Source One Podcast Network

Continuing the Supply Management Recruiting Insider Series, Source One hosts MRA Global Sourcing's Managing Partner Naseem Malik to discuss the ideal supply management candidate and position, popular / up-and-coming spend categories, and how the MRA Global process delivers results.

Kicking off the Management Recruiting Insider Series, Source One hosts MRA Global Sourcing's Managing Partner Naseem Malik to discuss what firms are looking for when seeking procurement and supply management talent and how the market has changed in recent years.

In Part 2 of this two-part series, Buyers Meeting Point interviews Source One about how procurement organizations can develop and execute strategies that produce short-term fixes, support long-term objectives, and achieve sustainable results.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, Buyers Meeting Point interviews Source One about CPOs' burning questions and priorities in aligning procurement with overall corporate strategy.

Today's guest is David Clevenger, Senior Vice President of Corporate United - the nation's largest group purchasing organization. He will share his insights on common procurement myths, upcoming trends, and what to expect in 2015.

Today's interview is with Adam Cooperman,Vice President of ConvergeOne. Adam, who leads the ConvergeOne Program Management team, discusses the synergies between IT and Procurement and how a strategic sourcing process can lay the foundation for successful IT project management.

Charles Dominick - President, Founder, and CPO of Next Level Purchasing Association - discusses the trends he forsees in the future of the strategic sourcing industry along with the buzzwords he feels will not live up to the hype in this, the second Source One Partnercast.

Source One's David Pastore sat down to discuss the telecommunications category, and how strategic sourcing practices can find significant savings and cost reduction opportunities within the category. From the implementation of TEM software, to wireless and wireline optimization services, to streamlined management practices - there are a variety of ways in which strategic sourcing can save money in the telecom category.

Source One walks you through the most common pitfalls that can hinder the merging of strategic sourcing projects - from sponsor disagreements to divergent timelines, before delivering and discussing solutions and best practices for mitigating each of them.

Gary Como, Vice President of Sourcing Operations for Corporate United, the nation's largest GPO, discusses the importance of hiring the proper strategic resources in a modern sourcing department, and then outlines some qualifications that he himself uses in the first ever Source One Partnercast.

Source One's Nicholas Hamner presents the needs within the market that have given rise to Supplier Relationship Management as well as the common solutions and value adds delivered by the implementation of a Supplier Relationship Management policy.

Source One's Katherine Wang introduces the challenges faced by many procurement departments, expected to manage marketing spend while having historically little access to the category. She then discusses five time-tested best practices to employ in the sourcing of marketing.

Source One's Micky Le introduces the benefits of sourcing sustainably and highlights some of the largest companies in the world's efforts in the area. Included are facility improvements, human resource improvements, and supply chain improvements.

Source One's Nicholas Haneiko and Nicholas Hamner review the concept of global sourcing, and concerns to address when conducting a sourcing initiative on an international scale, in the last of three special manufacturing-focused podcasts.

Source One's Nicholas Haneiko and Nicholas Hamner review the benefits and savings that can be found by relocating manufacturing from a traditional low cost country to a North American production center -- in this case, Mexico.

Source One's Nicholas Haneiko and Nicholas Hamner discuss a successful sourcing project for a manufacturer and review the process in the first of three special manufacturing-focused podcasts.

Source One's Nicholas Hamner discusses the importance of risk management to your supply chain, some common elements of risk, and how to discuss and mitigate them with your critical suppliers.

Source One's Jennifer Ulrich discusses the development and history of project management and the changes the practice has seen in response to the modern procurement industry.

Source One's Eugene Kravets introduces you to the practice of Supplier Relationship Management and discusses its importance and advantages to procurement groups.

Source One's Lindsey Fandozzi introduces you to the Supply Chain Center of Excellence, its development and core components, and how your department can become one.