Leveraging services procurement for growth
An episode of the Conversations. podcast, hosted by Zivio, titled "Leveraging services procurement for growth" was published on December 5, 2023 and runs 62 minutes.
December 5, 2023 ·62m · Conversations.
Summary
The beauty of procurement’s exposure to the wider business and tying this understanding in to systems, process and policy With Matt Mehler, Owner, PROcurement Solutions 00:03:00 - Taking learnings from the sports world into procurement 00:10:20 - Procurement taking the lead from clear company strategy 00:16:34 - Did the experience of Covid-19 change the perception of procurement 00:18:45 - The emphasis on supplier relationships 00:23:15 - Observations on the maturity and investment in procurement functions 00:31:00 - Moving to outcome based services and doing more with less 00:37:00 - Procurement's relationship with generative AI 00:40:20 - Technology's importance in attracting new talent to procurement 00:44:30 - Addressing the complexity of complex services with technology 00:48:40 - Where is the balance between sourcing and the downstream project? 00:51:10 - Procurement's responsibility for project delive
Episode Description
The beauty of procurement’s exposure to the wider business and tying this understanding in to systems, process and policy
With Matt Mehler, Owner, PROcurement Solutions
00:03:00 - Taking learnings from the sports world into procurement
00:10:20 - Procurement taking the lead from clear company strategy
00:16:34 - Did the experience of Covid-19 change the perception of procurement
00:18:45 - The emphasis on supplier relationships
00:23:15 - Observations on the maturity and investment in procurement functions
00:31:00 - Moving to outcome based services and doing more with less
00:37:00 - Procurement's relationship with generative AI
00:40:20 - Technology's importance in attracting new talent to procurement
00:44:30 - Addressing the complexity of complex services with technology
00:48:40 - Where is the balance between sourcing and the downstream project?
00:51:10 - Procurement's responsibility for project delive
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