With commodity and energy prices soaring, economic growth slowing, and global competition intensifying every day, NOW is the time for mid-sized companies to become strategic about how they manage spending, costs and compliance throughout their sourcing, procurement, and payment processes.

Although larger companies have committed to strategically managing these processes, many procurement executives in growing enterprises ($300M - $5B in revenue) face unique challenges hampering their efforts to manage spending: fewer resources, less funding for technology, less attention or support from senior management, less visibility and data on spending, less market leverage, and insufficient access to the business information they need to deliver bottom line value in an increasingly global economy.

This special WEBCAST will present new research documenting the imperatives and challenges that procurement groups in midsize companies face. It will also feature a panel discussion—led by Purchasing Chief Editor Paul Teague—on what procurement executives for mid-sized companies are doing today to move toward more strategic spend management approaches that impact the bottom line.

Presenter:
Paul Tong
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Ariba

Moderator:
Paul Teague
Chief Editor, Purchasing

Panelists:
Alan Cole
Director of Purchasing, Melaleuca

Tom Wesley
Global Sourcing Director, Waters Corp.

This Purchasing magazine WEBCAST will feature LIVE Q&A with the presenters and panelists, 
so invite your colleagues and come prepared with questions!