Art of Procurement
Philip Ideson
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.
Recent Episodes
877: Building Trust for Digital Supply Chain Success W/ Mohit Ahuja
Aug 3, 2026Mohit Ahuja, a strategy and transformation leader at Caterpillar with 16 years of experience across engineering, supply chain, and operations, discusses how manufacturing companies can navigate digital transformation without disrupting operations or leaving employees behind. He shares strategies for moving procurement from reactive to proactive, building trust on the shop floor through adaptive leadership, and shifting focus from cost minimization to supply chain resilience. The conversation emphasizes early cross-functional collaboration, low-risk incremental wins, and the role of digital tools in enabling real-time decision-making while managing the unique challenges of legacy systems and workforce resistance in heavy manufacturing.
EP 12: Provider of the Week: Una
Jul 29, 2026Anthony Clarvey, Managing Partner of Una, a group purchasing organization (GPO), discusses how Una helps procurement teams leverage collective buying power to secure better pricing, discounts, and contract terms across indirect spend categories. The conversation covers Una's consultative, boutique approach to GPO services, their focus on enterprise, hospitality, and healthcare clients, and how they differentiate through transparency, agility, and long-term partnerships rather than transactional vendor relationships.
876: AI with Purpose: Designing Procurement's Next Chapter W/ Gaël De Martelaere
Jul 27, 2026Gaël De Martelaere, Chief Procurement Officer at Hexion, discusses the company's transformation from a specialty chemicals producer to a total solution provider integrating equipment and AI algorithms. He outlines Hexion's procurement transformation journey, focusing on rebuilding foundational pillars—data, people, digital capabilities, and process design—with AI enablement rather than starting from scratch. De Martelaere shares his approach to building organizational AI literacy, hiring an AI Center of Excellence leader, and balancing build-versus-buy decisions in a crowded procurement tech market.
875: How to Transform Every Procurement Partnership W/ Kate Vitasek
Jul 20, 2026Kate Vitasek, author of the Vested series and researcher on buyer-supplier relationships, discusses her latest book 'The Vested Way: 5 Rules for Achieving the Impossible.' She explores how the five vested rules—focusing on outcomes over transactions, clarifying workload allocation, defining measurable outcomes, balancing economics fairly, and maintaining governance—apply beyond large enterprise deals to small businesses, communities, and personal relationships. The conversation covers why partnerships fail (lack of trust, misaligned efforts, poor governance), the role of cultural fit in supplier selection, and how AI should enhance rather than replace relationship-focused work.
EP 11: Provider of the Week: Valdera
Jul 15, 2026874: Building Resilience Beyond Tier One: Hard Truths About Risk and Visibility W/ Harald Nitschinger
Jul 13, 2026873: Creating Capacity for Complex Problem Solving W/ Israel Santiesteban
Jul 6, 2026EP 10: Supplier Management as a Connected Discipline W/ Jesse Lee
Jul 1, 2026872: Beyond Automation: Accelerating Agentic AI Transformation in Procurement W/ Vishal Patel
Jun 29, 2026871: The New Rules of Procurement Leadership W/ Gary Mizhir
Jun 22, 2026
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