Art of Procurement

In the episode this week, I want to talk a little bit about the idea of stepping back and challenging things that we do every day, or the things that have become "generally accepted procurement thinki...

5 Mar 201843min

I'm joined today by Jeanette Nyden. Jeanette is a well renowned contracts and negotiations specialist, who approaches her work with a focus on building win-win, sustainable, agreements. In fact, Jean...

26 Feb 201851min

This week, I am joined by negotiation ninja Mark Raffan. Mark leads a negotiations training business – both for buyers and sales professionals – and recently launched his own podcast – Negotiations Ni...

19 Feb 201852min

My guest is Joseph Richardson. Joseph is the President and CEO of Professional Purchasing Partners which he founded in 2014, after a long spell as a practitioner. Joseph's most recent buy-side roll ...

12 Feb 201832min

My guest on the Art of Procurement this week is my friend Johan-Peter, or JP, Teppala. JP is the CEO of the US operations of Sievo, a Finland-based procurement analytics company, encompassing spend a...

5 Feb 201845min

Hitting publish on the show is a culmination of a lot of thinking and reflection as I look to continue the evolution of Art of Procurement. I reflect on where we have come from, but more importantly l...

29 Jan 201823min

How can we work collaboratively with our suppliers to manage and mitigate risk? That is the question I put to today's guests on the Art of Procurement, Margaret Gilbert and Anthony English. Margaret ...

22 Jan 201830min

Tania Seary is passionate about raising the profile of procurement, and is a master connector, and networker. She is the Founding Chairman of Procurious, The Faculty and The Source, and in 2016 was n...

15 Jan 201840min