Source One and MRA Global Sourcing Partner to Build Procurement's Brand in ISM2016 Session

    WILLOW GROVE, PA, May 04, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Continuing the leading procurement consulting firm's dominant presence at the Institute for Supply Management's 2016 annual conference, Source One Management Services will take the stage with premier supply management staffing provider MRA Global Sourcing at ISM2016 to challenge attendees' notions on the importance of professional branding for their career development and the growth of their organization. In the session entitled Who's that Under the Helmet? Source One and MRA are joining forces to provide audience members with the resources necessary to not only build a better brand as procurement professionals but also to market procurement's value throughout the organization.

"There's an old saying in marketing: 'You can have the best product in the world, but if nobody knows about it then you aren't going to sell any'. This also applies to procurement professionals. You could have produced multi-million dollar cost savings and transformed your supply chain, but if the right people don't know about it, you and your Procurement team are not going to gain the recognition you deserve" explains Source One's Associate Director and co-presenter of the session, Diego De la Garza. "Our goal for the session is to equip attendees with the skills and resources necessary to develop their professional brand but also as an advocate for the procurement function within the organizations they serve."

The co-presented session will echo this message, explaining the importance of supply management professionals developing their own professional brand for career advancement through training, networking, and social media. The session will extend the concept of branding to answer how and why procurement organizations must market themselves with their stakeholders and the C-Suite, and provide practical advice for sourcing professionals to get ahead of the starting gun.

"As a supply management and procurement recruiter, I've seen how a personal brand helps candidates not only land the job, but also quickly advance within their company." shares Kaitlyn Krigbaum, Search Associate at MRA Global Sourcing and Co-Presenter of Who's Under that Under the Helmet? "I'm looking forward to sharing some of the branding best practices of our most sought after procurement candidates that lend credibility to their skills as an individual in the field as well as their ability to enhance the organization as whole."

Also during the event, attendees can catch Source One and MRA Global at Exec IN. The exclusive event, sponsored by Source One Management Services, is reserved for procurement and supply management executives of top organizations with $1.5 Billion or more in revenue. The forum features sessions with keynote speakers Alan Mulally and Susan Cain, as well as unique breakout sessions with CPOs to address the challenges facing organizations with large-scale supply chain operations.

About Source One
Source One Management Services is an industry recognized leader in procurement consulting, delivering results for Fortune 1000 companies for over two decades. Offering flexible support scalable to project needs, Source One's diverse spend management experts act as extension to our client's existing teams providing the necessary market intelligence and procurement best practices for cost savings and process improvement. Our full suite of procurement services including Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Supplier Relationship Management, and Procurement Transformation make Source One an ideal partner for forward-thinking organizations. For more information, visit us online at: http://www.sourceoneinc.com/consulting-tools/sourcing-and-procurement ... tsourcing/.

About MRA Global Sourcing
MRA Global Sourcing is a leading provider of recruitment solutions, placing executives and managers exclusively in the supply management arena including procurement, strategic sourcing, and supply chain. We help upgrade teams for organizations across all industries and geographies, spanning from startups to Fortune 50 in size. In addition to our professional search experience, we have roots in supply management and are deeply entrenched within the function through ISM and other thought leadership engagements, allowing us to fully understand our client's needs and leverage our network to quickly connect top talent with companies like yours.

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