Supplier Experience Live is going LIVE! - 10th October 2023 Transform your procurement and supply chain strategies into a competitive advantage at HICX Supplier Experience Live, our official DPW half-day side event in Amsterdam on 10th October. Learn directly from industry experts and leading professionals who are reshaping their procurement landscape, such as Dr. Elouise Epstein, Ruth Bromley from Heineken, Marc Bengio from Johnson & Johnson, and many others. Register and check the full speaker list here ..read more

How Current Trends Drive Tech Adoption and Better Ways of Working with Yash Rai In this episode of the Supplier Experience Live podcast, we spoke with Yash Rai, Vice President, Procurement and Supply Chain Solutions at The Smart Cube. Yash has over 14 years of experience working in the procurement domain. He loves the industry and is extremely passionate about technology and learning about best-of-breed solutions and capabilities. In our conversation with Yash, we discussed the following: The top 3 trends in Procurement for Life Sciences in response to recent geopolitical risks How to benefit ..read more

In this episode of the Supplier Experience Live Podcast, we head to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to speak with Anand Singh, who is VP of Integrated Supply Chain at Sword Health.  Anand started working in Procurement and Supply Chain at an early age in his family business. He was managing a small fleet of two trucks serving their most important clients, including Unilever. His father started the logistics and distribution company on the East coast of India.  From there, his career took him to the USA, where he has worked in many large organizations across different industries. These included Cooper ..read more

How to improve relations with suppliers and build the Procurement function of the future In this episode of Supplier Experience Live, we circle back to Dr. Charlotte Anabelle de Brabandt, Head of IT Partner Management & Head of IT Governance US at ZF Group and Max Kent, CEO at Procure Services LTD. The discussion focused on key findings from our recent Voice of the Supplier Survey and reactions to the results from an industry-insider perspective and a supplier point of view. With Charlotte and Max, we discussed: Why suppliers find it challenging to do their best work for their biggest cus ..read more

How Far Procurement Has Come Due to Technological Advancements with Canda Rozier In this episode of Supplier Experience Live Podcast from HICX, we welcomed Canda Rozier, a Procurement Evangelist and Consultant. Canda gained her Procurement knowledge and expertise as a former CPO of several global organizations, before founding her own consulting company, Collabra Consulting, which is focused on procurement transformation, sourcing excellence, and cost improvement. She also often contributes to sourcing industry publications, speaks at procurement conferences and events globally and is winner o ..read more

The Role of Technology in the Future of Procurement with David Yarkin For this episode of the Supplier Experience Live Podcast, we were joined by David Yarkin, Founder and CEO of Procurated, and a former CPO. David is a procurement practitioner who has spent nearly twenty years working in a number of organizations both in the public and private sectors. After gaining experience, David went on to establish his own business, Procurated, which connects public sector buyers with peer-reviewed suppliers. With David we discussed: The importance of understanding suppliers’ historical performance Dig ..read more

What Darwin’s Theory Can Tell Us About Procurement & Supply Chains with David Loseby For this episode of the Supplier Experience Live podcast from HICX, we welcomed David Loseby. David is an advisor, author, speaker, and visiting scholar at the University of East Anglia. David describes himself as a ‘pracademic,’ or practitioner academic, having held various global CPO roles across a number of industries, including retail, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, and banking. His focus is on delivering change and transformation within organizations. With David we discus ..read more

An Interview on Modern Procurement with Nick Ralphs For this episode of Supplier Experience Live by HICX, we were joined by Nick Ralphs. Based in Glasgow, UK, Nick is a Director of NJR Procurement, an organization focused on ‘Increasing Value and Managing Risk in Purchasing and Supply Chains.’ Nick is also an active consultant and specializes in training procurement teams through the DevelopMyTeam platform.   With Nick we talked about:   Trends and Challenges in Procurement Procurement taking charge Bettering supplier relationships with modern technology   ..read more

An Interview on Digital Procurement with Charlotte de Brabandt and Max Kent In this episode of Supplier Experience Live, we welcome Charlotte de Brabandt and Max Kent. Max is Vice President of Global Procurement at AP automation experts, Compleat Software. Charlotte is speaker, trainer, and ambassador for the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) with over 10 years of experience in global procurement. In this episode, we explore the topic of digitalization in Procurement, including the concept of a digital-first approach, the growth of new technologies and a discu ..read more

An Interview on How Sustainable Procurement Programs Foster a Greener Future with Charlotte de Brabandt & Max Kent Ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), held between 31st October and 12th November, we welcomed Charlotte de Brabandt and Max Kent to the Supplier Experience Live podcast, to discuss how sustainable procurement programs foster a greener future. Charlotte is a speaker, trainer, ambassador for the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) with over 10 years of experience in global procurement. Max is currently Vice President of Global Procurement at AP a ..read more