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The Procurement Show

The Procurement Show

The Procurement Show takes a different approach to the subject of procurement. Hosted by procurement expert Jonathan O"Brien and Co-Hosted by Paul Philpott, it"s the show that tackles the topics we all need to think about and sets out to explore the more interesting bits of procurement. Brought to you by Positive Purchasing Podcast production by Fresh Air Studios Edited by Martin Burgess-Moon, video content produced by Mark Stephenson, marketing and publicity by Melanie Babbage and Sydney Jenkin,

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61: Functional Extinction from AI – Can Procurement...

The Procurement Show ·

2025/10/16

If AI is on course to replace many functions in organisations, Jonathan and Paul ask the vital question of whether procurement can survive. The perfect man to tackle this subject is a man who sits on many boards, founded OneSupplyPlanet and describes himself as a man who challenges companies and their people to be better versions of themselves: Guy Strafford.Brought to you by Positive Purchasing Produced by Fresh Air Studios, Business Podcast Producers

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35:31

60: The Connected Ecosystem – How Procurement and...

The Procurement Show ·

2025/09/15

In this episode Jonathan and Paul are being asked to change their mindsets. Not easy. But the man who is bravely trying his best is Jeff Bever, VP Sourcing and Procurement for Russel Stover. His big idea is to think of procurement and supply chain as part of one big, connected ecosystem, rather than a function. Let’s see if we can all unlock new, big benefits!Brought to you by Positive Purchasing Produced by Fresh Air Studios, ADR and Podcast Studios in the South West

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46:12

59: Making the Circular Economy Happen

The Procurement Show ·

2025/08/18

Cast your minds back a couple of years and you’ll no doubt remember the podcast with Chris Holmes on the circular economy. We’ve been gathering up all the feedback and we can now answer all your questions and more as we speak with Joe Murphy, Executive Lead for Business Network with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. This was set up by Dame Ellen to accelerate transition to the circular economy. So, let’s find out what Chris and his team is doing and who they’re working with in order to drive its

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58: The Value of Diversity in Supply Chains

The Procurement Show ·

2025/07/21

It’s time to do a bit of talent spotting on the Procurement Show. Or to be more precise: talent management spotting. Is it time to have a rethink about procurement talent? And in particular, planning for the future talent we need? If so, how do we get there? Well, to answer all these questions and more, we have the talent. Not Jonathan or Paul, we mean Manager at Kearney, Priya Kumari. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this episode are personal to Priya and do not represent the views of

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57: AI in Negotiation

The Procurement Show ·

2025/06/20

We keep hearing about how AI is going to change everything on Planet Earth, but will it change negotiation? And if so, how will it change negotiation? Jonathan and Paul speak to the best person possible, Camilla Borsani from the School of Management Polytechnic de Milano, where she is doing a PhD on the subject. Listen carefully; we might ask questions after!Brought to you by Positive Purchasing. Produced by Fresh Air Studios, Branded Podcast Production.

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43:37

56: How Bayer is Leading the Way on Sustainable...

The Procurement Show ·

2025/05/23

Sustainability in procurement is a regular topic on the Procurement Show, so it seems like the perfect time to get a guest on who is leading one of the world’s biggest companies in sustainability, namely, CPO of Bayer, Thomas Udesen. Let’s find out what are Bayer’s priorities, how they work to create autonomy and who has stolen part of Jonathan’s script for this episode’s Fun Fact.Brought to you by Positive Purchasing. Produced by Fresh Air Studios, Podcast Production for Business.

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55: Gen Z – The Future of Procurement

The Procurement Show ·

2025/05/01

Whether you’re Gen Z, Gen X or Jennifer Aniston, you’ll find something of interest in this discussion. Because this one is all about the future! Gen Z is the future of procurement, so it makes sense to have a special guest who is a self-proclaimed Procure Tech Trailblazer, has launched a series of online panel discussions, and yes, she is Gen Z, she’s Lada Samarska.Brought to you by Positive Purchasing Produced by Fresh Air Studios, Studios for Podcasting, and ADR

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54: What the Police Can Teach Us About Negotiation

The Procurement Show ·

2025/04/08

Please note; this episode includes references to child sex offenders. In this unique and fascinating interview, Jonathan and Paul explore negotiating around establishing the truth, as well as finding ways to compel others to do something or give up something. So, it makes sense to get one of the ultimate experts in on interrogation and interviewing – a former detective from the UK police, who we can only refer to by his first name, Dave.Brought to you by Positive Purchasing. A branded podcast

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53: Trump, Tariffs & Trade - A Procurement Show...

The Procurement Show ·

2025/03/17

A podcast about Tariffs...It’s hard to escape the news of US President Donald Trump and the various tariffs he’s either been introducing, suggesting he’s going to introduce or that he introduces, then moves the date around. So, what does this mean for businesses inside and outside the United States? How are those in procurement supposed to react? And where will it all lead? And what are tariffs anyway? Jonathan and Paul discuss tariffs, the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the relationships

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52: Making What We Buy Sustainable

The Procurement Show ·

2025/03/13

In this edition Jonathan and Paul venture outside the world of procurement and focus on how organizations need to approach driving sustainability for what is made. They also look at how people in the roles of design, development and manufacturing might need to rethink how they engage with procurement. In the driving seat for this journey is Product Sustainability Director of TetraPak, Kristina Andric. She actually left procurement to take on this role. Jonathan is still recovering from this

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46:29

51: What’s Trending in Procurement Tech?

