Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura. This episode highlights team finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards in the Innovations in Governance category.

The teams nominated for the Innovations in Governance category have demonstrated excellence in their field and represent the best example of innovation, transformation and/or leadership in governance.

Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura. This episode highlights team finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards in the Innovations in Digitization category.

The teams nominated for the Innovations in Digitization category have demonstrated excellence in their field and represent the best example of innovation, transformation and/or leadership in digitization.

Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura. This episode highlights team finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards in the Innovations in Outsourcing category.

The teams nominated for the Innovations in Outsourcing category have demonstrated excellence in their field and represent the best example of innovation, transformation and/or leadership in outsourcing.

Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura. This episode highlights team finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards in the Innovations in Sourcing category.

The teams nominated for the Innovations in Sourcing category have demonstrated excellence in their field and represent the best example of innovation, transformation and/or leadership in sourcing.

Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura. This episode highlights team finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards in the Innovations in Sourcing category.

The teams nominated for the Innovations in Sourcing category have demonstrated excellence in their field and represent the best example of innovation, transformation and/or leadership in sourcing.

Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura. This episode highlights team finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards in the Innovations in Third Party Management category.

The teams nominated for the Innovations in Third Party Management category have demonstrated excellence in their field and represent the best example of innovation, transformation and/or leadership in third party management.

Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura. This episode highlights team finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards in the Innovations in Supplier Performance category.

The teams nominated for the Innovations in Supplier Performance category have demonstrated excellence in their field and represent the best example of innovation, transformation and/or leadership in talent management.

About the Teams:

• Florida Blue – Florida Blue created processes to assess, monitor and mitigate supplier risk across a diverse supply chain, with the goal being to revise the supplier relationship process from the ground up, continue to meet regulatory requirements and become a customer of choice. You’ll learn how their team achieved reductions in average time to complete an initiative, increased effectiveness of the team, hard dollars savings increases and avoidance/value increases.
• Microsoft – Microsoft transformed its supplier management, product development, sourcing and supply chain processes from disjointed to one that is a fully-integrated and seamless design-to-deliver process for Surface, Xbox and other hardware products. Learn how Microsoft and its partner SAP Ariba co-innovated to gain early visibility into the cost impact of design decisions and accelerated its product development cycle.

Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura. This episode highlights team finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards in the Innovations in Talent Management category.

The teams nominated for the Innovations in Talent Management category have demonstrated excellence in their field and represent the best example of innovation, transformation and/or leadership in talent management.

About the Teams:

• Beeline – The biggest challenge companies face today is building an agile workforce of top-tier talent to compete and succeed in an on-demand world. Learn how Beeline combined advanced technology and a combination of private and public talent pools to create the industry’s first fully integrated system for self-sourcing contingent talent.
• Microsoft - Microsoft has been on a journey to “learn by doing” in this new world of work. Learn about the mindset, approach and tools that helped Microsoft prove the business case while enabling its employees to engage talent in the Gig Economy responsibly and with high-impact results.
• University of Tennessee (UT) – UT wanted a way to bring the Vested sourcing business model to life beyond a traditional classroom and online courses. Now a buyer-supplier team works on a real deal in real time, taking a module to “learn” and then completing deliverables to “do,”with their “homework” being the contract. Learn how they flipped the conventional learning model on its head.

Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura, where we highlight Rising Star Award finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards.

The finalists on this show combine their technical skills with curiosity to embrace technology that drives innovation and value to make their businesses more strategic. The Rising Star Award recognizes an individual newer to the industry who has shown initiative and promise by delivering a project, developing thought leadership or creating a new methodology that is likely to have a lasting impact.

About the Guests:

• Conor Quarry, Analytics as a Service Lead, IBM - Conor’s strong focus on analytics led to the development of a tool that evaluates negotiation approaches to gauge potential award recommendations, which resulted in a drastic reduction of the RFP review period and substantial cost savings. Conor has been recognized as one of ISM's 30 under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars, is a published thought leader and continues to bridge the gap between data, insight and action.

• Komal Patel, Global Process Owner, Source-to-Pay (S2P), Kellogg Company – Komal has displayed a futuristic vision for procurement services and technology by maximizing efficiency and effectiveness for Kellogg. She has expertly managed the integration of systems and user experiences to drive standardization, automation and superior business outcomes, and is recognized by other functions outside procurement, which are modeling their own digital transformations on Komal’s example.

Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura, where we highlight Rising Star Award finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards.

The finalists on this show are embracing emerging technologies and big data to enhance operations for their businesses that challenge the status quo. The Rising Star Award will recognize an individual newer to the industry who has shown initiative and promise by delivering a project, developing thought leadership or creating a new methodology that is likely to have a lasting impact.

About the Guests:

• Krystelle Bilodeau, Director, Retail and Wholesale Debt Administration, Bank of Canada - Krystelle has led many large outsourcing initiatives for the Bank in addition to advising on the impacts of new technologies on the financial services sector. Her work in these areas has given her unique insight and expertise into third party risk. Krystelle is a guest lecturer for SIG University’s Certified Third Party Risk Management program, published author on the topic and a frequent presenter on the modern workforce.

• Biswajeet Panigrahi, Category Manager II, Strategic Sourcing, FedEx – Biswajeet has led major technology projects, including the creation of a real-time intelligent dashboard and the utilization of data science to develop models and forecasting tools. Biswajeet has been recognized for his innovative strategies, methodologies and ability to use emerging technologies, including neural networks, to enhance business operations for FedEx.

• Natalie Fahrner, Category Manager II, Strategic Sourcing, FedEx – Natalie plays an integral role in developing strategy to unlock value through a powerful combination of holistic category management, trusted stakeholder partnerships and the use of big data to enhance decision-making. Additionally, Natalie has been recognized for her thought leadership, mentorship programs and volunteer initiatives.