The Procurement Podcast

What is Procurement? A Recap from our 2019 Procurement Speakers & Leading Executives

All of our podcasts begin with the same question: ‘What is Procurement?’ Yet the answers differ greatly.

In its first year the Procurement Podcast offered insights from Procurement Professional with deep knowledge about the profession.

What is Procurement? There is no single answer. Yet, Procurement, the Procurement function, and the Procurement profession in general offer many keys to unlock the potential performance within any organisation.

Here is a summary of the insights gained from our procurement guest speakers in 2019. We urge you to listen (re-listen), Take a notepad, listen to our guests and start noting down Procurement ideas and approaches to implement in 2020.

Episode 007: High Performance Procurement with Rob Halsall

Rob Halsall (former Chief Procurement Officer at Westpac New Zealand and Managing Director of The Executive Athlete) talks about not just what Procurement is, but how improvements can be made at an individual level using a blend of proven contemporary behavioural science and neuro-leadership practice

Episode 006: Circular Economy Procurement with Myla Bulaon and Tania Lalor

Myla Bulaon (NSW Department of Education) and Tania Lalor (Local Government Procurement) discuss the importance and approaches to embed Circular Procurement as one of the enabler of Circular Economy over the traditional Create + Make + Dispose value creation model.

Episode 005: The Role of Strategic Enabler with Jean-Michel Carriere

In his role of Chief Procurement Officer for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (Australia), Jean-Michel Carriere discusses the role of Procurement as an enabler to achieve strategic objectives – to enable outcomes around: A customer-centric approach to Procurement; Strong Category Management;

Governance & Risk Mitigation; Procurement Capabilities; Continuous Improvement.

Episode 004: Sustainable Procurement with Sarah Collins

As the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) Head of Procurement, Sarah Collins is passionate about Procurement and Sustainable Procurement. Sustainable Procurement is a growing topic amongst most Australian organisations. Climate Change, Modern Slavery, Circular Economy, Reconciliation are some of the elements that fall within Sustainable Procurement. However, many people still do not clearly understand the business imperative that sits behind integrating sustainability into procurement and supply chain management practices.

Episode 003: Procurement’

The first year of the Procurement Podcast saw a fantastic line up of great guests offering invaluable insights to the Procurement profession. From Procurement within Government Agencies to Performance Procurement, Circular Economy Procurement, Sustainable Procurement, and much much more.

Take a notepad, listen to our guests and start noting down Procurement ideas and approaches to implement for 2020.

High Performance Procurement (HP3)

In this episode of the Procurement Podcast, we speak with Rob Halsall (former Chief Procurement Officer at Westpac New Zealand) about not just what Procurement is, but how improvements can be made at an individual level.

Rob Halsall is the Founder and Managing Director of The Executive Athlete whose aims are to provide a range of talent profiling & training solutions, commercial & strategy advisory, as well as corporate coaching options to build creative, adaptable and resilient performance.

Using a blend of proven contemporary behavioural science and neuro-leadership practice, combined with extensive transformational leadership experience, The Executive Athlete can assist individuals, and in this case — Procurement Professionals — achieve organisational outcomes.

Listen to this podcast as Rob offers some incredible insights!

About The Executive Athlete

As Founder and Managing Director of The Executive Athlete, Rob Halsall has coached, developed and led high performing individuals and teams for over a decade and is passionate about assisting others to achieve their personal and professional goals.

Rob has extensive domestic and international commercial experience working within leading Automotive, Chemicals, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Tertiary and Financial Services organisations. This includes providing leadership within organisational structure and operating models, business strategy, commercial project delivery, end-to-end procurement services and delivering strategic business transformation.

Rob is a published author within Procurement and in 2011 he was the youngest recipient globally of the Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (FCIPS). In 2015 Rob was a guest lecturer for the Masters of Commerce & Logistics at The University of Sydney Business School. In 2018 Rob received the 2018 Ernst & Young New Zealand Procurement Professional of the Year award, the 2018 CIPS Australasia Procurement Professional of the Year award and the 2018 Asia Pacific Procurement Leader of the Year award by Procurement Leaders.

Rob’s greatest pleasure is witnessing the personal and professional growth with the individuals he has worked with.

Qualifications

FCIPS – Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

MCIPS – Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

MSc Procurement

BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology

Certifications

Certified Neuroleadership Practitioner (The About My Brain Institute)

Certified Professional Behavioural Analyst (CPBA)

Certified Professional Motivators Analyst (CPMA)

Certified Professional EQ Analyst (CPEQA)

About the High Performance Procurement Program (HP3)

The High Performance Procurement Program will be help on Thursday 27th February 2020 at the Rydges Sydney Central, 28 Albion Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010 — Australia. Catering is included. Please visit The Executive Athlete website to register for the event.

The Program Includes:

The Evolution of High Performance

Successful Self-Leadership Habits

Future Proof Your Operating Model

List Management & e2e Talent Experience

Data Visualisation Strategies

Developing Team Creativity & Agility

Building Increased Advocacy & Influence

Plus guest speaker Christophe Barriere-Varju, co-host of the

Circular Economy Procurement

Circular Economy Procurement is a non-negotiable activity to be undertaken by Government Agencies, Public and Private Organisations for the future of our generations and for the future of our planet.

