406: Improving Internal Perception of Procurement from Intake to Procure w/ Liem Hua, Michael Denari, and Rujul Zaparde
Every time someone interacts with procurement's people, processes, or technology, it influences what that person thinks of procurement. This perception determines how early procurement is brought into...
2 Aug 202157min
405: Seven 'Next Generation' Procurement Skills w/ Christoph Flöthmann
"A lot of procurement managers think, 'I have my process. It will be digitized, but I'm still in control of the process and it will remain with procurement.' But digitalization is one step further whe...
26 Jul 202130min
404: A Conversation with the Authors of 'Managing Indirect Spend' w/ Joe Payne, Bill Dorn, Dave Pastore, and Jennifer Ulrich
When the first edition of Managing Indirect Spend was published, Joe Payne and Bill Dorn often spoke to customers about what strategic sourcing was and what value it could bring to their organization....
19 Jul 202140min
403: Getting Control of Your Telecom Spend w/ Jeff Poirior
Between corporate efforts to digitize operations and an increasingly remote workforce, telecom and technology spend is now more important than ever. Changes to the ownership or structure of a business...
12 Jul 202156min
402: [Bonus] Introducing The Sourcing Hero - Learning to Recognize Heroes w/ Dr. Dred Scott
We recently partnered with UNA to bring their The Sourcing Hero podcast into the Art of Procurement stable. The Sourcing Hero is a weekly 20-30 minute podcast that captures the stories of people who ...
7 Jul 202142min
401: Digital Transformation as a Foundational Requirement for Data-Driven Procurement
As digital transformation progresses, corporate leadership teams are increasing their focus on the quality and availability of data. Spend analysis is just one internal data resource in a sea of data ...
5 Jul 202138min
400: Contracting in the New Economy w/ Kate Vitasek
As procurement places greater and greater emphasis on building supplier relationships, what impact will that have on the role played by our contracts? Kate Vitasek has been studying the role of contra...
28 Jun 202139min
399: Reimagining the P2P Experience for Procurement, the Business, and Suppliers w/ Magnus Bergfors
As digital transformation progresses, corporate leadership teams are increasing their focus on the quality and availability of data. Spend analysis is just one internal data resource in a sea of data ...
21 Jun 202136min
