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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 Procurement in 5 Minutes Christmas special, we have a slight change of plans! While I’m busy helping Mrs. Claus hold down the fort and covering for Santa’s packed schedule, we’ve got a fantastic guest host stepping in.

Nina Bomberg, Director of Global Indirect Procurement at Dormakaba, is taking the reins (literally) in this episode to ask Santa some festive and procurement-related questions. Trust me, you don’t want to miss it!

 
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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 procurement in 5 minutes, I am thrilled to be joined by Dave Jones, the Head of Procurement for IT and digital at Virgin Media O2. 

Dave has been working in procurement for over a decade and has firsthand experience with the common issues that many job candidates face today, AI Bias. While AI is certainly a game-changer in many industries, it's not helping candidates find new roles. Almost 90% of employers use filters or ranking systems in their recruitment systems to select potential candidates, and these systems are hindering our recruitment efforts. Even when a candidate meets all the requirements, they are overlooked due to keyword mismatches. 

Dave highlights this ongoing problem and is the perfect person to answer the question:

There is No Talent Shortage in Procurement—Our Recruitment AI Systems Suck

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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 Procurement in 5 minutes, I am thrilled to be joined by Robert Semethy, the CPO at Erste Group Bank.

Robert has been in procurement for over three decades and believes that training is vital to procurement’s growth. But, despite the importance of skills development in procurement, there has been a substantial and long-term decline in the volume of employers that regularly train their teams. Robert highlights this on-going problem and is the perfect person to answer the question:

Is procurement neglecting training and development?

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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 special extended edition of Procurement in 5 minutes, we have a treat for
you. Joining us is Rebecca Lonsdale, the CPO at Castrol, BP.

Rebecca has over 20 years of experience working in procurement and she believes that
procurement plays a crucial role in driving the growth of every business. She thinks that
procurement should lead the way in innovation, act as disruptors, and foster stronger
internal partnerships. According to her, the key is to do things differently rather than
becoming obstacles to innovation, making her the perfect person to answer the burning
question: Is procurement a blocker or a facilitator?

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deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis.

In today’s special extended procurement in 5 minutes, I’m delighted to be joined by
Fraser Hill, the General Manager of Digital & Process Transformation and Supply Chains at Shell, to answer the question.

How do we solve the change and engage the problem in digitalization?
Fraser has been working in digital initiatives for over a decade and one of the main
areas of resistance he has seen over his career is change efforts fail due to employee
resistance. When employees resist digital transformation, it's often because employees are not comfortable with new processes and technologies, fearing job insecurity or increased workload with the adoption of new digital tools. This makes him the ideal person to answer the question: How do we solve the change and engage the problem in digitalization?

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Welcome back to another procurement in 5 minutes and in this special edition Clive Heal the CEO of LavenirAI will be hosting my show where he will be interviewing Santa Clause live from the North Pole," where he will unwrap the mysteries behind Santa Claus' cutting-edge procurement practices. Today, we're diving deep into the logistics, technologies, and magical methods that keep Santa's workshop running smoothly all year round.

So, please grab a cup of hot cocoa, cozy up by the virtual fireplace, and join us as we embark on a magical journey through the North Pole's supply chain. It's time to unwrap the holiday spirit and discover the wonders of procurement with the one and only, Santa Claus! Let's get ready to jingle all the way!

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deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis. 

In today’s special extended procurement in 5 minutes, I’m delighted to be joined by
Velda Berryman, Director of Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management at CDK, to answer the question.

Is stakeholder management often overlooked in Procurement?

Velda has been working in procurement for many years, holding various roles such as
material planning, warehouse inventory management, and manufacturing direct and
indirect side. She has been in the technology industry for the last 5 years. Throughout
her illustrious career, she has learned that building relationships and strong social skills
are critical, regardless of the industry you work in. This makes her the ideal person to
answer the question: Is stakeholder management often overlooked in
Procurement?

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Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is "Procurement in 5 Minutes." That's right, in 5-minutes (or more), I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face daily.

In today's special extended episode, I welcome the CEO of SIG (Sourcing Industry Group) Dawn Tiura to talk about the role of Diversity in Procurement. Dawn has provided thought leadership, training and networking opportunities to executives in sourcing and procurement. 

Ahead of the 2023 SIG Global Executive Summit in Arizona, Dawn shares her thoughts on this critical subject.

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Joining me today is Elvire Regnier Lussier, Chief Procurement Officer, Startup Advisor, Lecturer, and Speaker, to answer the answer question:  "Where does procurement belong in the organisational hierarchy?"

