
107: 5 Tips to Maintaining Your Supplier Relationship after a Tough Negotiation
Today's episode is in response to a listener question. I was recently asked for guidance on how to maintain supplier relationships following a tough incumbent negotiation - particularly one that occu...
18 Nov 20169min

106: Eight Steps to Post-Award Strategic Cost Management w/ Jimmy Anklesaria
Jimmy Anklesaria is one of the most prominent thought leaders in procurement today. Jimmy is considered by many as the go-to expert when it comes to the strategic management of cost. He literally wro...
15 Nov 201652min

105: US Elections - Proactive Risk Management in Uncertain Times
I sat down to record today's episode just a couple of hours after Donald Trump emerged victorious in the US presidential election. And today, I am going to replay a discussion with CPO and former Chi...
11 Nov 201615min

104: Decision Points on the Journey to Becoming a CPO w/ Alex Brown
In today's Art of Procurement we take a look inside the career journey of Alex Brown, long time Chief Procurement Officer for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, and winner of the 2013 Z...
8 Nov 201635min

103: Inside AOP - Reflections on Turning 1 & What's Next?
Today is the Art of Procurement's first birthday! What a crazy, and rewarding, 12 months it has been. Today I go behind the scenes at the Art of Procurement. I look back at the first 12 months an...
4 Nov 201619min

102: How to Understand Cost & Enable Fact Based Supplier Relationships w/ Jimmy Anklesaria
Jimmy Anklesaria is one of the most prominent thought leaders in procurement today. Jimmy is considered by many as the go-to expert when it comes to the strategic management of cost. He literally wro...
1 Nov 201651min

101: Zycus Horizon 2016 Report: Are We Innovating Enough?
I was thrilled to be a part of the Zycus event as the media partner for the conference. As part of the partnership, I was able to moderate a main stage panel event and present a separate session in th...
28 Okt 201624min

100: Take a Long Term Approach to Generating Procurement Driven Value w/ Mark Perera
25 Okt 201651min


















