Consulting, Marketing, and Legal spend have long been considered impervious to strategic sourcing efforts. But as strategies in other categories have stabilized, the economic downturn has put pressure on anything and everything affecting earnings-per-share, and risk mitigation in third-party contracting has gained in importance. Doors for sourcing are starting to open, even in these high-touch, expertise and relationship-oriented service categories. In this session, Vantage Partners and State Street will: share observations about the challenges sourcing professionals face in gaining access and building credibility with internal stakeholders in Consulting, Marketing and Legal; present a framework for thinking about the opportunity and the sourcing strategies most suited to bringing value to these corporate functions; and share practical examples.

 

Contributors: State Street Corporation, Vantage Partners
Categories: Summit Presentations
SRC Type: Realization, Sourcing, Sourcing Management, Stakeholder Engagement