"Strategic Procurement" is a book written by multiple contributors. Participating in it are Cláudio Mitsutani (as organizer), Cristiane Biazzin Villar, Fabio Miguel, Gustavo Menincin Pereira, Marc Burbridge, and Walter Freitas (as authors). At its core, the work addresses how to build partnerships with suppliers as a way to generate business value.
The Strategic Procurement book is aimed at professionals who need to develop their skills with the latest techniques, practices, and insights related to Supply Chain, covering topics such as Strategic Sourcing, supplier relationship management, procurement contract management, negotiation, sustainability, and taxation. It is the first book in Portuguese to jointly address these topics, seeking to offer a holistic and integrated view of these perspectives in accessible language.
Walter Freitas, who is also the author of the book "Contract Management – Best Practices for Business Contracts," is the Business Director at Level Group (www.levelgroup.com.br), a company specialized in consulting, organizational development, outsourcing, technology solutions, and project engineering. Within these areas, Freitas focuses on contract management related to procurement.
The professional explains how important it is to manage these contracts in order to improve results and also maintain more effective control over this area within companies. For this purpose, specialized firms exist. Such is the case of Level Group, which increasingly develops management tools and strategies to make all procedures involving this need much smoother and more effective.
According to him, beyond the pleasure of writing about his field of expertise, it is important to spread awareness of the need to manage a company's procurement and its purchasing contracts. Guided by Saraiva and the book's organizer, all authors discuss the key issues surrounding procurement strategies in easy-to-understand language. Walter notes that the book "is an easy read for anyone," and it is not necessary to be an expert in the field to understand what the authors present.
Strategic Procurement – Build partnerships with suppliers and generate value for your business has 279 pages and is on sale at Livraria Saraiva for R$ 44.90 – a digital version is also available on the website.
