EP 37 – Eric O'Daffer on 3 True Norths for AI Investment, Indirect Spend, & Benchmarking
Most health systems report supply chain spend in the high teens while industry data confirms it's actually 35-40% of operating expenses, a measurement gap that systematically undermines investment cas...
23 Jan 39min
EP 36 - Supplier Data as a Compass, Not a Mirror with Aleck Matambo
Aleck Matambo's approach to supplier relationships proved critical during Dell's COVID-era factory relocations. When inventory shortages forced allocation decisions across the industry, suppliers prio...
6 Jan 21min
EP 35 - Lucid Motors' Kriti Jain on Maximum Chaos Creating the Best Transformation Conditions
Kriti Jain, Sr. Director of Indirect Procurement, walked into Lucid Motors to find an indirect procurement function that barely existed — a team in single digits without the infrastructure to support ...
19 Des 202538min
EP 34 - Victoria’s Secret’s Former CFO Tim Johnson on Building a Cost-Centric Culture
LogicSource Board Chairman & Former CFO of Victoria’s Secret Tim Johnson's three-pillar methodology for collaborative cost cultures centers on objective third-party benchmarking, transparent measureme...
4 Des 202542min
EP 33 - AMD's Abhijit Kulkarni on Selecting 5-Year Growth Partners
Transactional supplier relationships weren’t working out, so Abhijit Kulkarni, Director of Manufacturing Strategy and Procurement at AMD, and his team shifted to identifying "growth partners" who can ...
18 Nov 202539min
EP 32 - New Balance's Duncan Scott on How Marketing Decisions Reshape Supply Chains
Duncan Scott, Sr VP of Strategic Sourcing & Quality at New Balance, manages sourcing and quality for a company that introduces thousands of new footwear and apparel products annually, each requiring s...
6 Nov 202533min
EP 31 - TripAdvisor's Freya Hurwitz on Cross-Functional Experience vs Category Expertise
Freya Hurwitz, Director of Procurement at TripAdvisor, manages procurement for TripAdvisor's 3,500 employees across four global brands with just one and half people on her team. Rather than trying to ...
23 Okt 202534min
EP 30 - JLL's Brent Kellett on Elevating Procurement Through Trust and Early Engagement
Cost avoidance delivers the same strategic value as cost savings, but CFOs often miss this reality when evaluating procurement performance. At JLL, Sr. Director, Group Sourcing Lead Brent Kellett has ...
9 Okt 202532min
