The CPOstrategy Podcast

Alistair Cane and Steve Ueckermann, Co-Founders of Axiom, discuss why tail spend is such a prominent issue for procurement teams and explain how their organisation is providing the solution.

Experienced supply chain executive Venkatesh Srinivasan explores the current state of play in supply chain transformation in the midst of significant evolution and change.

Solution design experts at ORO Labs share their experiences of how they have addressed their biggest challenges through building resilient orchestration solutions via the ORO platform.

Sagi Eliyahu, Co-Founder and CEO at Tonkean and Alejandro Fernandez, Head of Global Procurement at Semrush, discuss the power of intake orchestration and procurement’s rise to the top of the agenda in the C-Suite.

Linda Chuan, CPO at Box, discusses the importance of delivering effective change management to teams in procurement’s dynamic space.

Dr Thorsten Makowski, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Purchasing at SKEMA Business School, discusses procurement as a growth function and examines how transformative the space has become amid global disruptions.

Georg Rösch, Vice President Direct Procurement Strategy at JAGGAER, discusses his organisation’s approach amid significant transformation and evolution.

Pauline Potter, Director of Procurement at Evri, discusses her firm’s drive to delivering sustainable but best-in-class solutions while maintaining its position as the UK’s biggest dedicated parcel delivery company.

Ashifa Jumani, Director of Procurement at TELUS, discusses the importance of implementing supplier diversity programmes to harness the power of innovation in the supply chain.

Shaz Khan, CEO and Co-Founder of Vroozi, discusses how rebranding procurement could help solve talent shortages in the industry.

Dr Carsten Hansen, Founder of SourcingHaus Research and Consulting Group, explores the transformation of sustainability in procurement and envisions a future where sustainability and procurement are fully integrated and mainstreamed.

Nicolas Walden, Associate Principal at The Hackett Group, discusses today’s landscape and what procurement’s future could hold amid a turbulent time for the industry.

Diana Monterrubio, Procurement Global Strategic Leader at Teleperformance talks with The CPOstrategy Podcast about her opinions on technology, AI and the way forward for women in procurement roles.

Global procurement executive Fadi El Mouallem discusses the value of talent in procurement in today’s world.

Sanja Cancar-Todorovic, Head of Enterprise Procurement, Outsourcing and Third-Party Risk Management Leader, discusses the gender imbalance in procurement and the benefits of organisations reaching parity in the industry.

Simon Whatson, Vice President of Efficio Consulting, speaks to us about the changing digital procurement function and how leadership styles are changing as the pace of technology adoption accelerates.

We discuss how procurement can act as an enabler of real change, and true value, through these challenging times with Paul Farrow, Vice President Supply Management, Hilton Worldwide

We speak to Nirav Patel, CEO of Bristlecone (a supply chain company of the $19bn Mahindra group), who discusses how businesses can cope with persistent, global supply chain issues – and outlines the concerns looming on the horizon.

This week, we speak to CEO Jody Rowe who launched Rowe Advisory seven years ago after spying an opportunity to develop a service that provided good procurement advice from expert consultants. After establishing Rowe Advisory, Jody soon realised that the contracts and procurement function was also highly undervalued in many organisations and that there was a gap in the market for good procurement documentation and procedures. This is why Jody created Promitheia Procurement…

The Digital Insight discusses the road to procurement transformation at a rapidly growing enterprise with Chris Shaffer, Senior Director of Procurement, Facilities & Biomedical Support at EyeCare Partners… EyeCare Partners works in partnership with clinicians and healthcare leaders to achieve the best patient and business outcomes and this has had dramatic results, such as a 1,500% revenue growth since 2015. EyeCare Partners is growing through acquisitions, by providing strategic capital and operational support to its network of partner practices in 680 locations across 18 states. In February 2020, this growth was boosted when Swiss private equity firm Partners Group acquired a controlling stake in EyeCare Partners. “They’re a very interesting group,” he says. “They're very heavy on investment, plus they have a very, very impenetrable and robust sustainability platform too, which is very near and dear to my heart through my time at Unilever,” This level of growth is fueled significantly by an increasing demand for eye care over the longer term, driven by an aging US population and an increased incidence rate of eye diseases. But this level of growth requires an agile and resilient operational enterprise.