Podcast Episodes
Back to Search374: Driving a Growth Agenda - The Role of Suppliers in Restoring Growth w/ Vishal Patel
As organizations look beyond Covid-19, restoring growth is top of mind for many. Specific strategies vary by industry and company, but suppliers ofte…
5 years, 6 months ago
373: Driving a Growth Agenda - How Procurement Can Help Restore Growth through Cross-Functional Collaboration w/ Sylvie Noel
Procurement's stature has grown during the COVID-19 crisis as costs, cash flow and supply continuity quickly became top priorities and homepage news.…
5 years, 6 months ago
372: Procurement's Role in Managing Risk & Driving Resilience w/ Canda Rozier
Risk management may not always be a formal part of procurement's scope, but it is a natural extension of our current work. As a result, the differenc…
5 years, 6 months ago
371: Using Qualifications-based Selection (QBS) for Sourcing Creative Services w/ Leah Power
Marketing is just one of the functions that procurement has a somewhat 'rocky' history of past relationships with. When you extend that existing inte…
5 years, 6 months ago
370: Getting a Grip on Your Long Tail Spend w/ Tom Cicale and Sameer Sharma
Despite the fact that the need to manage tail spend is hardly a new idea in procurement, it continues to be one of the greatest challenges we face. T…
5 years, 6 months ago
369: How Procurement Can Impact the Health of our Local Communities w/ Mary Beth Lang
All companies have been affected by the pandemic over the last year, but companies in the healthcare industry - like Kaiser Permanente - have felt th…
5 years, 7 months ago
368: Leadership, Engagement, and Burnout in a Virtual Workforce w/ Tom Graham
In the spring and summer of 2020, there were plenty of stories about professionals and teams rallying to get their jobs done while working remotely, …
5 years, 7 months ago
367: Building World Class Procurement From Scratch w/ Jaime Robles
Casey's General Stores is the 5th largest convenience store chain in the United States and owns one of the largest pizza brands in the nation. With 2…
5 years, 7 months ago
366: Achieving Your Objectives w/ Jan Griffiths
Despite the fact that Jan Griffiths has had a successful career as a tier-1 CPO and entrepreneur, she still wasn't prepared for the personal and prof…
5 years, 7 months ago
365: How Procurement Can Use Customer Experience (CX) Best Practices w/ Stephanie Thum, CCXP
We are all customers in our personal lives, and most of us can easily distinguish between a good customer experience and a poor one. But can procurem…
5 years, 8 months ago