Senior Analyst Dejana Dosen joins ISM2018 Session Insights to discuss the impact last year's rash of natural disasters had on pulp and paper supply chains across North America. She also offers her insights for developing disaster preparedness plans and mitigating risk throughout Procurement's operations.

Procurement teams everywhere recognize the importance of recruiting, vetting, and hiring world-class talent. Too often, however, they leave these duties to overworked and understaffed internal teams. Without the bandwidth to properly assess candidates, they face mismatched hires and disappointing results. Procurement recruiter Andy Jones joins ISM2018 Session Insights to discuss the consequences of a poor hiring decision and speak to the benefit of working with a third-party.

Procurement experts everywhere are asking themselves how best to prepare millennial talent to accept leadership roles. Source One Senior Project Analyst Jennifer Engel joins ISM2018 Session Insights to discuss the potential benefit of rotational programs. These, she suggests, could help nurture the diverse skillsets that make for success in Procurement.

As organizations look to evolve their Procurement teams, many are disappointed to learn they lack the training programs necessary to develop effective Procurement professionals. Source One Senior Consultant Megan Connell offers tips and best practices for assessing Procurement's capabilities and implementing the appropriate training programs.

Procurement leaders everywhere hope that millenials will close the industry's widening talent gap. Source One Senior Analyst Dejana Dosen believes this generation has the potential to do even more. She joins ISM2018 Session Insights to discuss the unique experiences and skills that she believes will help them drive Procurement's next era.

Senior Consultant Megan Connell, a Procurement Pro to Know, joins ISM2018 Session Insights to discuss strategies for promoting collaboration between Marketing and Procurement. The departments aren't historically known for working together, but Megan has continually succeeded at encouraging teamwork to optimize her clients' Marketing budgets.

Senior Project Analyst Jennifer Engel joins the first installment of ISM2018 Session Insights to discuss Amazon's search for a new North American headquarters. The project's RFP, she suggests, provides a number of lessons in effective procurement.

Source One Consultant Liz Skipor joins the podcast to discuss the importance of trust and mutual investment in stakeholder relationships. She draws from her experience engaging and empowering Marketing stakeholders to provide tips and best practices.

Source One Director Diego De la Garza joins the Source One Podcast to discuss the importance of thoroughly, honestly assessing Procurement's capabilties. A maturity assessment, he suggests, could be the key to establishing reasonable objectives and meeting your savings goals.

Source One Senior Consultant Kenneth Ballard joins the podcast to discuss the complicated process of assessing LTL carriers. He calls upon years of success in the category to suggest methods for acheiving an apples-to-apples comparison of services.