876: AI with Purpose: Designing Procurement's Next Chapter W/ Gaël De Martelaere
"If you build AI on top of weak foundations, you're going to have a very broken system." - Gaël De Martelaere, Chief Procurement Officer, Hexion AI is driving enormous change in procurement, but succe...
27 Juli 41min
875: How to Transform Every Procurement Partnership W/ Kate Vitasek
"When you have a great partnership, the value that you can create is unbelievable if you know how to do it." - Kate Vitasek Despite the best intentions, nearly 70% of business partnerships unravel wit...
20 Juli 47min
EP 11: Provider of the Week: Valdera
Chemical procurement's complexity isn't news, but the pace of change – and risk – is climbing fast. With AI sweeping through every corner of the business, leaders charged with sourcing chemicals and r...
15 Juli 24min
874: Building Resilience Beyond Tier One: Hard Truths About Risk and Visibility W/ Harald Nitschinger
"Resilience doesn't mean a supply chain that doesn't see risk. That's impossible. It means setting yourself up to withstand shocks and disruptions." - Harald Nitschinger, Co-founder and CEO, Prewave T...
13 Juli 37min
873: Creating Capacity for Complex Problem Solving W/ Israel Santiesteban
"We need to evolve from procurement professionals into business leaders with procurement expertise." - Israel Santiesteban, Former Chief Procurement Officer and Head of Supply Chain The next evolution...
6 Juli 39min
EP 10: Supplier Management as a Connected Discipline W/ Jesse Lee
"If your business is getting bigger, then supplier management is going to be ever more important to you." - Jesse Lee, Co-founder, CEO of Brooklyn Solutions Procurement's role in managing suppliers is...
1 Juli 31min
872: Beyond Automation: Accelerating Agentic AI Transformation in Procurement W/ Vishal Patel
"The future of procurement isn't actually AI. It's people using AI to improve business outcomes and improve their own value add." - Vishal Patel, SVP Product & Customer Marketing at Ivalua Many procur...
29 Juni 28min
871: The New Rules of Procurement Leadership W/ Gary Mizhir
"I measure success by the number of executives that come to us before they make decisions." - Gary Mizhir, Senior Director Head of Innovation & Excellence, FIS The pressure to move from tactical cost ...
22 Juni 46min
