Procurement Legends

If you’ve ever tried to run an event, to get your Suppliers in a room to share a vision, a requirement and to breed innovation and collaboration - it can be a nightmare. It requires not just a logistical masterclass but you need to be clear on why you want the Suppliers there, why it’s a good use of their time and what outcomes you want from the event.

Supplier Day is a Service Provider that enables you to create virtual supplier events, or Supplier Days, to enable meaningful collaborations with your supply chain.

In this World of Procurement Podcast Episode, we talk about the issues of creating Supplier events, the perks to having virtual only events, and how to get the most of the events. Supplier Day enables this to become the norm rather than the extraordinary.

Timestamps for the Podcast:

00:00 Introduction to Caitlyn

00:51 Importance of Communication

03:40 What is the Supplier Day Service Offering

08:45 Issues running Supplier Events alone

12:20 The experience with Supplier Day

14:40 Virtual/Digital Supplier Events are here to stay

17:10 Perks of Virtual over Physical events

24:45 Making the decision makers visible

29:00 Where to find Supplier Day

Connect with Caitlyn here on LinkedIn and make sure you check out the Supplier Day LinkedIn page.

Doug Johnson-Poensgen is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Circulor. We covered a lot of ground in this 25-minute podcast and this podcast is going to be exceptionally beneficial to you if you are currently looking at your supply chain and wondering how can we improve visibility, how can we reach our sustainability goals using our supply chains and how do we know what is in this product? 

I think all of us, regardless of sector, are starting to have more conversations around this.   Circulor describes itself as a company that provides Traceability-as-a-Service to verify responsible sourcing, to underpin effective recycling and to improve efficiency. We reach parts of OEM's supply chains that most currently have little real visibility into.  

Circulor boasts high profile clients such as Jaguar Landrover, Volvo, Polestar and Boeing. Circulor is built upon traditional databases and distributed ledger technology from Hyperledger, a blockchain company. 

Check out the timestamps for this Procurement Podcast Below:

• Intro 00:00


• What Mica is and how it is used in Electric Vehicle Battery Technology 1:11  


• Doug’s Business background 2:21Carbon Emissions in the Car Manufacturers supply chains 3:35


• How Procurement Teams can aid net-zero manufacture 4:40


• Insight into Circulor’s customers: Jaguar Landrover, Daimler, Polestar (who have just committed to their first Net Zero Car by 2030) 5:00


• How Doug Came up with the idea to found Circular 5:41  


• How Circulor uses databases and Blockchain 8:17 (https://www.hyperledger.org/use/fabric) (https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/publications/tantalum-case-study) 


• Doug is a sceptic on blockchain 9:12


• The changing role of the Procurement Profession 12:15


• There are visionary procurement professionals in sustainability 16:35  (Martina is a visionary - https://www.linkedin.com/in/martina-buchhauser/)


• Volvo’s use of traceability in its Procurements 18:23


• What procurement can do to drive sustainability and change the status quo 19:38


• A future vision that Procurement can help build 24:40


• Where to find Doug and Circulor 26:00

Find our more about Circulor here: https://www.circulor.com

Connect with Doug: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougjohnsonpoensgen/

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If you want to learn how to become a Contract Management Pro in the World of Procurement, start here.

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In this Podcast Episode of the World of Procurement Podcast, we are talking to a Marketing Procurement Professional and expert, Stuart Dunk, who has experience working for some massive Companies, such as Nike. We go into detail about Stuart’s background pre-procurement and his extensive Marketing Procurement background at some of the biggest names where he developed true expertise in Marketing.   

We cover. Stuart’s company that he set up during COVID, which is a feat in Entrepreneurial spirit, and how he’s been advising agencies on how they should approach procurement, how to price and shape responses to RFPs etc. This is something that just makes sense. Us Procurement Professionals can often forget there is someone at the other side (as illustrated so eloquently by Dr Leda Glyptis here).  

We cover why understanding Marketing, as a macro topic and not just Marketing Procurement, is vital if you want to be taken seriously in the world of marketing. People who know marketing and enjoy marketing are the ones who are best at Marketing Procurement.   

We talk about the value procurement pros can bring to marketing and how it is more than marketers think as old age perceptions around price still live and worry marketers about procurements intentions. We talk about how the best marketing procurement pros going into marketing enter that world and say what do you need, what are your metrics (this is similar to what Sarah Scudder broke down for us in this Podcast). 

Project Spring highlighted other value-added activities that Procurement Pros had for marketers.  CPOs have so many conflicting priorities and how savings are now not the number one focus but becoming more efficient is (Deloitte Global 2021 Chief Procurement Officer Survey)  

Why CIPS can be great for Marketing Procurement Pros and new entrants into the World of Procurement.

Check out what Stuart is up to at his Company and reach out to him if you need help in the Marketing Procurement space - Don’t Forget to Look. 