In this Procurement Podcast, Myla Bulaon (NSW Department of Education) and Tania Lalor (Local Government Procurement) speak with Christophe and Andy (Procurement Podcast) and discuss the importance and approaches to embed Circular Procurement as one of the enabler of Circular Economy over the traditional Create + Make + Dispose value creation model.

In today’s world, it is now critical to rethink an organisation initial needs and consider social requirements. This no doubt require an important culture change to our behaviour but also educate the procurement profession in considering the final impact of onset product design and increased product utilisation.

About Myla Bulaon

A procurement professional passionate about social outcomes through procurement. Member of the Australian Mirror Committee for ISO 20400 development representing the NSW Public Sector procurement. Myla has also worked with various NSW government agencies helping them incorporate sustainability in their business approach. Myla has advised many other agencies about sustainability and helping them deliver sustainable outcomes through their contracts.

About Tania Lalor

As a senior consultant in sustainable procurement with Local Government Procurement, Tania Lalor believes that procurement is the enabler to addressing the world’s sustainability challenges. Tania is a member of the Australian Mirror Committee for ISO 20400 development representing the NSW Local Government Sector. In her role with LGP Tania provides guidance, advice and resources to councils assisting them to embed sustainability into their procurement process and has spoken at number local government events on procurement challenges relating to circular economy.

About the Procurement Podcast

This episode is brought to you by the Procurement Podcast, with Andy Franks (BrightSky ClearMind) and Christophe Barriere-Varju (BvW Global), two passionate Procurement Consultant Professionals.

Additional Resources:

NSW Circular

NSW Circular Economy Policy Statement

Circular Economy Policy – NSW EPA

The Role of Strategic Procurement

In his role of Chief Procurement Officer for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (Australia), Jean-Michel Carriere discusses the role of Procurement as an enabler to achieve strategic objectives.

As with any Government Agency, there is a level of responsibility dealing with public monies and ensuring that value is achieved to the benefits of tax payers.

Jean-Michel Carriere also discusses the importance of having a Supplier Development Programme as a conduit for cross-enterprises value creation.

By setting the correct Procurement Strategy to enable outcomes around:

1. A customer-centric approach to Procurement;

2. Strong Category Management;

3. Governance & Risk Mitigation;

4. Procurement Capabilities;

5. Continuous Improvement.

Finally, Jean-Michel Carriere talks about sharing requirements that the market can understand, assist tenderers, and ensure that Government Agencies have everything at their disposal to deliver value.

About the Department of Communities and Justice

From 1 July 2019, the Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) and Department of Justice will be a single department, named the Department of Communities and Justice.

The new department will enable services to better work together to support everyone’s right to access justice and other help for families, and promote early intervention and inclusion, with benefits for the whole community.

The Department of Communities and Justice will be the lead agency in the new Stronger Communities Cluster.

The new Stronger Communities Cluster brings together, and replaces, the Family and Communities and Justice Clusters. It brings all government services targeted at achieving safe, just, inclusive and resilient communities under one roof.

You can still access up-to-date, reliable information on the existing Department of Justice and Department of Family and Community Services websites.

About the Procurement Podcast

This episode is brought to you by the Procurement Podcast, with Andy Franks (BrightSky ClearMind) and Christophe Barriere-Varju (BvW Global), two passionate Procurement Professionals.

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Sustainable Procurement

Sustainable Procurement is a growing topic amongst most Australian organisations. Climate Change, Modern Slavery, Circular Economy, Reconciliation are some of the elements that fall within Sustainable Procurement.

Sarah Collins – ABC’s Head of Procurement

However, many people still do not clearly understand the business imperative that sits behind integrating sustainability into procurement and supply chain management practices.

As the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) Head of Procurement, Sarah Collins is passionate about Procurement and Sustainable Procurement.

Listen to Sarah Collins talk about Sustainable Procurement and how to implement it within organisations.

Brought to you by the Procurement Podcast, with Andy and Christophe.

ISO20400.org

ISO20400.org is a not-for-profit, free to access platform which aims to develop a global community of practice around ISO 20400 and sustainable procurement.

Resources:

ISO 20400 – About

ISO 20400 – Building the Business Case for Sustainable Procurement

NSW Modern Slavery Act 2018

Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018

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Procurement’s Role in Implementing Business Solutions

Andy Franks and Christophe Barriere-Varju from the Procurement Podcast interview Jo Bailey, CEO of Progressive Systems. Jo discusses the role of Procurement and its commercial role in identifying and implementing business solutions.

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Andy Franks and Christophe Barriere-Varju from the Procurement Podcast interview Jo Bailey, CEO of Progressive Systems. Jo discusses the role of Procurement and its commercial role in identifying and implementing business solutions.

Andy Franks and Christophe Barriere-Varju from the Procurement Podcast interview Rodney Lambert, Procurement Manager of NSW Fire Service. Rod offers fascinating insights of his procurement management approach and the importance placed on having responsive suppliers.

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Listen to our first Procurement Podcast where Andy Franks and Christophe Barriere-Varju discuss some of the procurement topics they will be discussing during their interviews with leading Procurement Executives.