In this episode, we meet with Andrew Neilson. He has worked within the procurement and supply chain arena for nearly 30 years in various senior global roles across years. A chartered Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and  transport, he is recognised for both his achievements as well as his industry leading knowledge within procurement, supply chain and  logistics. In addition to the above, Andy was elected to CIPS Congress and is an ambassador for the Sustainable Procurement Pledge. He has taken those many years of corporate experience into providing  expertise to clients of any size with end-to-end commercial, sourcing, procurement, supply chain and logistics solutions on a global basis. In addition, Andy offers both procurement and sales training, designed to deliver high impact learnings specific to relationship management, value  release and project delivery.

If you are interested to know more about his work, contact Andy on [email protected] or find his profile on LinkedIn.    

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In this episode we meet Dolly Makole, the governance supremo who never shys away from leading by example. She says procurement professionals must be rewarded more. Dolly doesn't believe in consequence management as a solution for higher compliance. In this episode she opens up on her start in procurement and details how she rose to be a top procurement governance go-to-expert. If you want to know how to deal with irregular expenditure in procurement, make sure you listen to the very end, for the cure of this governance pandemic. We ask, what if the Deputy Chief Justice leading the public enquiry into the allegations of corruption gives her a call, and he asks her, for advice on possible remedial action on  governance for public sector procurement. Listen to the podcast to hear more.

On this episode Simba meets Channon Hachandi, the Deputy Head of Procurement at WFP. He is a Zambian national based in Rome, at the World Food Programme headquarters, where he is responsible for procurement to support food and financial aid to over 100 million people in distress, in 84 countries, with an annual spent of USD$ 4 Billion for the World Food Programme. WFP is a UN agency for provision of food. He started his career in finance and transitioned to supply chain. Channon relies on his questioning skills to understand stakeholders needs resulting in problem solving. He makes an interesting connection between ethics and value for money.

This episode explores the journey of a successful procurement leader Dr. Faith Mashele FCIPS – she shares her sweet moments and biggest challenges. Simba’s conversational style and questions tap into nuggets of wisdom for you. Faith is the chairperson of the CIPS Gauteng Branch Committee. She joins us on this show to tell us about her experience and career. She is the Head of Procurement Centre of Excellence for Nedbank. What does it take to rise to this level.

In 2016, Simba received the CIPS Young Professional of the Year Award. What’s his secret? In this episode, Simba explains why MEET ME AT THE TOP podcast will empower procurement people. He tells us how this podcast will lead you to the top. He believes every procurement leader has trade secrets and lessons to learn from. The conversations on this podcast are designed to deliver that inspiration and instructions through storytelling.

This podcast is produced by CIPS GAUTENG BRANCH and it is dedicated to PROCUREMENT PEOPLE. We talk to procurement veterans about their work and careers. Each episode offers a unique peek behind the curtains.

This show combines memorable stories with actionable insights from best-in-class procurement leaders to help you drive your procurement strategy and career into desired results. If you’re a procurement or supply chain professional— or you want to be one — this show is for you.

The show has two goals: to share helpful information resources, and to inspire, hopefully making your journey as an procurement professional a little bit faster, easier, and maybe a little bit more fun. To help with that, we have guests every month on the show who are willing to share their stories and their advice.

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Meet me at the top!  On this interview podcast we talk to chief procurement officers and discuss how they are demonstrating their relevance not only to their peers, the businesses they work for,

and even the profession itself.

Now procurement and supply chain professionals must protect corporate reputation, create an environment for best investment opportunities, increase innovation, grow the business and beat off competition, implement digitalisation and the maintenance of sustainable supply chains.

MEET me at the top, hosted by yours, Simba

There is no plan B, Procurement is what we know. Tune in.

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