The Procurement Show ·

2025/02/26

If you’re drowning in a sea of procurement tech, you need someone to throw a lifeline; and on this episode, Jonathan and Paul have found just the man. They are joined by Chief Research Officer and MD at Spend Matters, Pierre Mitchell. He’ll guide us through all the latest tech and will teach us one or two new bits of jargon.Brought to you by Positive Purchasing. Produced by Fresh Air Studios, contact us to find out where to record a podcast in the South West!

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50: Fiftieth Episode

The Procurement Show ·

2025/02/12

Jonathan and Paul celebrate fifty episodes of the Procurement Show by selecting highlights from their favourite guests as they cover five themes: technology, AI, sustainability, procurement excellence and people. They also invite members of the backstage team to select their favourite past guests and to offer up an obscure fun fact. Bring on the cake and Champagne!Brought to you by Positive Purchasing. Produced by Fresh Air Studios, podcast recording studios in the South West.

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29:22

49: The Importance of Soft Skills and Emotional...

The Procurement Show ·

2025/01/20

Good emotional intelligence – or EQ – can be an important factor in a successful and healthy life, both personally and professionally. But what is emotional intelligence? Can you learn it? Can you teach it? And how can it help us be more successful in procurement? Jonathan and Paul speak to “The Procurement Protagonist” himself, Tom Mills to find out all this and more. Hopefully, he can help Jonathan to stop being a “such and such”.Powered by Positive Purchasing, and produced at the Devon

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48: Tony’s Chocolonely

The Procurement Show ·

2024/12/09

Much excitement in the studio this episode, as it involves talking about chocolate. Jonathan and Paul are joined by Pascal Baltussen, Chief of Impact & Operations at Tony’s Chocolonely. They discover why it’s Tony’s Chocolonely’s mission to eliminate child labour from the chocolate manufacturing industry. What do they do? How do they do it? Why don’t others in the industry follow their lead? And did Paul eat all the chocolate that was brought into the studio? Find out the answers to these

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47: Lessons from the Frontlines

The Procurement Show ·

2024/11/22

There’s an old song by Oasis where they sing about starting a revolution from their bed. In this episode we meet someone who did exactly that. Well, from his bedroom in Pennsylvania during lockdown. Luká Yancopoulos founded Grapevine – a company using tech to reimagine the world’s medical supply challenges – and without any prior knowledge of procurement. Jonathan and Paul find out how and why he did it. We also discover that Jonathan and Paul are quite old.Brought to you by Positive

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46: Is Procurement Undervalued (and Can Tech Help?)

The Procurement Show ·

2024/11/01

Jonathan has been out and about in Amsterdam (but he very sensibly didn’t take Paul with him…) The reason for his travels was DPW – the most notable conference and digital tech showcase for those in the procurement world. You can hear from lots of people that Jonathan met, but most prominently he talks to Michelle Baker, CPO of Virgin Money, who discusses a wide range of procurement topics, with a focus on technology and AI. We also find out if Jonathan still possesses any of his old

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45: Why Procurement Tech Implementations Fail

The Procurement Show ·

2024/10/25

There’s a lot of old and crusty tech out there that can often be of little use these days. But why is it that when some new procurement tech is implemented, it can often be not up to scratch or can even fail altogether…? In order to investigate this, we have CEO of Kinetic Talents and an Advisor to Apty, Matt Palackdharry. Unsurprisingly the question of AI pops up. Perhaps more surprisingly, Paul wants to bring back Clippy!Brought to you by Positive Purchasing, and produced by Fresh Air

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44: Cyber Security in the Supply Chain

The Procurement Show ·

2024/09/20

In procurement, cyber security is extremely important, because you’re not only dealing with your information, but also the information of your clients and suppliers. So, how do we tackle threats? And how do we make sure our information is secure in the hands of others? To take us through the dilemmas and the solutions, Jonathan and Paul are joined by the Chief AI Officer at Resilinc, Sumit Vakil.And listen out for what you should and shouldn’t measure in Ask Jonathan. Brought to you by Positive

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43: The RFP is Dead! Long Live the RFP.

The Procurement Show ·

2024/08/30

A bold statement, but is it true? Why do RFP’s fail? Is all the technology and the ever-evolving AI making RFP irrelevant? To guide us through all of this and more, Jonathan and Paul are joined by a man who makes RFP’s easier and more sensible, Chris Heard, CEO of Olive Technologies.We now just need to figure out who Duncan is and what his role is in all of this. Brought to you by Positive Purchasing. Podcast Production by Fresh Air Studios in Plymouth.

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42: Why We Need to Orchestrate Procurement Tech

The Procurement Show ·

2024/07/29

There is a lot of new tech about and there will no doubt be more on the horizon, but why does so much procurement tech implementation fail? There is a need to “orchestrate our tech”. But what does that mean?To help them find out, Jonathan and Paul are joined by a self-proclaimed “Procurement Geek” – namely, the Co-Founder at ORO Labs, Lalitha Rajagopalan. Elsewhere in this episode, Paul invents a new word. Brought to you by Positive Purchasing Produced by Fresh Air Studios in Plymouth

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