Sourcing Industry Landscape

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn sits down with Karina Swette, a Partner in Oliver Wyman's Operations and Consumer and Industrial Products Practice, to discuss current ESG trends in Procurement. Tune in to hear findings from their Sustainable Procurement Maturity survey!     Don't miss your opportunity to hear Karina speak on this topic live during the CPO and Execu...

Additional corporate priorities have made it really difficult to scale with more on the line, less budget and without good, quality data. CPOs are wondering how they are going to connect all these priorities and leverage data. On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape Podcast, Dawn is joined by Stephany Lapierre, Founder and CEO of TealBook - an enterprise software company that connects b...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape Podcast, Dawn speaks with Brad Killinger, CEO of Sapience Analytics – a workforce productivity and analytics solution that delivers automated workforce data collection, data integration, insights, and decision-making through its SaaS platform. Brad gives us the scoop on how the current economic conditions have impacted the company and what they ha...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Ricardo Pedroza, Executive Director of ProColombia in the United States, about the value potential for companies interested in doing business with Colombia. There is truly a wealth of opportunity! Tune in to hear Dawn and Ricardo discuss the economic landscape, outsourcing sector and many of the streng...

Listen in to part one of this multi-part series as Dawn speaks with Jennifer Sieber, Head of Global Procurement Systems at Gilead Sciences, Inc. – a research-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines. Throughout this series, we will learn about Gilead's incredible transformation journey. On this episode, Jennifer paints us...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Doug Leeby, CEO of Beeline. The two discuss Stone Point Capital's recent investment in Beeline, what this means for the future of the contingent workforce management industry, and how Beeline is staying true to their core values and culture.

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape Podcast, Dawn sits down with Tarek Alaruri , COO and Co-Founder of Fairmarkit, and Greg Tennyson , SVP of Strategy & Procurement at Fairmarkit – or shall we say Shaq and Dwyane Wade -  to discuss exactly what it means to embody the Magical CPO persona in today's procurement space. Read more about the Magical CPO in Greg's latest blog post >> https...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn speaks with Ravi Sundaram, Chief Operating Officer of Quinnox – an agile, business-results-driven digital technology partner that aims to simplify business processes, improve customer experiences and create exceptional business value with the power of human and applied intelligence. We learn all about their digital platform journey a...

It's our last Future 5 Friday for this year! Spend Matters has partnered with SIG for a 5 part podcast series to showcase this year's Future 5 list – a group of newly emerged procurement technology start-ups that you should know about. Over the next 2 months leading up to our Procurement Technology Summit in April, we'll be interviewing the founders of each featured company to find out what it mea...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape Podcast, Dawn sits down with Kate Seagriff, Director of Strategic Sourcing at TripActions for a candid conversation discussing the key trends that are impacting procurement functions across the industry. The two dive into the ever-changing roles and objectives of procurement, the importance of working in partnership alongside the C-Suite and how T...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape Podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Rita N. Soni, Principal Analyst for Impact Sourcing and Sustainability at Everest Group. Rita gives us an in-depth view of Everest Group's "purpose framework" and her focus area – impact sourcing. Ensuring that ESG goals remain of utmost importance, without 'green-washing' is paramount. Tune in to hear...

Future 5 Friday is back again! Spend Matters has partnered with SIG for a 5 part podcast series to showcase this year's Future 5 list – a group of newly emerged procurement technology start-ups that you should know about. Over the next 2 months leading up to our Procurement Technology Summit in April, we'll be interviewing the founders of each featured company to find out what it means to be a Fut...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, brought to you by Zycus, Dawn sits down with Julio Peironcely, Global Director of Insights, Analytics and Procurement at Danone. Julio walks us through the current procurement function at Danone, his top three focus areas for technology and how he believes AI will drive procurement forward in 2022 and beyond.   Stay tuned to hear more about the A...

Future 5 Friday is back again! Spend Matters has partnered with SIG for a 5 part podcast series to showcase this year's Future 5 list – a group of newly emerged procurement technology start-ups that you should know about. Over the next 2 months leading up to our Procurement Technology Summit in April, we'll be interviewing the founders of each featured company to find out what it means to be a Fut...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, brought to you by Zycus, Dawn sits down with Brian Roche, Chief Procurement Officer, Westfield Group and Zach Engels, Procurement Operations Leader at Westfield Group. Together, Brian and Zach give us a glimpse into the procurement function at Westfield, diving deep into contracting, PO and risk processes and how their partnership with Zycus has...

Future 5 Friday is back again! Spend Matters has partnered with SIG for a 5 part podcast series to showcase this year's Future 5 list – a group of newly emerged procurement technology start-ups that you should know about. Over the next 2 months leading up to our Procurement Technology Summit in April, we'll be interviewing the founders of each featured company to find out what it means to be a Fut...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, brought to you by Zycus , Dawn speaks with Opi Gahunia, Director of Indirect Procurement at Belden . Opi paints the picture of what the current procurement landscape looks like at Belden and elaborates about how their partnership with Zycus has streamlined their S2P processes allowing them to plan for the future of AI.   Stay tuned to hear more a...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, Dawn chats with Matt Fringeli, Managing Partner at TekWissen , about all things staffing! Dawn and Matt cover all the latest trends, from layoffs to the great resignation and dive deep into how the talent shortage and wage inflation have affected the market.

Spend Matters has partnered with SIG for a 5 part podcast series to showcase this year's Future 5 list – a group of newly emerged procurement technology start-ups that you should know about. Over the next 2 months leading up to our Procurement Technology Summit in April, we'll be interviewing the founders of each featured company to find out what it means to be a Future 5. Up first, is Circulor –...

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, we sat down with Shashank Saxena, Co-Founder and CEO of VNDLY Inc. , to discuss ecosystem alignment and how crucial it is to innovation in the procurement space. Listen in to hear how VNDLY's approach to software development is unique and the role that procurement plays in shaping the digital transformation within the organization.

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, Dawn speaks with Maurice Hamoir, Head of Business Development at Per Angusta and Etienne Marchadier, Business Unit Director- Procurement Strategies at By. O Group, about the need for new opportunities, approaches and tools in the Purchasing Strategy realm. We learn about the importance of having a "people first" mindset when putting digital trans...

Earlier this year, we sat down with Dr. Patricia Connolly, the CEO and Co-Founder of the leading IT talent provider, SMC Squared. Dr. Pat shared a bit about the company's strategy and introduced us to the acronym used to describe their core values: FACE. In this episode, Dawn and Dr. Pat dive deeper into the meaning behind the rest of the letters, build upon several of the other values SMC Squared...

On this episode of the Sourcing Landscape Podcast, Dawn sits down with Edmund Zagorin , Founder and CEO of BidOps Inc. , the first company to use artificial intelligence to fully automate supplier negotiations. Listen in to hear Edmund's thoughts on the future of Procurement and how Procurement can align itself with the CFO and C-Suite to transform itself from a cost center into a driver of cost s...

On this very timely episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn sits down with Agiloft's CTO and founder, Colin Earl , to discuss some of the biggest challenges vaccine supply chains are facing today and how automation can help safeguard against them. Check out the Five Pitfalls of CLM Selection Whitepaper >> Read Agiloft's most recent article >>

Patricia Connolly, PhD , draws on nearly three decades of executive, IT and academic leadership to create and implement SMC Squared's strategy, vision and mission. On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, Dawn sits down with Dr. Connolly to discuss her robust experience, the history of how SMC Squared originated and how their model helps procurement organizations.