All Episodes

EP 019: Startup of the Week: Mandel AI

888: Remove Friction, Build Trust: Prioritizing the Partnerships Behind the Data

Ep 03: The Agentic Procurement Diaries: Boring Enough and Safe Enough: When AI Gets the Keys

887: Sustainable Procurement: Where Policy Meets Practice W/ Nicole Darnall

EP 018: Provider of the Week: Candex

886: The AI Performance Gap: What Procurement Leaders Are Doing Differently W/ Christopher Sawchuk

Ep 02: The Agentic Procurement Diaries: The Work-Work Balance: Building an Agentic Supply Chain at SLB W/ Jeffrey Ostrander

885: Procurement Should Be a Safe Pair of Hands in a Complex World W/ Frank Mckay

EP 017: Stop Buying Technology. Start Changing the Operating Model W/ Mason Morgan

884: Beyond On-Time Delivery: Measuring Supplier Stability W/ Shayan Farshid

Ep 01: The Agentic Procurement Diaries: Why This Is a Once-in-a-Few-Centuries Revolution

883: The CPO Agenda: Scaling AI Beyond the Pilot W/ Darshan Deshmukh

EP 016: Startup of the Week: FlockScore W/ Matthew Spencer

882: Reengineering Procurement for Greater Impact W/ Polly DeSouza

EP 015: Provider of the Week: Tradeverifyd

881: Owning Transformation: How to Successfully Lead Procurement Through Change W/ Gretchen Vance

EP 014: Provider of the Week: Sievo W/ Sammeli Sammalkorpi

880: The State of AI in Procurement: Who's Getting the ROI? W/ Nick Heinzmann

879: The AI Pilot Phase is Over: How to Move From AI Investment to Genuine Business Impact W/ Joseph Postiglione, Sr.

EP 13: Making Sense of the Procuretech Landscape: Practical Insights for CPOs W/ Samir Khushalani

878: Building Procurement as a Strategic Growth Engine W/ Travis Hodge

877: Building Trust for Digital Supply Chain Success W/ Mohit Ahuja

EP 12: Provider of the Week: Una

876: AI with Purpose: Designing Procurement's Next Chapter W/ Gaël De Martelaere

875: How to Transform Every Procurement Partnership W/ Kate Vitasek

EP 11: Provider of the Week: Valdera

874: Building Resilience Beyond Tier One: Hard Truths About Risk and Visibility W/ Harald Nitschinger

873: Creating Capacity for Complex Problem Solving W/ Israel Santiesteban

EP 10: Supplier Management as a Connected Discipline W/ Jesse Lee

872: Beyond Automation: Accelerating Agentic AI Transformation in Procurement W/ Vishal Patel

871: The New Rules of Procurement Leadership W/ Gary Mizhir

EP 09: Provider of the Week: ProcureAbility

870: Managing the New Spend Frontier: AI Tokens in Procurement W/ Jon Winsett

869: The Modern Operating Model: Building a Lean, High-Value Procurement Team W/ Stephen Rauf

EP 08: Startup of the Week: Suplari W/ Jeff Gerber

868: Catalyst SFO: (Re)Designing Procurement for an Agentic World W/ Christine Moore and Joe Postiglione Sr.

BTW EP 32: The Final Phil-Ins: Closing One Door, Opening Another

867: Building Bridges Between Procurement and the Business W/ Brad DeHart

EP 07: Procurement as Ecosystem Builder in the Age of AI W/ Saurabh Gupta

866: How Digital Masters Are Preparing for an AI-enabled Future W/ Deloitte

BTW EP 31: The Fellowship Against Fake Savings with Alan Veeck

865: Confidence, Cost, and Compliance: Insights from the Economist Impact Report W/ Gordon Donovan

EP 06: Startup of the Week: Zinit W/ Stan Moskovtsev

864: Benchmarking Procurement: Lessons from $1.4 Trillion in Spend W/ Sammeli Sammalkorpi

BTW EP 30: The Talent Shift No One in Procurement Is Ready For W/ Friddy Hoegener

863: The Agentic Shift in Procurement: The Rise of Autonomous Processes

EP 05: Provider of the Week: Prewave W/ Harald Nitschinger

862: AI, Talent, and the New Shape of Procurement in India W/ Dr. Swapnil Dubey

BTW EP 29: The Phil-Ins: Confront the Data Delusion

861: Procurement Under Pressure: Disruption, AI, and the New Operating Model W/ Amit Mahajan and Jon Jensen

EP 04: Procurement's Innovation Sandbox: How Digital Garages Deliver Value with Adam Brown

