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The path to CPO: The skills, behaviours and technical capabilities you’ll need

Insights from the CIPS Procurement & Supply Salary Guide 2024

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Chief procurement officers should be many things: strategic, technically skilled, great communicators, able to balance multiple stakeholders. They also need to be a role model for the profession. Getting to CPO is a path with many stopping-off points.

Don't miss the opportunity to watch back an inspiring discussion of the path to procurement leadership, where explored how to gather skills, progress up the ranks and lead procurement the right way.

Our expert panel will explore the latest evidence from the CIPS Procurement & Supply Salary Guide 2024 on the skills, behaviours and technical capabilities you must develop to become a future-ready procurement leader.

The webinar featured contributions from current CPOs and leaders of the profession, who’ll share learnings from their journeys and what to focus on as an aspiring CPO.

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Emma Scott (host) Head of Content Strategy CIPS

Jim Townsend Chief Property & Procurement Officer ASDA

Sulaiman Abdulla Director UAE Federal Tax Authority

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The path to CPO: The skills, behaviours and technical capabilities you’ll need

Insights from the CIPS Procurement & Supply Salary Guide 2024

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Past Events

From constraints to collaboration: partnering across the value chain to deliver sustainability in an era of disruption

CIPS AI Webinar Week 2026

From discovery to action: managing human rights risks in supply chains

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