{"id":1493,"date":"2011-06-28T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/cpo-in-2011-toughest-job-062911\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T21:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T21:41:00","slug":"cpo-in-2011-toughest-job-062911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/cpo-in-2011-toughest-job-062911\/","title":{"rendered":"The CPO in 2011: The Toughest Job in the Global 1000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8473\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8473 \" title=\"Tim McBride, Microsoft CPO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/headshot_tmcbride-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tim McBride, Microsoft CPO\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim McBride, Microsoft&#39;s Chief Procurement Officer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Think you have a tough job? \u00a0Imagine one where only flawless execution is acceptable, despite the p<\/strong><strong>iles of paperwork, scads of emails, phone calls and faxes to plow through every day. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong> <\/strong>Try being a CPO for a day. \u00a0It&#8217;s a straight shot to failure&#8230; unless you can find execution support that makes your function\u00a0indispensable\u00a0&#8211; and actually appreciated by your executive peers and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tim McBride lives that life at Microsoft, and we talked with him about his\u00a0procurement\u00a0execution and BPO experience\u00a0as part of a case study in a paper <a title=\"Read more about Tony\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hfsresearch.com\/the-team\/tony-filippone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Filippone<\/a> and <a title=\"Read more about Phil\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hfsresearch.com\/the-team\/phil-fersht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Fersht<\/a> wrote in partnership with Denali Group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tim&#8217;s a 15-year veteran of Microsoft, and has lasted 4+ years as CPO. 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