Sourcing Industry Landscape

On this episode, Dawn interviews Darryl Hammett, the General Manager of Global Demand and Operations at AWS, about his background, achievements, and insights. Darryl shares transitional journey into supply chain management. He emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and the impact of education in his career. Darryl also discusses the need to adapt to a changing world and the importance of...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Jamie Ogilvie-Smals, Vice President at GEP and Dr. Frank Kobor, Vice President of the Rapid Deployment Team at Bayer to celebrate their team's winning the Innovations in Outsourcing award at this year's Future of Sourcing Awards. The trio discuss their partnership and its background, highlighting the specific areas of in...

On this two-part episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Amanda Prochaska, Founder and Chief Wonder Officer of Wonder Services. During part two of this series, we celebrate the many reasons that Amanda was ultimately named the Future of Sourcing 2023 Sourcing Star. We learn how the name of the firm, Wonder Services, came to be and how Amanda plans to scale the firm fo...

During this two-part episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Amanda Prochaska, Founder and Chief Wonder Officer of Wonder Services, and a finalist nominee for the 2023 Sourcing Star Award at the Future of Sourcing Awards. During part one of this series, Dawn and Amanda grab a semi-quiet corner at our Global Executive Summit to get better acquainted where we learn abou...

In this conversation, Dawn Tiura interviews Kate Vitasek, a globally recognized expert in collaborative business relationships and the founder of Supply Chain Visions. They discuss the evolution of the Vested business model over the past 13 years and how organizations like BP have embraced it to achieve amazing results. They also explore the concept of outcome-based contracts and the importance of...

On this episode, Priyanka Mouli Shankar, Senior Global Category Manager at Applied Materials and winner of the Rising Star Award at the 2023 Future Sourcing Awards, discusses her background and career in supply chain. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the complexities of the commodity sourcing process and the impact of global events on supply chains. Priyanka also shares her motivatio...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Mark Raffan, Founder of Negotiations Ninja to celebrate him winning the 2023 Future of Sourcing Rising Star Award and get to know him a bit better. Mark shares the origin story of Negotiations Ninja and how his upbringing played a significant role in shaping his expertise. We learn about the importance of listening to un...

For today's episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, we found a semi-quiet spot at the Global Executive Summit where we could get better acquainted with Rene Stromberg, the US Strategic Purchasing Manager at Multiparts. Dawn and René spend some time chatting about the cultural differences between the US and Germany, his experience at the Summit, as well as the growing importance of ESG...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, we are coming to you live from the Global Executive Summit where we found a semi-quiet spot amidst all the action to spend some time getting acquainted with Stacy McCarthy, Director of Contingent Workforce Services at PayPal. We hear about Stacy's heartwarming journey from stay-at-home-mom to leading PayPal's Contingent Workforce - a care...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, we are coming to you live from the Global Executive Summit where we found a semi-quiet spot amidst all the action to spend some time getting acquainted with Gregg Bass, the Director of Strategic Sourcing at Rent-A-Center. Tune in to hear more about Gregg's experience in the industry and his idea of the perfect sourcing candidate.   Connec...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Yves Thill, Partner, Global Lead, Procurement at Kearney and Stefan Dent, Co-Founder, Head of Strategic Alliances at Simfoni to discuss the often overlooked aspect of tail spend in procurement and its critical importance. They explore how to capitalize on unmanaged tail spend and the potential consequences for businesses...

For this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, we are coming to you live from the Global Executive Summit where we found a semi-quiet spot amidst all the action to spend some time getting to know David Romo-Garza a bit better. Tune in to learn about David's journey of sky-high dreams to become a pilot, serving our country as a contracts expert in the United States Air Force and ultim...

Over the past decade, decentralized spend has surged, increasingly complex spend categories are demanding a multitude of cross-functional approvals, and a proliferation of systems and processes have escalated the complexity of procurement, resulting in low adoption across the company. Today's forward-thinking CPOs recognize the pivotal role that user experience, widespread adoption, and system orc...

Businesses face big challenges as they look forward to 2024. Now isn't the time to pull back and wait for things to return to "normal." It's a time to invest strategically in your business with AI-powered transformation to manage disruption and fuel long-term growth. On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape Podcast, futurist Byron Reese will share his thoughts on how well-reasoned optimi...

On this episode, Dawn is joined by Joe Adamski, Senior Director at ProcureAbility. We learn about a prime example of supply chain disruption – the transformer equipment shortage that could pose a threat to the American electrical grid if not managed properly. The grid relies on transformers to function safely and the utilities who keep the grid operational depend on their procurement teams to secu...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, we had the pleasure of spending some time getting to know Oren Salzman, the Chief Procurement Officer of MetTel (Manhattan Telecommunications). We hear all about Oren's passion for growing exceptional teams, his diverse background and his procurement Journey – the fastest climb to CPO that we have ever heard!     Connect with Oren on Link...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Cathy Rutherford, Senior Director of Procurement at The Knot and quad-certified SIG U Alumni. We learn about Cathy's personal journey from making bold moves as a district manager at Super K, to her current role developing and leading the Procurement department at The Knot - an all-in-one planning hub for weddings, baby s...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape Podcast, Dawn is joined by Brian Kyle, Vice President, Supply Chain and Accounts Payable at American Cancer Society. We learn about Brian's reason for joining this incredible organization and the passion that has propelled his career forward.   Connect with Brian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-kyle-511945/  

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Nick Heinzmann, VP of Research at Spend Matters. In his role, Nick sets the Spend Matters research and publication agenda. He also has served as a lead analyst for several technology categories, including contract lifecycle management (CLM), fraud analytics, startups and ESG-focused vendors in and around the source-to-pa...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn has the pleasure of chatting with Coralyn Ah Moy the Senior Director of Procurement Transformation and Centre of Excellence at Air Canada . In her role, Coralyn is responsible for the digitalization and transformation of the procurement function. We learn more about the People, Process & Technology Transformation project that won her...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Chris Shaffer, the Senior Director of Procurement, Facilities & Biomedical Support at EyeCare Partners. We learn about Chris's personal journey throughout his 16+ year career within the Supply Chain function. During his tenure at ECP, Shaffer has overseen the implementation of the Coupa business spend management platform...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Dan Coor, Global Director Procurement to Pay (P2P) of Sprinklr and the winner of the 2022 Future of Sourcing Sourcing Star Award. We learn about Dan's 14+ year career and the journey that has led him to receive this prestigious award.   Learn more about the Future of Sourcing Awards >> https://futureofsourcingawards.com/...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by David Schultz, Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Executive of Westfall Technik. We learn about David's personal journey throughout his career and about Westfall Technik's business model. Tune in to learn more about how David and his team are embracing the power of data and strategic partnerships to consolidate spend...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Michael Koontz, the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing and Business Leader at ATD Sourcing Solutions and winner of the 2022 Future of Sourcing Supernova Hall of Fame Award. We learn about Michaels 20+ year career and the journey that has led him to receive this prestigious award. Learn more about the Future of Sourcing...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Enrico Aresu, Director and Compliance & Financial Crime Industry Practice Lead at Moodys Analytics and Gary Storr, General Manager of Trust Your Supplier . The group discusses how Trust Your Supplier has evolved from an onboarding platform to a full ecosystem of risk and compliance data and tools. Enrico and Gary tell th...