like over the next few years

Single Source vs Multi Source/Competitive Procurement

Connect with Ed here:

Ed Cross - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-cross-919b0a5/

Odesma - http://www.odesma.co.uk/

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