The Procurement Conversation
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Truly Strategic Procurement: With Evri's Pauline Potter
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Procurement Conversation, we talk with Pauline Potter, Director of Procurement and Sustainability at Evri, about the strategic ...
Building and retaining high performing teams with Jeremy Smith from 4C Associates
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Rich speaks to Jeremy Smith, Managing Director at 4C Associates, about the critical aspects of building and retaining a great pro...
Young Leaders in Procurement: Karla Harris from PwC
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Young Leader Series, Rich speaks to Karla Harris, Value Creation Senior Manager at PwC. Karla shares her unconventional entry ...
Young Leaders in Procurement: Lada Samarska from Precoro
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Young Leaders series, Rich talks to Lada Samarska, Community Manager at Precoro, about her unintentional yet fulfilling journ...
Young Leaders in Procurement: Nils Brauckmann from Personio
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Procurement Conversation, host Rich interviews Nils Brauckmann, Head of Procurement at Personio, as part of the Young Leaders s...
Young Leaders in Procurement: Isimeme Ughele from Ericsson
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Young Leaders Series, Rich interviews Isimeme Ughele, Head of Sourcing for West Africa and Morocco at Ericsson. Isimeme shares...
Young Leaders in Procurement: Laurie Franquesa from Argon & Co
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Procurement Conversation, part of the Young Leaders series, Laurie Franquesa, Managing Principal at Argon & Co., shares her...
Young Leaders in Procurement: Jennifer Francis
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rich speaks to Jennifer Francis, Category Manager for Indirects at Thames Water. Jennifer shares her journey into the procurement fi...
Young Leaders in Procurement: Ed Gamble - BP Digital Garage
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our Young Leaders series, Rich speaks to Ed Gamble, Digital Garage Manager at BP, who shares his journey into procurement, the evol...
Young Leaders in Procurement: Ann Dhondt from Vodafone Procurement
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Procurement Conversation, part of the Young Leaders series, host Rich talks with Ann Dhondt, Category Manager at Vodafone Procu...
Procurement: Moving Fast and Then Faster with Tim Snow
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Rich speaks to Tim Snow, CPO at Inmarsat about enhancing the agility and efficiency of procurement.Emphasising the importance of procurement...
The Procurement Conversation - Series 4 trailer
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Procurement is the best job in the world. I’ve been privileged to work in it for the last 22 years and have loved every minute of it.I’ve worked o...
Delivering multi-million savings in your contingent workforce with Mark Coulson
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rich talks to procurement professional Mark Coulson talks about important changes in IR35 Interim Worker Space, including the signifi...
CPO Procuretech Secrets with Jim Townsend
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rich speaks to Jim Townsend - former CPO of Walgreens Boots Alliance to get the inside view on Procurement Technology from a CPO.Jim talks about the d...
Big Conversation: What 2024 means for Procurement with Tom Mills
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rich is joined by Tom Mills - Head of Procurement and Properties at Bibby Financial Services and Founder of Procure Bites. They delve into topics suc...
Big Conversation: Dodgy Data with Susan Walsh and Natasha Brown
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re looking at why Procurement suffers from dodgy data - how it affects the function and what we can do to solve it.Rich is joined by Su...
Big Conversation: Talent Wars with Martin Smith and Ben Paynter
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're talking about the Procurement Talent Wars - the battle for great talent within the function. Rich is speaking to Ben Paynter, P...
Digital Special: Your Digital A-Team with Joël Collin-Demers
06 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So you are starting a Procurement Technology implementation but you don't have a team?Which roles are vital for success, who are these people and...
Big Conversation: The Gender Problem (part 2)
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from part 1 of this episode, Sharon and Rich are joined by Mary Ann Sieghard, author of 'The Authority Gap - Why women are still tak...
Big Conversation - Procurement Super Skills
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're covering 'soft' skills - but perhaps 'Super Skills' is a more appropriate name for how these skills can impac...
Big Conversation: The Gender Problem (part 1)
25 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first of our Big Conversation series. We're talking about the biggest topics currently facing procurement and the first one is a...
CPO Conversation - Richard Jamison
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I speak to Richard Jamison, Head of Procurement and Property at Grant Thornton UK. We speak about:1. His journey transitioning from IT to p...
CPO Conversation - Tim Snow
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I speak to Tim Snow, Vice President Procurement, Commercial Contracts, Insurance and Sustainability at Inmarsat.Given Tim has a wider commer...
CPO Conversation - Lauren Richards
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I spoke to Lauren Richards, CPO at Amazon Fresh. We covered:The one thing she wants her CEO to know about procHow she defines and measures ...
CPO Conversation - Roger Davies
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're joined by Roger Davies, CPO from M&S, John Lewis and deliveroo - a great selection of British institutions.I spoke to Roger...
CPO Conversation - Nick Jenkinson
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Jenkinson is Santander's Interim CPO reaching the end of a 2-year transformation programme. In this episode we talk about:* His approach t...
CPO Conversation: Simon Geale
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talk to Simon Geale, CPO of Proxima and we talk about:* Early jobs missing from his CV* What it's like being a CPO responsible for ma...
CPO Conversation: Andrew Newnham
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talk to Andrew Newnham, CPO of M&S and we cover:* How Procurement can drive strategy* What skills he looks for in his team* Balancing ...
CPO Conversation: Tom Mills
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Tom Mills on his passion for Procurement, building a following on Social Media, his favourite Music and what the future holds for Procuremen...
CPO Conversation: Peter Smith
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Peter Smith, author of Bad Buying, co-author of Procurement with Purpose, Procurement Expert and former CPO. His books ...
The People Side of Procurement Digital Transformation with David Loseby
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A fireside chat with David Loseby, to talk about the often forgotten side of Digital Transformation - people.
Ensuring ethical labour in your supply chain with Alex Gosney
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Gosney from Nutral joins us to discuss how we can ensure that our supply chains use ethical labour.
What Should Procurement Stop Doing? With Tom Mills.
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Procurement has had a frantic couple of years, dealing with many challenges that we may have previously had to face once in a career, seemingly every ...
How Can We Speed Up Procurement? With Mirko Kleiner.
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Want to speed up your Procurement Processes?Over the last couple of years business has been speeding up - but procurement is getting more and more bog...
Why is Digitising Procurement so Hard? With Steve Day
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we ask 'Why is Digitising Procurement so Hard?'The secret is that it isn't really - but over many years we have investe...
Episode 2: How Procurement Can Tackle Inflation
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rising inflation is all over the news - how can we in procurement help our organisations to mitigate the impact of this on the bottom line? Our pane...
Episode 1: The Procurement Talent Shortage
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're tackling the Procurement Talent Shortage, what it is and how we can fix it.