In The Hackett Group’s 2019 CPO Agenda Report, titled Building Next- Generation Capabilities, there is clearly misalignment between what procurement is expected to do and what we are placing an…
Kelly BarnerFebruary 20, 2019
My guest on the show today is Brian Bancroft. This is Brian’s second appearance on the show. We originally sat down back in episode 126, and I enjoyed the conversation…
Philip IdesonApril 30, 2018
My guest on the show today is Walt Charles, the Chief Procurement Officer at Biogen. Walt will be well known to a number of listeners – he is a long…
Philip IdesonMarch 26, 2018
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…
Philip IdesonNovember 13, 2017
I am joined today by Antonio Humphreys, the Senior Manager of Global Procurement at Adobe Systems based in California. I’ve actually seen Antonio speak before, and he has always been…
Philip IdesonOctober 23, 2017
You’re hired! After the jubilation of accepting a job wears off and you’re successfully on-boarded to your new company, you learn you have 100 days to develop a plan. This…
Greg TennysonJuly 5, 2017
How does the role of procurement differ in a mission driven organization? Today on the Art of Procurement, I explore how procurement can help save lives with Brian Kyle, Managing…
Philip IdesonMarch 6, 2017
Matt Curtis had never worked in procurement, but was enjoying a successful career across U.S. utility company American Electric Power (AEP). The procurement department at AEP was considered a largely…
Philip IdesonDecember 5, 2016
Today’s episode is the first in a two-part series considering Category Management: what we can do not only to implement Category Management, but also do so in a way that…
Philip IdesonOctober 13, 2016
