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Omer Abdullah

Omer Abdullah is Chief Commercial Officer and Co-founder for The Smart Cube. He works with Procurement and Strategy leaders at global organisations, transforming their teams to become value-driven and insight-led. Omer has more than 30 years of management consulting and global corporate and industry experience across North America, Europe, and Asia. His prior roles include A.T. Kearney (North America), Warner Lambert (USA), and The Perrier Group (Asia-Pacific). Omer has an MBA from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA, and a BBA from the University of East Asia.

Webinar highlights: How to prepare your Procurement team for the future of AI

Webinar: The Missing Link: Preparing Our People For The Future of AI

Webinar: Separating AI hype from reality in procurement

Webinar: Driving successful procurement transformation uniting goals, digitalisation and talent

Webinar: Expect the Unexpected: Managing Risk in an Unpredictable World

Webinar: Amid geopolitical uncertainties and global recession: how can Procurement keep its seat at the table?

DPW 2022: How human and artificial intelligence can help procurement become #1 value driver in modern business

Indirect procurement in the age of inflation: How to thrive in difficult times

Webinar: Under pressure: what can Indirect Procurement do to tackle global inflation?

Procurement: The intermediary growing in relevance

Webinar: Uncovering hidden opportunities in indirect procurement

Why there will always be a place for Human Intelligence in procurement

From cash saver to #1 value creator: tracking the evolution of procurement — and where it’s going next

How empowering procurement teams can help you prepare for the next major supply chain crisis

Procurement evolved: the new characteristics of post-pandemic procurement

4 predictions that will shape procurement in 2022

Webinar – 2022: what’s next for procurement?

What does a successful Procurement Centre of Excellence look like today?

Transform your CoE into a performance-enabling powerhouse: webinar

Procurement has the potential to become the top value creator in the modern business. Here’s how it gets there.

From single lane to value creation superhighway: Johnson & Johnson’s global procurement transformation journey

How AI and HI are accelerating procurement intelligence together

Ep 38: procurement transformation at Roche; an interview with Patrick Foelck (Part-2)

Ep 37: Procurement transformation at Roche; an interview with Patrick Foelck (Part-1)

Episode 36: supplier engagement and management; an interview with Paul Coppens

Amplifi PRO: On-demand Digital Procurement Intelligence Platform

Webinar: the next crisis is coming – are you prepared? Critical questions in supply risk management

Ep 35 Supplier engagement and management | An interview with Paul Coppens (Pt 4)

Webinar: using procurement analytics to become an agent of change

The three pillars of successful supply chain risk management

Ep 34 Risk In Procurement | An interview with Paul Coppens (Pt 3)

Three valuable lessons from 20 years of supply chain crisis management

Three fundamental truths about supply chain risk – and how to navigate around them

Ep 33 Category Management | An interview with Paul Coppens (Pt 2)

The next COVID is coming. Are you prepared?

Ep 32 Procurement in 2021 | An interview with Paul Coppens (Pt 1)

To ZBB or not to ZBB? The pros and cons of Zero Based Budgeting

Everything you need to know about Zero Based Budgeting in Procurement

Ep 31 Inside Procurement: Commodity Risk Management | Stages of maturity (Pt 3)

Ep 30 Inside Procurement: Commodity Risk Management | Stages of maturity (Pt 2)

Ep 29 Inside Procurement: Commodity Risk Management | Stages of maturity (Pt 1)

Ep 28 Inside Procurement: predictions for 2021

Procurement preview: 4 trends for procurement teams in 2021

Ep 27 Inside Procurement: an interview with Stuart Caborn, Chief Procurement Officer – Nomad Foods

Webinar | How Procurement can unlock our sustainable future

Follow-up Q&A | Let it Go: Why you need to rethink your category playbook

Put market intelligence at the heart of your digital procurement strategy

Let it Go – Why you need to rethink your category playbook

Supplier-enabled innovation: select suppliers carefully and reap big rewards

Amplifi PRO: deep dive walk through

Moving Past COVID-19 – the next 100 days in procurement

Ep 26 Inside Procurement: Dealing with COVID-19 in the Industrial sector – Interview with Brian Slobodow

Ep 25 Inside Procurement: Procurement Industry Report: Best Practices vs Benchmarks

Ep 24 Inside Procurement: delivering value beyond savings

Ep 23 Inside Procurement: CPO Trends 2020

Ep 22 Inside Procurement: Zero Based Budgeting

Ep 21 Inside Procurement: Procurement and Private Equity – Interview with Brian Slobodow

Inside Procurement: Impact of M&A on procurement – part 2

Ep 20 Inside Procurement: impact of M&A on procurement – part 2

Inside Procurement: impact of M&A on procurement – part 1

Ep 19 Inside Procurement: impact of M&A on procurement – part 1

Ep 18 Inside Procurement: enhancing procurement’s credibility – part 2

Ep 17 Inside Procurement: enhancing procurement’s credibility – part 1

Ep 16 Inside Procurement: Interview with Phillip Duncan

Ep 15 Inside Procurement: The Value of Procurement Market Intelligence – Part 2

How robust market intelligence gives category managers an edge

Ep 14 Inside Procurement: the value of market intelligence – part 1

Ep 13: Inside Procurement: impact of protectionism on supply chains

Ep 12 Inside Procurement: organisation models part 2

Ep 11 Inside Procurement: organisation models part 1

Ep 10 Inside Procurement: role of CoE in the procurement function

Ep 09 Inside Procurement: 2019 Procurement Predictions

Ep 08 Inside Procurement: Aligning Procurement Strategy with Corporate Strategy

Ep 07 Inside Procurement: how to stay focused on the strategic and not on the tactical?

Ep 06 Inside Procurement: 10 factors to create a world-class procurement strategy

Ep 05 Inside Procurement: aligning procurement strategy with overall corporate strategy

Ep 04 Inside Procurement: Digital procurement podcast

Ep 03 Inside Procurement – Category Management Strategy: Moving the dial from Category Management to Category Excellence

Ep 02 Inside Procurement: The CPO – CFO Relationship, Making it work

Ep 01 Inside Procurement: Five key trends on the CPO agenda for 2018