A Passion for Procurement:
In her current role, Culver says: “The biggest challenge is ensuring we have high-quality supplier partners, because those suppliers are doing work representing Merck, and we need to make sure we select the right partners and then work with the business to manage those relationships.”
Link to full article below:
https://www.procoglobal.com/proco-thinking/a-passion-for-procurement-113139/
Interviewee: MOUSHMI CULVER – ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, R&D PROCUREMENT, MERCK?
Supply Chain & Strategic Procurement Director
6 年Great article! Also very impressive background and career by Ms. Culver! It is true that strategic procurement can truly help drive the business, and it’s great to see companies like Merck that recognize this and treat it as such. As the article mentions, with more and more work being outsourced, managing those suppliers as true extensions of the business becomes critical because they really do represent you in a more profound way then ever before.
Procurement Leader
7 年Extremely pertinent and fundamental concept! Getting the business to recognize the criticality of this is another story!