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Joining me today is Zai Mohammed, Head Of Global Procurement at Talkdesk. In his leadership position, Zai has recognised a crucial role that procurement plays within organisations – that of the firefighters of “Cashburn.” Today he will answer the answer question:  "Why Procurement are the firefighters of Cashburn?"

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Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is "Procurement in 5-minutes." That's right, in 5-minutes (or more), I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis.

I am especially excited about today's 5-minutes segment. I have been wanting to get someone from finance on the podcast for a long time, so I am thrilled to welcome the Finance Director for HSBC UK, Mathew Pearce, to answer the question:  "How does procurement build its brand?"

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Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is "Procurement in 5-minutes." That's right, in 5-minutes (or more), 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 Part 2 of my interview with the Head Of Procurement at Amazon Fresh, Lauren Jones, regarding the question, "When hiring, do you prioritize soft skills over hard skills?" we delve further into the subject by focusing on the "screening process."

Part 2 of 2 Segments

In Part 1, we discussed the impact of soft skills versus hard skills on success.

In Part 2, we will delve further into the question, including  review of the "screening process."

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Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is "Procurement in 5-minutes." That's right, in 5-minutes (or more), 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 the Head Of Procurement at Amazon Fresh, Lauren Jones, to answer the question: "When hiring, do you prioritize soft skills over hard skills?"

Part 1 of 2 Segments

In Part 1, we will discuss the impact of soft skills versus hard skills on success.
 
 In part 2, we will delve further into the question, including a review of the "screening process."

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In today's 5-minutes, I welcome the Vice President, International Chief Procurement Officer at FUJITSU LIMITED, Dr Clive Rees to answer the question: How Do You Elevate Your Procurement Skills Through Personal Experiences?

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In today's 5-minutes, I welcome the Head of Operations at Banijay Group, Paul Williams (FCIPS Chartered), to answer the question: “Why homogenising the hiring process is the end of the procurement profession?”

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In today’s 5-minutes, Jon Hansen takes the reigns of the podcast to welcome a special guest from the North Pole – none other than Santa Clause, to answer the question: "What are the five “Golden Rings” of procurement Christmas?"

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In today's PI5M segment, I welcome Klaids Lafon de Ribeyrolles, Vice President of Indirect Procurement at Schneider Electric, to answer the question: How do you take sustainability from a vague plan to an actionable benefit.

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In today's Special "spontaneous and off-the-cuff" PI5M discussion, we are going to stretch the conversation with Gerard Cardillo and tap into his three decades of senior procurement executive expertise to answer the question: "Why does it cost so much to be a procurement professional today?"

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In today’s Procurement in 5-Minutes, I am delighted to be joined by Kate Lovejoy, CPO of Global Sourcing at Genpact. Together we will tackle the straightforward yet complex question about outsourcing the indirect procurement function: "When does it make sense to outsource indirect procurement?"

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deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis.

In today’s Special PI5M segment I welcome Global Thought Leader and CPO for British Council, Andrew Swift MCIPS, CPSM, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma to: "Make the case for greater neurodiversity in procurement!"

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Gyroscope Therapeutics, James Lloyd to answer the question: "How do you measure procurement success at a small company versus a large company?"

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome procurement protagonist and 20 plus year industry veteran, Tom Mills to answer the question: "What is the best way procurement can respond to a recession?"

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In today’s 5-minutes, I welcome Senior Vice President & Chief Procurement (Partnerships) Officer at Körber Group, Michael Stietz, who will tell us why being an innovator and challenging status quo thinking is the key to organisational success by answering the question: "Why is it important for procurement professionals to have an intrapreneurial mindset?"

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Welcome to Procurement In 5-Minutes, and no, don't adjust your volume or click a button to find out what is going on – this is not your usual host Iain Campbell-McKenna.

In this unique 3-Question Special, Ian moves out from behind the host mic to become the interviewee to answer 3 questions regarding:

"What is talent in the digital age?"

Here are the 3-Questions we will be asking Iain regarding what procurement talent looks like in the digital age:

1.    Why does the rate of e-procurement initiative failures continue to be high?

2.    What should we use if we no longer use "savings" to measure procurement performance?

Why is the question regarding the difference between procurement versus purchasing still a thing?

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome AECOM’s Head of Procurement, Angus Craig FCIPS to answer the question: "ESG, where does procurement start?"

