Art of Procurement

Learn from procurement experts. Host Philip Ideson talks with thought leaders who share the trends, strategies and tactics that you can lever to elevate the role of procurement - and your career.

811: Procurement 6 | June 13th, 2025
Jun 13, 2025 – 08:45
BTW EP 11: "Poachers Turned Game Wardens:" The "Tuners" on Indirect Supplier Tactics (Part 2)
Jun 11, 2025 – 36:59
810: Making Startup Partnerships Work for Enterprise Procurement W/ Matt Ziskie
Jun 9, 2025 – 29:08
809: Procurement 6 | June 6th, 2025
Jun 6, 2025 – 12:29
808: Revisiting the Catalyst LA Experience W/ Kelly Barner and Philip Ideson
Jun 2, 2025 – 32:03
807: Procurement 6 | May 30th, 2025
May 30, 2025 – 10:27
BTW EP 10: Poachers Turned Game Wardens:" the "Tuners" on indirect supplier tactics (part 1)
May 28, 2025 – 38:41
806: Building a Leading Services Procurement Capability at Mastercard
May 26, 2025 – 46:06
805: Procurement 6 | May 23rd, 2025
May 23, 2025 – 10:21
804: Strategic Services Sourcing in an AI-Driven World W/ Amy Fong
May 19, 2025 – 39:39
803: Procurement 6 | May 16th, 2025
May 16, 2025 – 10:11
BTW EP 09: Status Quo Harms Through the GPO Lens with David McCarty
May 14, 2025 – 39:27
802: A Journey of Continuous Transformation at IKEA W/ Joel Andersson
May 12, 2025 – 36:29
801: Procurement 6 | May 9th, 2025
May 9, 2025 – 09:22
800: Procurement’s Communication Superpower W/ David Yarkin
May 5, 2025 – 35:55
799: Procurement 6 | May 2nd, 2025
May 2, 2025 – 10:21
BTW EP 08: The Phil-Ins: In Search of Equilibrium with Phil, Kelly, and Rich
Apr 30, 2025 – 31:22
798: Bridging the Gap Between Procurement and Legal W/ Paul Bagley
Apr 28, 2025 – 39:50
797: Procurement 6 | April 25th, 2025
Apr 25, 2025 – 10:04
796: How Should Procurement Respond to Tariffs? W/ Richeek Maitra
Apr 21, 2025 – 34:53
795: Procurement 6 | April 18th, 2025
Apr 18, 2025 – 09:02
BTW EP 07: Seeking Balance in Buyer-Seller Dynamics with Kate Vitasek
Apr 16, 2025 – 38:50
794: What Matters Most in Modern Procurement Hiring W/ Derek Lutz
Apr 14, 2025 – 40:42
793: Procurement 6 | April 11th, 2025
Apr 11, 2025 – 12:38
792: Catalyst LA Sneak Peak: Procurement’s New Transformation Playbook with Natasha Gurevich
Apr 7, 2025 – 39:46
791: Procurement 6 | April 4th, 2025
Apr 4, 2025 – 09:11
BTW EP 06: The Foothills of the Flaws; Retracing Procurement’s Path with Rob Hills
Apr 2, 2025 – 38:19
790: The Key to Doing More with Less? Evolve Procurement’s Operating Model
Mar 31, 2025 – 35:11
789: Procurement 6 | March 28th, 2025
Mar 28, 2025 – 10:32
788: The Hackett Group's 2025 Key Issues Study: Insights on Procurement Priorities, Technology, and Operating Models
Mar 24, 2025 – 37:04
787: Procurement 6 | March 21st, 2025
Mar 21, 2025 – 08:53
BTW EP 05: The Phil-Ins: Connecting the Dots with Phil, Kelly, and Rich
Mar 19, 2025 – 29:37
786: Mastering the First 100 Days as a CPO W/ Darshan Deshmukh
Mar 17, 2025 – 43:24
785: Procurement 6 | March 14th, 2025
Mar 14, 2025 – 09:05
784: Real Talk about Supplier Diversity in 2025 W/ Kelly Barner and Philip Ideson
Mar 10, 2025 – 32:55
783: Procurement 6 | March 7th, 2025
Mar 7, 2025 – 09:30
BTW EP 04: Mission Possible: Unburdened Procurement with Brian Kyle
Mar 5, 2025 – 28:48
782: Measuring What Matters: Transforming Services Spend Management W/ Gordon Donovan
Mar 3, 2025 – 42:18
781: Procurement 6 | February 28th, 2025
Feb 28, 2025 – 09:49
780: The Art of Trust Building: Inside Unilever’s Procurement Success Story W/ Ashish Dhongde
Feb 24, 2025 – 28:55
779: Procurement 6 | February 21st, 2025
Feb 21, 2025 – 10:52
BTW EP 01: Buy: The Way... To Purposeful Procurement
Feb 19, 2025 – 22:13
BTW EP 02: Tales of Dysfunction (a.k.a. “Procurgatory”)
Feb 19, 2025 – 37:04
BTW EP 03: Oliver’s List: Inspiring Tales of Purposeful Procurement with Oliver Hurrey
Feb 19, 2025 – 42:12
778: Business Waste - The Silent Value Killer W/ Pratik Patel
Feb 17, 2025 – 42:18
777: Procurement 6 | February 14th, 2025
Feb 14, 2025 – 09:41
776: Putting Stakeholder Priorities First W/ Ryan Bradford
Feb 10, 2025 – 34:23
775: Procurement 6 | February 7th, 2025
Feb 7, 2025 – 08:16
774: Closing the ‘Inspiration to Action’ Gap W/ Remko Van Hoek
Feb 3, 2025 – 27:03
773: Procurement 6 | January 31st, 2025
Jan 31, 2025 – 09:38

