A Pivot to Agile, Collaborative, and Outcome-Focused Procurement with Lauren Tennant, Founder and CEO of Horizon Seven Training

Welcome to this episode of Procurement Reimagined, brought to you by Gatekeeper. Today, we are joined by Lauren Tennant, the CEO and Founder of Horizon Seven Consulting, a leading technology procurement company providing a unique agile procurement services platform.

Join Daniel and Lauren as they discuss the limitations of traditional procurement methods and the need for a more collaborative and outcome-focused approach. Lauren shares her expertise in agile procurement, highlighting the benefits of close collaboration, flexibility, and concurrent negotiation. Discover how Horizon Seven is reinventing technology procurement and learn how to

implement agile sourcing in your organisation.

Lauren is the Founder of Horizon Seven Consulting and a technology procurement guru. Her research and development have led Horizon Seven to the forefront of technology procurement innovation, using agile principles to reinvent the procurement process and deliver rapid high value.

A career in tech as a CIO has taught her the complex challenges businesses face, and she helps businesses resolve these through tech sourcing.

Episode Resources:

• Lauren Tennant on LinkedIn
• Horizon Seven Consulting Website
• Procurement Reimagined Podcast
• Daniel Barnes LinkedIn

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Previous guests include Sarah Kaye of Spin, Hannah MacDonald of Monzo Bank, Dave Jones MCIPS of Procmentum Limited, Andra Fola of Solutionary Minds, Natalia Pilipchak of Mobile Tele Systems, Rees Thomas of Graze, Nadia Stoykov of Tesca Group, Canda Rozier of Collabra Consulting, Elouise Epstein of Kearney, and Matthew Booth of PM Group.

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