The Procurement Show podcast sets out to explore the more interesting aspects of procurement!
Hosted by procurement expert and award-winning author of a series of acclaimed procurement and negotiation books, and the CEO of Positive Purchasing, Jonathan O’Brien, alongside Co-Host, Managing Director of a leading communications agency, Fresh Air Studios, Paul Philpott.
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Episode 23 – Digital Procurement – Where to Start
In this episode, Jonathan O’Brien and Paul Philpott are joined by Ian Platt, Head of Procurement Centre of Excellence for Syngenta. They look at where to start if you want to enable a procurement function for the future, with the right digital tools and the right digital thinking.
Episode 22 – Data in Procurement & the Supply Chain
In this episode, Jonathan O’Brien and Paul Philpott are joined by Kris Lance, Senior Director with the group purchasing company, Una. They look at the tech landscape in procurement and the supply chain; including how data helps us and will continue to help in the future.
Episode 21 – Negotiation
In this episode, Jonathan O’Brien and Paul Philpott discuss negotiation. What are the tactics? What are the best ones to use? What are the ones to avoid? Can you tell when negotiation tactics are being used on you? Plus… will Jonathan be “good cop” while Paul is “bad cop”…?
Episode 20 – Powering Procurement for the Future
In this episode, Jonathan O’Brien and Paul Philpott are joined by Andy Martyr-Icke, who is part of the environment team at National Grid – the organisation responsible for electricity distribution in the UK. They discuss what procurement teams should be looking out for in the future with regards to power, electric vehicles, sustainability and those businesses claiming to have net zero targets.
Episode 19 – Sustainable Procurement in a Creative Industry
In this episode, Jonathan O’Brien and Paul Philpott are joined by Annabel Kaur-Barry, who leads digital and production procurement, for Interpublic Group – one of the “big four” advertising agencies globally. They discuss how sustainability might apply when what is being sourced is less physical and not as tangible in the world of creative procurement.
Episode 18 – The Coming Food Crisis
In this episode, Jonathan O’Brien and Paul Philpott discuss the coming food crisis, following a recent article in The Economist. We look at what the crisis actually means for all of us, and what procurement functions should be doing to find their way through the challenging months and years ahead.
Episode 17 – Scarcity of Resources
In this episode, Jonathan O’Brien and Paul Philpott discuss the planet’s rarest resources – some of which might surprise you. Also, they attempt to discover why these resources are so rare, whether or not there are solutions, plus what this means for procurement departments the world over.
Episode 16 – Communicating Procurement
In this episode, Jonathan O’Brien talks to Paul Philpott, MD of Fresh Air Studios about the ways that procurement departments can communicate with the rest of the business. Including, how to communicate procurement’s methods, goals and achievements. Also, what’s the best platform to use? Paul has all the answers.
Episode 15 – Negotiating down price increases
Jonathan O’Brien and Paul Philpott discuss the unprecedented price increases from suppliers in recent times. Jonathan talks about how procurement teams can handle this, minimize the impact and stay in control.
Episode 14 – Philip Ideson on the Future of Procurement
In this episode, Jonathan O’Brien and Paul Philpott are joined by Philip Ideson of the award-winning Art of Procurement podcast. They discuss whether procurement is moving away from category management, creating a strategy for digital category management, the future of procurement – including AI – and much more.
Episode 13 – How climate change will impact our supply chain
Jonathan and Paul chat with Dr Deborah Hemming of the Met Office. Debbie is Scientific Manager of the Vegetation-Climate Interactions (VCI) group which conducts research to improve understanding and modelling of the interactions between vegetation and climate. During this episode they discuss the effects of climate change on procurement and supply chain functions. This includes the effects on food supply, the underdeveloped world, farming, and how technology and people can adapt to the future.
Episode 12 – Unprecedented! How can we respond to the global supply issues and rising cost?
Jonathan and Paul discuss what procurement in an inflationary environment means and what can be done about it. With unprecedented changes in the supply chain as well as differences to how trade works at a global level, it’s unlikely that these situations will return to how they used to be. So how can we best cope with these changes and the added expenditure? How do we renegotiate with existing suppliers or even break away and form new supplier relationships? Jonathan has all the answers and information you need.