166: Laying the Foundations for a Role Change in 2018
I was inspired to cover today's topic based on a question from a listener who has resolved to make a career move in 2018… I know from personal experience that at this time of year, we are often making...
8 Jan 201821min
165: Articulating Procurement's 'Brand Promise' to the Organization w/ Chandar Pattabhiram
My guest today is Chandar Pattabhiram, the new Chief Marketing Officer at Coupa. We sat down and recorded this podcast during the SIG Fall Summit in Carlsbad, California, which explains all of the int...
18 Dec 201714min
164: Black Belt Procurement: The Power of Maintained Focus w/ Lawrence Kane
My guest today is Lawrence Kane, a Fortune 50 strategic sourcing and functional excellence lead. Lawrence and I sat down to talk at the SIG Fall Summit in Carlsbad, California, where our conversation ...
11 Dec 201738min
163: Procurement Takes the Leap and Embraces 'Vested' w/ Kate Vitasek
Hi there everyone, and welcome to this week's Art of Procurement interview, which is powered by SIG. My guest today is Kate Vitasek, a member of the graduate faculty in executive education at the Univ...
4 Dec 201732min
162: The Role of Procurement in the War Against Data Security Threats w/ Chris Camejo
Hi there everyone, and welcome to this week's Art of Procurement interview, which is powered by SIG. My guest today is Chris Camejo, the Director of Product Management and Threat Intelligence at NTT S...
27 Nov 201727min
161: Sourcing Optimization is About Visibility, Not Complexity w/ Alan Holland
Welcome to today's Art of Procurement interview powered by SIG. Today's show is part of a mini-series of six different episodes that I recorded live at the recent SIG Fall Summit in Carlsbad, Californ...
20 Nov 201732min
160: The Success of Sourcing Business Models at GuideWell w/ Tim Cronin
My guest this week on the pod is Tim Cronin, the CPO of GuideWell, a not-for-profit mutual holding company in the healthcare industry. Tim and I connected live at the SIG Fall Summit in Carlsbad, Cali...
13 Nov 201731min
BMP Radio on AOP: The Pathway from Human Buyer to Power Buyer w/ Jonathan O'Brien
You will notice from the title, that this is not an ordinary Art of Procurement podcast. In fact, it is not an AOP podcast at all. As regular listeners will know, I have been working very closely wit...
9 Nov 201728min