Recent Reviews

pbj2521

Hooked on this podcast

Started listening two years ago and been hooked ever since - I’ve learned so much from this podcast from a fantastic host (Phil), highly credible guests, and engaging/relevant topics. A must listen!
HHIGolf

Hits the points. Good guests. Even better host that should have better guests.

Really a top notch gentleman. Wish he would push a bit more and not ease on some gueats. He could get even better guests simply because of the quality of his interviewing. Great industry expert and podcast.
Bootdragger

Episode 271 was great!

Chris Sawchuk hit all the points I needed to hear today. I’ll listen to this one again and read the white paper. Thanks, Philip.
UWS listener

Phenomenal Value

Thank you Philip Ideson for creating an easy way to make us lifelong learners.
Out-Ana-Limb

Best Procurement Industry Intel

If you follow procurement at all and are looking for an easy way to hear from top thought leaders and contributors, this podcast is for you. I've followed it for years. It's non-salsey, truly insightful and very actionable. Plus, it's very entertaining and features a top-notch line up of guests and speakers. The host is both a vetted industry professional and has a lovely English accent. Perfect to listen to at work or on your commute.
Poncho93

Well produced

This is a well produced podcast. The quality of the audio is excellent. Philip does a solid job interviewing his guests. I listened to his podcast with Johan-Peter Teppala from Sievo and gleaned so much from the questions and answers.
Nance3D

Excellent format and Relevant Content

I LOVE listening to the Art of Procurement podcast ! This is a great podcast for sourcing and procurement professionals to expand their thinking and be exposed to best practices and learn new approaches for their work. The interviews are full of rich discussion and the topics are diverse! Philip asks great questions that help dive deeper in to the subject and create thoughtful conversation. I don’t know Philip personally but he sounds like a great guy and very genuine in how he presents himself. I appreciate him humility and authenticity in how he approaches his guests.
TuckerRule

Learning Something Every Episode

As a noob to the world of procurement, I scoured the web for learning and media resources to get smart about the space. Phil and the Art of Procurement has hands down been the best teacher. I learn something new every episode.
Sxh342

Awesome show

Awesome
AdrienneDC00

Very informative.

I am thoroughly enjoying the podcast so far, it is very informative. Procurement analysis has come quite a long way and with an economic climate that for many countries looks dicey in 2016, Procurement Analysts will need to know what is cutting edge to rise to the challenges.
DenizSrn

Great show!!!

Looking forward to the next episodes in 2016!
purchasingpro

Great Start!

Great to see a dedicated procurement podcast. I’m looking forward to listening to more episodes.