BTW EP 25: The S-Word: Why Procurement Must Stop Saying "Savings" (and What to Replace it With)
Procurement's biggest measurement problem isn't that "savings" is incomplete. It's that "savings" has become a substitute for truth. In the first Buy: The Way…To Purposeful Procurement episode of 2026...
18 Helmi 54min
853: From Pain Points to Progress: Medtronic's Procurement Evolution W/ Amit Saronwala and Jeremy Lappin
"Procurement is what you make of it. It can be a bargain basement function at some firms, but it's also becoming more strategic. We have to take a more holistic, integrated view of things and try to u...
16 Helmi 41min
852: The Future of RFPs: Leaner, Smarter, and Agentic AI-Driven W/ Barri Horn
"Now with agentic AI, RFPs are becoming and will become even leaner, and they'll cut to the chase a whole lot faster. There'll be a lot less fluff." - Barri Horn, Director of Product Marketing for AI ...
9 Helmi 32min
851: Reframing Procurement as a Revenue Enabler W/ Sergio Martin
"There is a limit on how much you can save, but there is no limit on how much you can make." - Sergio Martin Procurement is evolving fast. The true differentiator now is how the function can become a ...
2 Helmi 34min
850: Persuasion Is a Procurement Power Skill – When It's Done Right W/ Martin John
"Persuasion is about your intent. If your intent is solely to win at the other person's expense, that's manipulation. If you want the other party to also benefit from the conversation, then that's col...
26 Tammi 31min
849: Reinventing Direct Procurement in the Digital Age W/ Spencer Penn
"Direct materials is the most under-innovated, untouched by modern technology of any spend area." - Spencer Penn, Co-Founder and CEO, LightSource Direct spend makes up the lion's share of the procurem...
19 Tammi 49min
848: Relationship Builder or Robot? Keeping Procurement Human in a Digital Age W/ Brad Keighley
"AI has fantastic value when you look at spend analytics, sourcing decisions, and process efficiency, but to replace the infancy stage that allows you to have a relationship with stakeholders, I think...
12 Tammi 40min
847: 2026: A Defining Moment for Procurement
"Efficiency should fund the future, not erase the people needed to deliver it." – Philip Ideson, Founder and Managing Director of Art of Procurement 2026 is going to be another year of volatility, but...
5 Tammi 23min
