The Way We Source

(01:32) - What does sourcing & procurement mean to Petra and what makes it so central to a business? (03:25) - How Petra decided to start working in Procurement (05:42) - Petra describes her role at Saab and its business areas (07:31) - Petra talks about the importance of Procurement in the Defense industry and its unique challenges (10:04) - Does Saab reflect on the social and geopolitical ra...

This episode, we’re joined by Stephen Day, CPO of Kantar and an accomplished international executive with expertise in operations management, supply chain purchasing, and multi-country transformation and change. Stephen shares with us the lessons that he’s learned in his 30-year career in Procurement at organisations such as Rolls Royce, Phillips, T-Mobile, and Vodafone, and how he’s witnessed the...

Timestamps: (04:34) How do we bridge the gap between IT & Procurement? (06:59) Do's & Don'ts in Digitalisation projects of Procurement (09:59) Why do Many Tech Implementations Fail? (13:38) Process or Tech First? (17:40) Does he see a difference in clients from North America vs EMEA when adopting & buying Procurement Tech? (20:24) Unexplored areas of Procurement & Sourcing...

Life of a Founder “Businesses can’t afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.” ~ Parker Harris, co-founder – Salesforce; as Founder, you have a continuous responsibility to ensure Kloopify’s product is delighting your customers. How do you make sure this is the case?  As they often say - the job of being a founder is typically a lonely one, even with co-fou...

Timestamps: (03:10) Is Procurement becoming a more Strategic Function?` (06:37) What is VUCA world? And what are some of key topics Procurement needs to address in this new VUCA world? (09:19) Is Procurement struggling with Change Management? (11:12) How Stephane believes Procurement can deliver on ESG in a VUCA world. (16:38) His views on how SRM can Impact ESG. (21:29) What are some of the reaso...

For our listeners out there who don’t know what you’re doing at Pactum, could you please give an intro to the business?  What made you co-found Pactum?  Life of a Founder “Businesses can’t afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.” ~ Parker Harris, co-founder – Salesforce; as co-Founder, but also CPO, you have a continuous responsibility to ensure Pactum’s...

(05:18) Concrete tips from how Equans are working towards decarbonising their activities while having 130 000 suppliers. (06:51) Is there an alignment between Procurement Theory & Practice? (08:37) How Equans brought in academics into the business to address real practical challenges and what the outcome was. (10:12) If he sees any discrepancies between curriculum and practice? (11:36) How he...

Timestamps: (04:51) What the Sourcing Industry Group (SIG) is really all about (07:20) The responsibility that comes with managing 17 trillion in spend (09:06) How does Procurement get away from being only about Cost Savings? (11:39) Finding the right balance between facilitating the dialogue while also challenging it, as a network leader (13:38) Which areas has she felt the need to challenge Proc...

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?...

Timestamps: - How can procurement experts work actively to improve the image & brand of procurement? - The biggest difference between direct and indirect buying? - What experiences he took from a consumer buying experience which he could apply in his current role at Bibby Financial Services? - How does working for Coop and Clarks differ compared to working in smaller organisations? - Greatest...

(04:48) What inspired them to start BT Sourced?  (06:36) How BT are challenging and reinventing the traditional procurement model  (10:43) What other Chief Procurement Officers can do to challenge their current model of procurement (15:20) The results they've seen due to their Digital Transformation and what they like to call; their Digital Procurement Garage (22:46) How the Digital Solu...

(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

(04:49) How Supplier Management & Collaboration compares to other procurement processes in levels of maturity? (07:00) Important steps to develop Supplier Management & Collaboration frameworks and programs. (09:00) How to know which suppliers to invest more time in & does the Kraljic Matrix still work? (10:59) Which KPI's should you use to measure the success of Collaboration & Inn...

Our latest episode stands out from the previous ones a little bit - we got the chance to speak to Tom Jackson, Co-founder at Honest Ocean, a supplier of fully transparent and traceable recycled ocean plastic materials. Hear about their mission and story of how they started Honest Ocean to combat the growing problem of plastic pollution in one of the worst affected area in the world. We’ll also tou...

(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 S...

Timestamps & Content: (07:45) How covid was a blessing in disguise for Supply Chain & Procurement Teams (09:40) The importance of having a mentor in your career (12:40) How can Supplier Development be leveraged to improve Supplier Performance? How the Enhanced Supplier Development Framework works. (14:50) Reactive vs Strategic Supplier Development Links: Dr. Muddassir Ahmed LinkedIn SCM Dojo

- 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 P...

🎙How can Procurement, Sustainability and Supply Chain teams become better at cleaning their Supplier Data? What are some of the pitfalls when launching projects to clean your data and how could it potentially harm your business by not investing in cleaning your data? 🧐 Also, what are companies actually getting right with their data? Susan Walsh - The Classification Guru has been working with clas...

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 ge...

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: Procu...

The Way We Source is a podcast hosted by Kodiak Hub SRM Software, where we share our talks with procurement practitioners, leaders, experts, consultants, content gurus and people that we find downright inspiring! In this episode we have the pleasure of hosting the partner of the Art of Procurement, host of the podcast: Dial P for Procurement on the Supply Chain Now network, and managing director o...