238: Redefining Success in a Customer-Centric Procurement Organization w/ Jens Hentschel
We're all positive that digital automation is the right way forward for procurement, but why? Are we pursuing progress for its own sake or to achieve an expanded range of procurement contributions? Pu...
4 Feb 201950min
237: Leveraging Storytelling to Better Connect with Your Stakeholders
This month, AOP revives and reimagines 'This Month in Procurement' as an informal monthly discussion of podcasts, news and trends. In this episode, AOP Host Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner (AOP Content...
28 Jan 201947min
236: Embrace the Churn: Real World Advice on Positive Disruption w/ Joanna Martinez
We constantly read about disruptive change affecting companies and entire markets. The source of that disruption is always positioned as the hero - but what about the other characters in each of those...
21 Jan 201942min
235: Building Meaningful Brands on Personal Connections
Entrepreneurship and innovation are highly prized in today's business environment, but has procurement managed to deliver its fair share of either? I'm joined today by Sarah Scudder, President of the ...
14 Jan 201946min
234: How to Help Your Millennial and Gen Z Colleagues Succeed and Shape the Future of Procurement w/ Charlotte de Brabandt and Yannick Blättler
How can procurement leaders create the environment necessary to attract the next generation of talent into the profession - and help them fulfill their potential? I'm joined today by returning guest C...
7 Jan 201934min
233: Three Questions to Ask to Kick-Start Your 2019 Change Journey
Are you ready for 2019? In today's podcast - the last of 2018 - I reflect on what has changed for procurement this year, and what hasn't! I then share a couple of predictions for 2019, including my ...
17 Dec 201819min
232: When Should You Add a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) to Your Procurement Toolkit? w/ Jay Black
Out of the 232 podcasts to date, today is the first time that we dig into GPO's - or Group Purchasing Organizations. And as I planned out this topic, I invited today's guest, Jay Black, to join me. Ja...
10 Dec 201841min
231: Building Procurement Capabilities After a Corporate Spin-Off
Today on the show I am joined by Mike Morsch. Mike is the Vice President of Global Procurement and Supply Chain at CDK Global. Mike shares more about CDK in our interview, but to give you some context...
3 Dec 201850min
