Procurement in 5-Minutes

Iain Campbell McKenna•www.sourcingsolved.com

We live and work in a busy world in which there is little time to read, watch or listen beyond the headlines. Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis. Check out our podcast to listen to leading industry experts share their experience and expertise on Procurement in 5-Minutes. Sourcing Solved: The Procurement industry’s leading retained Procurement Executive Search Recruitment Company.

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Does having soft skills such as EQ, IQ and AQ really matter for a procurement professional?

Send a text We live and work in a busy world in which there is little time to read, watch or listen beyond the headlines. Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis. Over the past 22-years Alejandra Garcia has been a senior procurement executive for major brands such as DSM, Royal Canin and Unilever. In th...

Jul 29, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Procurement in 5-Minutes: When it comes to procurement, what does innovation really mean?

Send a text We live and work in a busy world in which there is little time to read, watch or listen beyond the headlines. Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis. In today’s 5-minutes I welcome 40-year high-tech industry veteran and Chief Editor of Procurement Insights, Jon Hansen to answer the question...

Jul 21, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Procurement in 5-Minutes: How can procurement get ready to step into the spotlight of increased expectations?

Send a text We live and work in a busy world in which there is little time to read, watch or listen beyond the headlines. Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis. In today’s 5-minutes I welcome 25-year procurement industry veteran and recognized thought-leader David Loseby to answer the question: How ca...

Jul 14, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Procurement in 5-Minutes: To whom should Procurement report?

Send a text Procurement in 5-Minutes We live and work in a busy world in which there is little time to read, watch or listen beyond the headlines. Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis. In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Elvire Regnier Lussier. For the past 25-years Elvire has been a CPO at some of the wo...

Jul 08, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Bridging the Gap: Stop Investing in Failure - Lecture 4

Send a text Studies show that each year organisations are spending less on training even though they acknowledge that their procurement teams do not possess the necessary skill sets to deliver on their strategic objectives.By not investing in developing their existing procurement people, an organisation is investing in failure because they are sending out the wrong message to potential candidates.In this lecture Michael Cadieux provides an outline of how to develop a training program that will d...

Jun 08, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Bridging the Gap: Recruiting the Right Skill Set - Lecture 3

Send a text With the recognition of procurement’s strategic importance to the enterprise, the role of the procurement professional has evolved from being a functional job to a strategic position. In the past, candidates did not require a 4.0-grade average from a prestigious university to become a “buyer.” Nor did they have to have experience in terms of dealing with a globalised supply base within the framework of a socially responsible mandate. Given this seismic shift, what are the skill sets ...

Jun 01, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Procurement’s History - Lecture 2

Send a text In asking procurement professionals through a series of surveys, if they had to do it all over again, would they choose procurement as a career more than 50 per cent said no. What was even more telling was the fact that a good percentage of those who responded to the surveys were in the profession for less than three years. Organisations today must demonstrate in principle and practice how procurement is no longer an adjunct function of finance with the sole mandate of acquiring good...

May 12, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Bridging the Gap: Finding and Hiring Your Next Great CPO - Lecture 1

Send a text In this first in a five-part series of lectures, Stephen Day provides a detailed overview of the four main reasons why we are now experiencing a talent shortage in the procurement world. Stephen, who over a 28-year career, has held senior positions with global corporations such as Vodafone, T-Mobile, Pearson and Philips, explains why these four issues continue to impact the job market negatively. He also talks about what organisations must do to gain a competitive advantage in attrac...

Jan 17, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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