Procurement Experiences & Insights

🎙️Excited to share our podcast on "Building a Procurement Department from the ground up", with my special guest, Mr. Benoit Lavinal, Chief Procurement Officer at Corio Generation, who joins Anil Joshi as we both share our experiences and insights. 🎙️Podcast episode: "Building a Procurement Department from the ground up"! Please subscribe and like so you get immediate automatic access to new episodes. Topics covered in this podcast are: - Building the procurement function from the ground up. - The importance of being self-inspired and motivated when starting a new initiative - Surrounding ourselves with people who share that enthusiasm - The challenges around showcasing the value of procurement and positioning it as a value-creating function, not only a cost-saving one. - Identifying key skills for procurement professionals to succeed - The need to be "partners in business" rather than just "business partners" - The importance of speaking and understanding stakeholders' language - Ways to increase the understanding and appreciation of procurement's value, such as proactively marketing our services and capabilities. - The concept of "failure" versus "things that didn't work out as planned" - Creating a psychologically safe environment that encourages risk-taking and learning. - The importance of passion, planning, talent acquisition, and a forward-looking, solutions-oriented mindset in building a successful procurement function. - Practical tips - and more Why do we make these podcasts? We want to make content, experiences, insights and tips available to anyone interested - sharing for your benefit! 😊 🙏 We hope you enjoy this and our other podcasts. Please like, share, and comment on what you found appealing so others in the Procurement community can also benefit. This will motivate us, too. 🙂 Mega, thanks to Mr. Benoit Lavinal, Chief Procurement Officer, Corio Generation. Procurement is cool! Stay Splendid! www.splendid-tiger.com

🎙️Excited to share our Category Management podcast with my special guest, Mr. Marco Stenvert, Chief Procurement Officer at Wolters Kluwer, who joins me as we both share our experiences and insights on Category Management and how it can accelerate Procurement's value add, visibility andpositively impact careers, in the short and long term.  It is worth the effort. Podcast episode #2 Why Procurement is Cool & Category Management is Hot! 🎉 Purpose The purpose of the podcast is to help listeners bd procurement and category management. It aims to provide insights and knowledge on category strategy development and how procurement applies category management.  Topics covered in this podcast are:   * Procurement is a "business" that creates business value * Importance of category management and category strategy development * Aligning with business objectives and early stakeholder engagement * Prioritizing planning categories with the Joshi Alignment Model® * Early collaboration and communication with stakeholders * The value of methodologies to develop and implement category strategies * Continuous calibration, adaptation and improvement of categories * Practical tips Tune in now and let us know what you liked!  Subscribe and like and share what you liked about the podcast. Follow our Splendid Tiger® | Academy of Destination® LinkedIn page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/splendid-tiger®-academy-of-destination®/?viewAsMember=true] for intstant access to our updates. Stay Splendid! Anil Joshi www.splendid-tiger.com [http://www.splendid-tiger.com]

Category Management is Hot! - Procurement is Cool! Sharing experiences and insights to benefit you. Join us on this exciting podcast as we delve into the world of procurement, category management, and category strategy development at the LEGO Group. Anil Joshi of Splendid Tiger | Academy of Destination speaks with Alan Jouhier, Vice President of Global Procurement at The LEGO Group, share experiences,  insights and give tips to make Category Management successful and enhance your career. Alan and I share our experiences and insights on Category Management and how it can drive business value and enhance career development. Topics covered in this podcast are: * The need for talent development in Procurement * The impact and value of category strategies * Challenges in category management and developing category strategies * The importance of stakeholder management * How to maintain momentum in category management * How category management accelerates Procurement organizational development and maturity * The role of benchmarking and external data in category strategy development * The value of category strategies in improving supply chain performance * The need for time management and prioritization in category management * The importance of selling and influencing skills in procurement * The excitement and fulfilment of working in procurement Photo: Left Anil Joshi | Right Alan Jouhier Don't miss out on this engaging conversation. Tune in now! Stay Splendid! Anil Joshi www.splendid-tiger.com