The Death of Category Management

May 19, 2021By Niki ParekhArtificial Intelligence, CPO Advice, Procurement

 Join industry expert and procurement futurist, Elouise Epstein of Kearny and Suplari CEO Nikesh Parekh as they discuss critical risks of legacy category management practices and how to overcome them. Topics Discussed: • What is Category Management • Traditional Category Management • The “Dashboard” is dead • Category Management going forward • How automation will … Read More

Suplari Customer Nordstrom Press Coverage in SupplyChain Management Review – Transforming Procurement at Nordstrom

March 22, 2021By Nikesh ParekhBlog, COVID-19, CPO Advice, CPO Advice, Tips, Uncategorized

CPO, Karoline Dygas joined Nordstrom in 2019, where, among other things, she supports all of the organization’s indirect spend. At Nordstrom, indirect spend is everything outside of the merchandise sold in the stores. Prior to Nordstrom, Dygas spent five years at Starbucks, where she led the Global Sourcing and Store Development Supply Chain, and before that she was senior director of strategic sourcing at Walgreens.