Art of Procurement

BTW EP 06: The Foothills of the Flaws; Retracing Procurement's Path with Rob Hills

It's been a long, winding road that has brought procurement to its current state of flawed incentive structures and measurement challenges. Rob Hills, CEO of Hills Advisory Services and former Deloitt...

2 Huhti 202538min

790: The Key to Doing More with Less? Evolve Procurement's Operating Model

"We're seeing data around the acceleration of procurement having to 'do more with less' and this is compounding year over year, so at some point, procurement's operating model is going to break." – Ph...

31 Maalis 202535min

789: Procurement 6 | March 28th, 2025

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday morning at 6am US Eastern Time. Presented by a member of the Art of Procurement team...

28 Maalis 202510min

788: The Hackett Group's 2025 Key Issues Study: Insights on Procurement Priorities, Technology, and Operating Models

"We are seeing a labor-for-technology swap as organizations become much more dependent and scalable, and what's driving that scale and that productivity is technology." – Christopher Sawchuk, Principa...

24 Maalis 202537min

787: Procurement 6 | March 21st, 2025

21 Maalis 20258min

BTW EP 05: The Phil-Ins: Connecting the Dots with Phil, Kelly, and Rich

In this episode of "Buy: The Way… To Purposeful Procurement," Rich Ham, Philip Ideson, and Kelly Barner reflect on what we heard from Oliver Hurrey and Brian Kyle in episodes 3 and 4 and explore how t...

19 Maalis 202529min

786: Mastering the First 100 Days as a CPO W/ Darshan Deshmukh

"For anybody getting into the CPO role, whether internal or external, you ultimately have to start with your own assessment of the organization and quickly come up with what your priorities are." – Da...

17 Maalis 202543min