860: Inside AOP's Catalyst Event Series: Elevating CPO Collaboration Beyond the Conference Room W/ Philip Ideson and Jim Cahalan

BTW EP 28: Develop Expense-Specific Systems: Why One Dashboard Can't Manage Every Category

859: The Real State of Procurement Orchestration: Trends and Trade-Offs W/ Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner

EP 03: Provider of the Week: Samsung SDS Caidentia

Strategic Divestments: Turning Factory Closures into Supplier Innovation Opportunities W/ Alessandro Comerci

BTW EP 27: Data or Delusion? Procurement's Future Runs on Truth

857: How Decisioning Platforms Reshape Procurement Strategy W/ Tomas Wiemer

EP 02: Startup of the Week: SourceReady W/ Ricky Ho

856: Building an AI-Capable Procurement Team: What CPOs Need to Know W/ Andrew Daley

BTW EP 26: The Phil-Ins: Stop Counting Wins Start Counting Outcomes

855: Coworking Trends Every CPO Should Watch W/ Sarah Travers

EP 01: Introducing the ProcureTech Insider: A New Art of Procurement Podcast

854: Transforming Procurement from the Inside Out W/ Ben Farrell

BTW EP 25: The S-Word: Why Procurement Must Stop Saying "Savings" (and What to Replace it With)

853: From Pain Points to Progress: Medtronic's Procurement Evolution W/ Amit Saronwala and Jeremy Lappin

852: The Future of RFPs: Leaner, Smarter, and Agentic AI-Driven W/ Barri Horn

851: Reframing Procurement as a Revenue Enabler W/ Sergio Martin

850: Persuasion Is a Procurement Power Skill – When It's Done Right W/ Martin John

849: Reinventing Direct Procurement in the Digital Age W/ Spencer Penn

848: Relationship Builder or Robot? Keeping Procurement Human in a Digital Age W/ Brad Keighley

847: 2026: A Defining Moment for Procurement

846: Building Agility Through Emergency Procurement Readiness W/ Rick Bond and Tammy Rimes

BTW EP 24: Phil-out Season Finale: A Procurement Roast With Purpose

845: Inside the AI Foundation Behind Next-Gen Procurement W/ Fang Chang

BTW EP 23: The Phil-Ins: The Procurement Performance Paradox

844: Contracting for Speed: How Orchestration Empowers Procurement W/ Clare Cassano and Toby Laforest

843: How Change Management Powers Procurement Transformation W/ Jesse Jacoby

843: The Future Is Frictionless: Simplifying Procurement with Tech and Trust W/ Todd Heimes

BTW EP 22: Challenging Procurement's Most Comfortable (Bad) Habits

841: Three AI-Powered Opportunities: Assist, Augment, Autonomize W/ Etosha Thurman

839: Building Data-Driven Procurement at Scale W/ Adrian Vicol

840: Why Data Literacy Matters More Than Ever in Procurement W/ Satvinder Panesar

BTW EP 21: Planning for People: Behavioral Architecture with David Loseby

838: Protecting Competition: Inside the DOJ's Fight Against Procurement Collusion

837: Mastering Influence: Procurement's Internal and External Edge W/ Giuseppe Conti

BTW EP 20: Inventive Incentives: Jason Brown on Procurement Incentive Structures

836: Inside Next-Gen SAP Ariba: Rebuilding Procurement for the AI Era W/ Baber Farooq

835: "We Win" Relationships: A Playbook for Procurement Value W/ Neji Isaac

BTW EP 19: The Phil-Ins: Common Sense and Clunky Sports References

834: Rewiring Operating Models for an Unpredictable Future W/ Darshan Deshmukh

833: The Polycrisis Playbook: How Procurement Can Lead Through Turbulence W/ Gordon Donovan

BTW EP 18: It's Getting Real: AI, Procurement, and the End of Savings Theater with Jason Busch

832: AI, Data, and the New Procurement Advantage W/ Vel Dhinagaravel

831: Conquering the Decision Abyss: From Data to Supply Chain Impact W/ Keith Hartley

BTW EP 17: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Your P&L: Validating Procurement's Efforts with Kristine Morton

830: Inside AOP's Acquisition of the ProcureTech100: Objectivity, Community, Impact

829: From Good to Great: How Business Partnering Transforms Procurement Teams

BTW EP 16: Lightbulb Moments: Shedding Light on Purposeful & Productive Procurement

828: How to Turn Market Chaos Into Procurement's Strategic Advantage W/ Adam Collins