All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

Procurement Says No is probably the world's best procurement podcast - and we get lots of questions from our listeners all around the world, asking for our advice on a whole range of procurementy topics.

So we thought, let's put all of those questions into a series of mini bite-sized podcasts so you can listen and learn!

In episode 6 we find the best elevator pitch for procurement; suggest the worst thing to say or do as a buyer; what to do if Houthi rebels are attacking your suppliers; and how to manage upskilling of procurement people in the wake of AI.

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Rich and Ed said they'd never do politics but have a load of political news about the possible impact of US tariffs and looming recession (d'oh); a lack of news on the UK Public Procurement Act (which we'll take as good news); dull news about UK National Procurement Policy Statement; and finally some news from CIPS (yippee).

And we have a special guest star from Zip - who we've been stalking for over a year and finally got to meet at ProcureCon in Vegas - Joe Piazza - who explains intake and orchestration, the lowest common denominator and how to make it easy to buy stuff!

Plus a load of questions for Ask Rich & Ed - including what to do when you interview a candidate who is clearly better than you; whether rebates are ever a good thing; what to do if your procurement department is being taken over; the old centralisation vs decentralisation thing again; and what exactly is the span of responsibility for procurement folk?

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All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

Procurement Says No is probably the world's best procurement podcast - and we get lots of questions from our listeners all around the world, asking for our advice on a whole range of procurementy topics.

So we thought, let's put all of those questions into a series of mini bite-sized podcasts so you can listen and learn!

In episode 5 we answer the best ways to define savings; if we'd recommend a career in procurement; what to do after 21 years as head of procurement in a council; and which of the Big4 is best!

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All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

Procurement Says No is probably the world's best procurement podcast - and we get lots of questions from our listeners all around the world, asking for our advice on a whole range of procurementy topics.

So we thought, let's put all of those questions into a series of mini bite-sized podcasts so you can listen and learn!

In episode 4 we find out which is most important in procurement software - functionality or usability; is negotiation something you are born with or can it be developed; and whether we have any book recommendations in the world of procurement.

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Rich and Ed are in their final day at ProcureCon Las Vegas - and have now put everything on red and lost it all.   But luckily we ran in Subu Rao from Discover Dollar who not only gave a great explanation of how AI can help procurement find those missing dollars, but he also subbed us 10 bucks to put on black.

And we talk to Cheron Lessmeister from CIPS Americas who is tasked with developing the CIPS offering for the American market - from Canada through the US, the Caribbean and right down to Chile and Argentina!    And it turns out that all British Procurement people have NOT had personal training from the Royal Family, despite their MCIPS Chartered status.
 

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Rich and Ed continue to be bamboozled by intake to procure and orchestration - so much so that they've found more guest stars to try to explain it all.    And this time....well....

We speak to Michael (never Mike) Shields from Tropic and Sean Warren from Opstream.  Michael tells us how a procurement person turns sales person (Prosalesment) to further the cause of intelligent spend management, and Sean suggests R2D2 was soooo much better than C3PO as an agent of AI.



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Rich and Ed literally woke up in Vegas to the excitement of ProcureCon West Indirect!    In the first of three sort-of-mini episodes, they get to grips with agentic AI and Orchestration Schmorchestration...we have no idea what this means, but luckily our guests Mike Pierson from Tonkean and Niyata Chhaya from Hyperbots do!!

So listen up and learn.     Are you going to put the dollars on red or black????

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All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

Procurement Says No is probably the world's best procurement podcast - and we get lots of questions from our listeners all around the world, asking for our advice on a whole range of procurementy topics.

So we thought, let's put all of those questions into a series of mini bite-sized podcasts so you can listen and learn!

In episode 3 we find out how much time you should spend with stakeholders and suppliers, and how much your travel budget should be; are there any procurement gurus out there; is it ok to accept gifts from suppliers; will AI eliminate everyone's career path in the next 5 years; are there any good procurement jokes?

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Rich and Ed have an assortment of exciting news - including Procurecon in Las Vegas, "Procurement Says No" Merch (available in all of the colours and sizes almost) and our new spin-off podcast "Ask Rich & Ed" (available on all good pod places).

Plus a survey from the Cheetah Research Institute all about the uptake of AI in procurement - it's happening - slowly; priorities for Supply Chain leaders in '25 from CAPS; and a whole range of tech vendors splurging with webinars!     We do love a webinar.

This is a short but perfectly formed mini episode - so you've plenty of time to listen to it - down load it now! 

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All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

Procurement Says No is probably the world's best procurement podcast - and we get lots of questions from our listeners all around the world, asking for our advice on a whole range of procurementy topics.

So we thought, let's put all of those questions into a series of mini bite-sized podcasts so you can listen and learn!

In episode 2 we find out how to introduce procurement to new stakeholder groups; what to do when one supplier's price is sooooo much lower than others in a tender; which is best - keeping an annoying salesperson or a tricky transition to a new supplier; and whether you need CIPS qualifications to progress in procurement.

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