What we'll be talking about in this episode: Being a Interim CPO - How do you make the right decisions quickly while only being around for a short period of time?  What does it take to succeed as an interim leader? How do you ensure to gain the trust of your team members quickly, when entering into a new business? Expanding on his work on behavioural science in procurement - what does it mean? How do innate human behaviours play a role in buyer-supplier relationships? Concrete tips on how behavioural science can be applied to enhance their buyer-supplier relationships or aid them in ..read more

(05:57) Why Andreas started mysupply (09:00) His tips to founders of ProcureTech companies (16:03) How Autonomous Sourcing will change the ways Procurement Professionals work (20:58) The importance of keeping human intelligence at the core of buying decisions (23:37) What are procurement teams are missing out on when it comes to autonomous sourcing?  Links Andreas Zimmermann LinkedIn mysupply ..read more

(02:38) What does Sourcing & Procurement mean to him? (05:43) How has Oatly actively worked with reducing Tail Spend?  (09:05) How to bridge the gap between Procurement and Sales? (11:35) Is Procurement a supporting- or a primary function?  (14:34) What role does the sourcing department play in a high-growth environment like at Oatly?  (17:45) How do they work with Responsible Sourcing at Oatly? (21:20) His view of recruiting sourcing talent in a high-growth pace?  (25:19) If he could, what would Jonas tell himself 20 years ago before he ventured into Sourcing?  L ..read more

- Some of the biggest challenges Procurement is facing today. - Practical tips on what Procurement should be doing to align with the overall business goals. - Digital Transformation in Procurement. - What sets apart good CPO's from great CPO's - and some shoutouts to some CPO's he thinks are really pushing the envelope today. - The importance of storytelling. - What are some of the big trends in Procurement & supply Chain in the next 3 to 5 years? Links: Simon Geale LinkedIn Proxima Group Kodiak Hub ..read more

David goes through what Logitech did in order to start working more with diverse spend, gender equality and what your company should do if they want to improve in these important areas. We'll also talk about what procurement should do to get "a seat at the table" and his tips on mindset for people just entering procurement as well as current leaders.  Timestamps: (5:58) How Procurement can get a seat at the table (7:59) Some of the major shifts Logitech has done in Procurement (10:42) Examples of how to improve your work in Supplier Diversity (16:08) How to increase diverse and inclusive ..read more

This episode, we’re joined by Alex Evans, a procurement practitioner with a wide range of experience in the aerospace and defense sector – having previous sourced for Boeing, Leonardo, Vertical Aerospace, and Heart Aerospace before joining Elbit Systems UK as their Supply Chain Manager. Alex discusses his experiences of working at both multinationals and startups, the differences and similarities between Procurement in aerospace vs. other industries, whether Procurement has won the trust of stakeholders, how to build a supplier base from scratch, which SRM tactics are dead or here to stay, and ..read more

Timestamps: - (03:50) Some productivity tips & how he got into Procure Tech - (08:10) Why he left working as a practitioner in procurement? - (09:36) What they do at Proctopus and Procurementsoftware.site - (14:27) Where does he see the industry of procurement and tech be moving towards? - (19:23) Best-of-Breed vs All-in-One - (24:09) What's his biggest tip to ProcureTech Vendors? Links:Procurement Software.site   Proctopus James Meads LinkedIn  ..read more

In this episode, we’re joined by Francesco Bassoli, an accomplished Procurement leader and practitioner with over 20 years of experience, having previously served as the CPO of Alcoa and the VP of Global Procurement at Amcor.  Francesco discusses how his background in engineering has influenced his career in Procurement, how he’s transitioned to different industries during his Procurement career, his thoughts on how Procurement can drive Sustainability within their organizations, and more!  (00:38) - Introducing Francesco (01:36) - What does Sourcing and Procurement mean to France ..read more

In this episode, we’re joined by a household name and thought leader in Procurement – Peter Smith. With over 40 years (or make that 30 years) of experience, Peter has worked with Procurement as a practitioner, professor, Managing Editor of Spend Matters Europe, and author of the books “Bad Buying” and “Procurement with Purpose.” He joins us to discuss how he’s seen Procurement evolve during his career and where it’s going in the future, where Procurement is succeeding and “F’ing up,” how to avoid “Bad Buying,” and more!  (00:40) - Introducing Peter (02:25) - What does Procurement & ..read more

In this episode, we’re joined by Lukas Wawrla, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Archlet. Lukas tells us about how he stumbled into sourcing & procurement with no prior experience while co-founding his sourcing platform in university, how Archlet broke into the sourcing space and found the success it has today, Lukas’s experience as an unexpected procure tech founder, and his thoughts on what the next trends in procurement and sourcing will be.  (00:44) - Introducing Lukas (01:30) - What does sourcing & procurement mean to Lukas? (02:25) - How did Lukas get started in procu ..read more