BTW EP 32: The Final Phil-Ins: Closing One Door, Opening Another
In the final episode of "Buy: The Way...To Purposeful Procurement," Philip Ideson, Rich Ham, and Kelly Barner reflect on 18 months of exploration, 32 episodes, and a remarkable roster of guests who co...
27 Mai 43min
867: Building Bridges Between Procurement and the Business W/ Brad DeHart
"If you focus on stakeholders' needs and add value, the savings will always follow." - Brad DeHart, Senior Vice President, Customer Growth, Continuum Procurement leaders have always been expected to d...
25 Mai 34min
EP 07: Procurement as Ecosystem Builder in the Age of AI W/ Saurabh Gupta
"Procurement has to become an ecosystem builder for the enterprise, because no enterprise can do everything by itself in today's world." - Saurabh Gupta Procurement leaders are feeling the pressure to...
20 Mai 30min
866: How Digital Masters Are Preparing for an AI-enabled Future W/ Deloitte
"Digital masters aren't just deploying technology. They're changing the way procurement runs." - Chris Riley, Partner - Supply Chain and Procurement, Deloitte As AI-enabled tools shift the landscape ...
18 Mai 41min
BTW EP 31: The Fellowship Against Fake Savings with Alan Veeck
"Isn't it true that everybody talks about supplier management, but nobody does it?" This observation from Summit Procurement CEO and Founder Alan Veeck captures the delta between procurement's aspira...
13 Mai 39min
865: Confidence, Cost, and Compliance: Insights from the Economist Impact Report W/ Gordon Donovan
"Right now, procurement needs to define their future role in the business. Procurement needs to drive that for themselves, because if we don't, then someone is going to drive it for us, and that could...
11 Mai 49min
EP 06: Startup of the Week: Zinit W/ Stan Moskovtsev
It's no secret: procurement teams are under increasing pressure to deliver savings, handle more work with leaner teams, and modernize outdated processes… all at once. While software solutions have flo...
6 Mai 25min
864: Benchmarking Procurement: Lessons from $1.4 Trillion in Spend W/ Sammeli Sammalkorpi
"Don't speak about category savings because that's procurement lingo. We need to speak about gross margin expansion at the end-product level." - Sammeli Sammalkorpi, Co-Founder and CEO, Sievo Spend an...
4 Mai 44min
