The Sourcing Hero

Mar 12 2025 100 ep. 24 mins 10
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Together, Una and Art of Procurement are excited to bring you epic stories of beating the odds and rising up in procurement. Hear from leading sourcing and supply chain professionals as they share expert insight and tales of business heroism, all in the name of creating exceptional value within procurement. Follow the team: Anthony Clervi -＞ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyclervi/ Kris Lance -＞ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kris-lance-1b9015175/ Kelly Barner -＞ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-barner-6884443/

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Ep 206: Driving Successful SRM at Scale feat. Celia SGAR

Mar 12 2025 23 mins  
Most procurement professionals will acknowledge that supplier relationship management (SRM) is a core part of value creation and risk management, but how many organizations are effectively carrying SRM out at scale to the benefit of their company and their suppliers? Not as many as would like to be successful at supplier relationship management. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero

Ep 205: Procurement’s Unique Form of Influence feat. Richard Beaumont

Mar 05 2025 22 mins  
Imagine a group of people is having lunch on the deck of a ship, and that ship is sailing into a storm. Along comes a waiter with a tray of drinks, and that waiter is riding… a monocycle. Even as the seas start to rise and the wind blows, the tray can’t be allowed to fall. That waiter… is procurement. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes Ri

Ep 204: Hot Times in the Arctic Circle feat. Kris Lance

Feb 26 2025 23 mins  
One minute you’re going about your business, and the next minute all of the news headlines are focused on the Arctic Circle. What may initially seem like overblown geopolitical drama and hyperbole quickly comes into sharp focus with just a bit of reading: especially where ocean trade routes are concerned. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes ba

Ep 203: Alleviating Common Sourcing & Supply Chain Pain Points feat. Eric Westerduin

Feb 19 2025 24 mins  
Regardless of the industry you work in, deciding which third parties to work with requires strategic trade-offs, such as choosing between cost, quality, and lead time. Procurement and sourcing professionals play a critical role helping decision makers discuss and rank those variables and then use them to select and contract with suppliers. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podca

Ep 202: Becoming a Procurement Polyglot feat. Bennett Glace

Feb 12 2025 19 mins  
Polyglot - noun. A person who knows and is able to use several languages. The spoken or written word can divide people as easily as it can unify them - even when they are speaking the same language. Terminology, shorthand, and acronyms may be convenient or efficient, but when they get in the way or fail to communicate the desired meaning, they aren’t doing us any favors. In this

Ep 201: Setting the Stage for Sustainable Change feat. Ron Crabtree

Feb 05 2025 24 mins  
Depending on your point of view, the idea of transformation is either alluring or terrifying - or maybe a little bit of both? And while procurement teams rarely have the formal skillset to lead transformation projects, they are often tasked with just that. Fortunately, with a bit of planning and some well asked questions, it is possible to keep your transformation on track. In this

Ep 200: Fostering the Conditions That Lead to Success

Jan 29 2025 33 mins  
The vast majority of podcasts fizzle out before they reach 10 episodes, so making it past that point is a real achievement. 100 episodes is seen as a tipping point, both for the host and the audience. But 200? That puts a show above the crowd. In this very special 200th episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner is joined by Anthony Clervi, Principal Owner at Una, and

Ep 199: A Broader Perspective on Social Procurement feat. Jaime H. Paiva

Jan 22 2025 27 mins  
Companies - and their procurement teams - are always looking for opportunities to differentiate. These opportunities take many forms, but few appeal to leadership, shareholders, customers, and the supplier community as universally as social procurement. Of course, that broad appeal brings systemic challenges with it that procurement will have to be prepared to overcome. In this epi

Ep 198: Testing the Elasticity of Procurement feat. Peter Sharoff

Jan 15 2025 28 mins  
Procurement is a function whose time has arrived. The question is whether they are ready to make the changes necessary to seize the opportunity and meet business-wide expectations for process and experience at the same time. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes Peter Sharoff. Peter has executive-level experience in a number of functional areas, i

Ep 197: Sourcing Initiatives That Take Into Account the Strategy of the Business feat. Karen Betancourt

Jan 08 2025 24 mins  
Working for a large ‘household name’ company has both advantages and disadvantages. On the plus side are the established processes, time-tested pathways that keep everything rolling. At the same time, these same processes can be a bit restrictive. Fortunately for procurement, striking a balance of structure and creativity can create the perfect environment for innovation at sca