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Vice President / CPO Procurement at Inmarsat, Tim Snow to answer the question: "How do we attract the new wave of procurement professionals?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome the Managing Partner at Solvint Switzerland, Dirk Spijkers to answer the question: “How do we win the war on talent?” 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome senior procurement executive and long-time industry expert, Richard Stewart to answer the question: "How has the role of a CPO evolved?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome senior procurement executive and long-time industry expert, René Gotfredsen to answer the question:  "How can procurement understand its capabilities and maturity?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome the Managing Director at Fraikin Ltd, Darren Hall to answer the question: "Why should procurement have a seat at the table?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Alstom’s Head of Transformation, Change Management & Value Capture, Octavian Cuntan to answer the question: "When it comes to data modernization, why should Procurement take the lead in 2022?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Chief Procurement & Supply Chain Officer at Tesca Group, Nadia Stoykov to answer the question: "Why will digitalisation fail without people?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome the Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement – America for Mars, Jeff Bever to answer the question: "What is Supplier Leadership on Climate Transition?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I I’m delighted to have industry thought leader Jon Hansen back on the show to answer the question: "Which procurement trends for 2022 and beyond should you follow?"

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome the happiest Old Man on the planet from the North Pole, Santa Claus himself –to deliver his message for 2022:

What’s Santa’s message for 2022?

Today’s guest needs no introduction? I’m delighted to be joined by the one and only Father Christmas, he delivers world peace and of course, great gifts. With the biggest Christmas budget and a legendary supply chain which never fails, we find out, what’s Santa’s message for 2022?

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Nick Ralphs founder and Managing Director of Develop My Team to answer the question:

How can procurement improve the way it develops their teams?

Nick’s an experienced procurement professional with over 25 years of experience holding senior positions with major global brands such as William Grant & Sons and Royal Bank of Scotland.

Nick’s deep understanding when it comes to developing the necessary skills for individuals and procurement teams makes him the perfect person to answer the question; 
“How can procurement improve the way it develops their teams”

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Founder and Managing Consultant at ValueInfinity Inc., Dr. Alauddin Ahmed to answer the question: 

"How do you build diversity into your procurement department?"

In a career that began as a Process Manager with Unilever nearly 30 years ago, Dr. Ahmed held senior management positions with both Tata Consultancy and Accenture before starting his own firm ValueInfinity. As a result, he is uniquely positioned to answer today’s question, "How do you build diversity into your procurement department?"  

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Procurement Excellence Consultant, Andrew Tanner-Smith to answer the question: "What is the procurement professional’s greatest challenge today?"

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Lisa S. Jones, Founder & Chief EyeMail Officer, EyeMail Inc. to answer the question: "How do you build diversity into your procurement department?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome global procurement expert Dan Allamand to answer the question: "How do you measure procurement success?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome the Founder of The Work Psychologist, Sarah-Jane Last to answer the question: "Soft skills: Why are they important for procurement professionals?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Spend Analytics Expert, Eddie McGeachie to answer the question: "How do you harness the real value of procurement data?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome an experienced leader in professional services sourcing and procurement, Kathy Hess to answer the question: "What is the best way to manage tail spend?" 

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In today’s 5-minutes I welcome speaker, trainer, author and coach Alison Smith to answer the question: "What is procurement’s purple cow?" 

Visit Alison's LinkedIn profile @: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonsmitheu/ 

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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 Bob Booth who is Senior Partner, Finance & Supply Chain Transformation, at IBM in the UK to answer the question: "AI, should you bother with it?" 

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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 the Global Head of Procurement Services at Flutter Entertainment Plc, Colum Colbert to answer the question: "Why is it important to take a holistic approach to procurement?" 

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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 Tim Cummins President at World Commerce & Contracting, a Professor at Leeds University School of Law, and the Chair for the International Commercial & Contract Management to answer the question:  "What is a successful negotiation?" 

Visit Tim's LinkedIn profile @: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-cummins-62248a/ 

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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 author, educator and architect of the Vested business model Kate Vitasek to answer the question: "How do you deal with suppliers in a post-pandemic world?" 

Visit Kate's LinkedIn profile @: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katevitasek/ 

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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 SHV Energy’s Global Procurement Director Robert Bonnar to answer the question: Why is supplier innovation important to your organization? 

Visit Robert’s LinkedIn profile @: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbonnar/ 

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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 Global Procurement Leader, Dagmara Asbreuk to answer the question: "How do you transform your procurement organisation/team for success?" 

Visit Dagmara’s LinkedIn profile @: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagmara-asbreuk/