Resources/Books/Courses discussed throughout the Podcast: 

- Blair Enns, The Win Without Pitching Manifesto Book (US)

- Blair Enns, The Win Without Pitching Manifesto Book  (UK)

- Project Spring from the World Federation of Advertisers 

- Mini MBA in Marketing by Mark Ritson  

- The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising  

- Blair Enns, Win Without Pitching   

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How to Hire the Best Procurement Pros has got to be high on your agenda especially as the recruitment market hots up and, based on what we are seeing currently post-covid, shifts to a candidate market.

But what I'm currently seeing are some of the most generic, bland and awful job descriptions that isn't telling me anything other than the hiring manager wants someone who knows a bit of everything or is an expert in everything. 

Make sure you leave a 5 STAR review wherever it is you listen to this Podcast.

Hey World of Procurement Legends, I'm back with a very different type of 5 minute podcast today and I do hope you are enjoying the experimentation I'm undertaking with this Procurement Podcast at present. I'd almost suggest that before you listen to this Podcast, you head over to Art of Procurement and you read this article - https://artofprocurement.com/is-procurement-moving-away-from-category-management/.

I share my views on why I think there's more value to a Service Provider view of Procurement rather than a Category view. 

Would love to hear your thoughts too.

Make sure you connect with Philip on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipideson/

Hey Procurement Legends, I thought that this five minute format of the podcast might be a good way to share some questions and some ideas around topics that are out there that we need to do more on as a profession. I thought I'd start off with Sustainability within the Supply Chain in this episode. I've seen it in my LinkedIn feed, I've had conversations about it recently and those two things combined mean we as a profession are getting more serious on this.

Check out this episode I recorded with Marina who is an expert in this area - https://link.chtbl.com/SustainableProcurement 

Hey Procurement Legends, continuing on with the new non-guest 5 min short form podcast episodes, I wanted to talk about Procurement Tech. There are a crazy number of solutions out there right now and you can check a whole bunch of them out over on Digital Procurement World here - https://conference.dpw.ai/demo/demo-application/.

What's my message in this episode:

We have options

These companies aren't always good at marketing themselves to Procurement Pros

Sweep the marketplace when undertaking RFPs or you might miss out on a gem.

It would make my day if you could head into the review section and leave a 5 start review wherever it is you listen to podcasts! Appreciate you all. 

Ever wondered how you can better use LinkedIn to find Procurement Roles without having to hit apply now on roles? You need to work with a few trusted Recruitment Agencies and more importantly, work with a specific recruiter from that Agency. 

This is the best and most impactful way to find work when the economy is good and bad.

I dive into this in a new 5 min format on the podcast. 

If you want to learn Contract Management make sure you've checked out this Course - https://www.udemy.com/course/contract-management-for-beginners/?referralCode=F658394D58FA7DD0515A 

If you’ve worked in and around Procurement you know there are a few types of Procurement Professionals.

You’ve got the I don’t care Professional. Calling these people Professional is a stretch of the imagination and an insult to the true procurement Professional. These are the type of Procurement people that fell into the job and are bitter about it. There’s no hiding that many people do not grow up wanting to get into Procurement. It just kind of happens. I’m sure many of you reading this right now have a story to tell as to how you got into procurement.

The problem with the crowd that is bitter about it is that they are doing a lot of harm to the Profession. They are typically the argumentative type who fight non-existent battles as everyone plots to bring them down. It’s a fabrication. These people believe that their role is to place POs and send emails and that’s about it. What is worse is when one of these Procurement People are placed into a role of more responsibility and they lead their team into the depths of their bitterness.

All is not lost if you’ve felt like this.

All is not lost if you’re working in a team that operates this.

I’m going to talk to you about what the Best Procurement Pros do and why you should emulate this in your career.

These were the words I wrote for the article I published last summer which has been the most popular read on World of Procurement over the last 12 months. I wanted to bring the article to life in a Podcast and share my extended views and share some stories. I think you’ll like this one.

Hey Procurement Pros, are you struggling with the speed of your Contract Reviews as Legal is holding you up? If so, you might find some insights here that are going to help you out. You need to simplify the entire process, empower your staff and get a position agreed upon within the Business as to what the Contracts you sign up to entail.

Let's talk about the role that is best described as a "Commercial Contracts Management" that can provide a lot of commercial, procurement and legal knowledge in a single packaged role. These roles, supported by qualifications from World Commerce & Contracting and/or CIPS, with individuals who have a strong commercial and/or legal background from previous roles or degrees can really impact your Contracting process. 

Check out the short article I wrote on this - https://worldofprocurement.co.uk/articles/procurement-doesnt-need-legal-for-contract-reviews 

Check out the Contract Management for Beginners Course here - https://www.udemy.com/course/contract-management-for-beginners/?referralCode=F658394D58FA7DD0515A

Connect with me on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbarnesgsd/