Procurement Says No
The thoughts of two CIPS award winning procurement gods who want to share our love of procurement with newbies, oldies and the procurious. Generally we'll be talking nonsense about all things procurement, with the occasional nugget of priceless insight. All views are our own - we're not affiliated in any way to anybody or anything! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/procurement-says-no--5886102/support.
Episodes
July 14, 2025 • 46 secs
We've launched into the world of short videos on TikTok. It's another thing we said we wouldn't do.
Anyway, here's the audio-only version, for those of you who don't really want to look at us.
We ask the important question - "what is the procurement elevator speech?"
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We ask the important question - "what is the procurement elevator speech?"
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July 14, 2025 • 1 min
We've launched into the world of short videos on TikTok. It's another thing we said we wouldn't do.
Anyway, here's the audio-only version, for those of you who really don't want to look at us.
More crap jokes...these ones are slightly worse than the previous episode.
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More crap jokes...these ones are slightly worse than the previous episode.
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July 14, 2025 • 54 secs
We've launched into the world of short videos on TikTok. It's another thing we said we wouldn't do.
Anyway, here's the audio-only version, for those of you who don't really want to look at us.
Here is proof that there are no good procurement jokes...
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Anyway, here's the audio-only version, for those of you who don't really want to look at us.
Here is proof that there are no good procurement jokes...
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July 14, 2025 • 35 secs
We've launched into the world of short videos on TikTok. It's another thing we said we wouldn't do.
Anyway, here's the audio-only version, for those of you who don't really want to look at us.
What is procurement?
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What is procurement?
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June 2, 2025 • 39 mins
Rich and Ed have another special guest - Shone Richardson - and we're talking total global turmoil and meltdown - including tariffs and their impact for US procurement; whether war with Canada is the answer (or at least stealing their timber); if an SUV is sufficient to run products across the Mexican border into the US; and if you should route all your Chinese imports via the UK with a "Made in UK" sticker.
And loads of questions f...
And loads of questions f...
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May 1, 2025 • 37 mins
Rich and Ed do much pondering of all sorts of unintended consequences in the latest episode of Nicaragua's favourite business-based podcast - including the impact of tariffs on everything; pensioner job shares; Rachel Reeve's CV; even beavers and bees.
We've also got lots of stats on just how well PSN is doing; news about Europe's continuing love affair with Russian gas; and....yes....news from CIPS...who are so hot they're on fire ...
We've also got lots of stats on just how well PSN is doing; news about Europe's continuing love affair with Russian gas; and....yes....news from CIPS...who are so hot they're on fire ...
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April 1, 2025 • 41 mins
Rich and Ed said they'd never do politics but have a load of political news about the possible impact of US tariffs and looming recession (d'oh); a lack of news on the UK Public Procurement Act (which we'll take as good news); dull news about UK National Procurement Policy Statement; and finally some news from CIPS (yippee).
And we have a special guest star from Zip - who we've been stalking for over a year and finally got to meet a...
And we have a special guest star from Zip - who we've been stalking for over a year and finally got to meet a...
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March 5, 2025 • 22 mins
Rich and Ed are in their final day at ProcureCon Las Vegas - and have now put everything on red and lost it all. But luckily we ran in Subu Rao from Discover Dollar who not only gave a great explanation of how AI can help procurement find those missing dollars, but he also subbed us 10 bucks to put on black.
And we talk to Cheron Lessmeister from CIPS Americas who is tasked with developing the CIPS offering for the American market...
And we talk to Cheron Lessmeister from CIPS Americas who is tasked with developing the CIPS offering for the American market...
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March 4, 2025 • 27 mins
Rich and Ed continue to be bamboozled by intake to procure and orchestration - so much so that they've found more guest stars to try to explain it all. And this time....well....
We speak to Michael (never Mike) Shields from Tropic and Sean Warren from Opstream. Michael tells us how a procurement person turns sales person (Prosalesment) to further the cause of intelligent spend management, and Sean suggests R2D2 was soooo much be...
We speak to Michael (never Mike) Shields from Tropic and Sean Warren from Opstream. Michael tells us how a procurement person turns sales person (Prosalesment) to further the cause of intelligent spend management, and Sean suggests R2D2 was soooo much be...
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March 3, 2025 • 19 mins
Rich and Ed literally woke up in Vegas to the excitement of ProcureCon West Indirect! In the first of three sort-of-mini episodes, they get to grips with agentic AI and Orchestration Schmorchestration...we have no idea what this means, but luckily our guests Mike Pierson from Tonkean and Niyata Chhaya from Hyperbots do!!
So listen up and learn. Are you going to put the dollars on red or black????
Become a supporter of this pod...
So listen up and learn. Are you going to put the dollars on red or black????
Become a supporter of this pod...
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February 24, 2025 • 21 mins
Rich and Ed have an assortment of exciting news - including Procurecon in Las Vegas, "Procurement Says No" Merch (available in all of the colours and sizes almost) and our new spin-off podcast "Ask Rich & Ed" (available on all good pod places).
Plus a survey from the Cheetah Research Institute all about the uptake of AI in procurement - it's happening - slowly; priorities for Supply Chain leaders in '25 from CAPS; and a whole ra...
Plus a survey from the Cheetah Research Institute all about the uptake of AI in procurement - it's happening - slowly; priorities for Supply Chain leaders in '25 from CAPS; and a whole ra...
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February 2, 2025 • 43 mins
Rich and Ed discover all there is to know about hosting your very own Procurement Event - with special guest stars Frank Musero and Michael Dunlap of ProcureCon; which only happens to be one of the biggest organisers of global procurement events!
We ask Frank and Mike - what is ProcureCon all about; how many events do they hold; how long these things take to organise; how do they deal with terrible speakers and drop outs; what's in ...
We ask Frank and Mike - what is ProcureCon all about; how many events do they hold; how long these things take to organise; how do they deal with terrible speakers and drop outs; what's in ...
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January 20, 2025 • 54 mins
Your favorite procurement podcast is hosted by Alex Jennings on the Alchemie Network's livestream event.
Ed and Rich muse on what we should expect in the world of procurement in 2025, as well as also looking back at what we said this time last year.
Were we right about near shoring, the continuing focus on risk and cost reduction, the slow march of AI, procurement tech continuing to lag, and a lack of available talent beginning to...
Ed and Rich muse on what we should expect in the world of procurement in 2025, as well as also looking back at what we said this time last year.
Were we right about near shoring, the continuing focus on risk and cost reduction, the slow march of AI, procurement tech continuing to lag, and a lack of available talent beginning to...
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December 16, 2024 • 26 mins
Rich and Ed bring you Christmas cheer with their 12 Days of Procurement - as they count the days and suggest things you should be doing - like sorting 12 unpaid invoices, approving 10 requistions, unsticking 9 contracts stuck in legal, reading 6 Linked-In lists, defining 3 definitions of ESG and a releasing tender on Christmas eve...you get the picture. Listen to find out the whole 12 days! And will Ed uncover what exactly the ...
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November 18, 2024 • 39 mins
Rich and Ed meet a real life salesperson, Meir Ziskin, who is an expert in automation and robotics sales. Mier will be answering all those salesy questions such as what makes a good salesperson; what does he really think of procurement people; how to stop “tyre kickers”; what does sales want from procurement; can salespeople be a buyer’s friend; do competing sales organisations really talk to each other about tenders, margins and ...
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October 21, 2024 • 42 mins
Rich and Ed explore the murky world of recruitment and provide their top tips whether you are interviewing or being interviewed. Should you “be yourself” or perhaps someone else; should you wear a pointy hat; what’s the worst question to ask in an interview - and how to answer it; should you be passive or aggressive or passive aggressive; when should you walk out of an interview and run, never looking back; what is an EVP anyway?
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September 10, 2024 • 47 mins
Rich and Ed explore the strange and wonderful world of Public Procurement with the Procurement Act 2023. We are “deep diving” into what it’s all about with special guests Graeme Hunter and Verity White and asking questions such as:
- What is it and why?
- What are the differences compared with PCR 2015?
- Will it encourage SMEs?
- What’s the new system going to be like?
- What is a Dynamic Markets process?
- Will it create a new best practice ...
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August 5, 2024 • 45 mins
It’s a collab podcast – this time we are joining forces with fellow smooth podcasters Luke Stroud and Luke Burford aka 2Lukes of Let’s Talk Procurement (verified as the second best procurement-based podcast).
Yes, it’s PSN vs LTP. GenX vs GenZ. Masters vs Learners.
We discuss important matters such as: which animal would be best at procurement; how to spot “red flags” in recruiting and job ads; whether you always need a notepad...
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July 8, 2024 • 41 mins
Rich and Ed spill the beans on all the tricks of the trade in consulting and interim management. So have a listen if you are buying them, working with them, are one or want to be one!
We are selling the consulting crown jewels for nothing by answering questions from our listeners around the world - when to use an interim vs a consultant; boutique or Big4; what's the best part and worst part of being a consultant; whether you can...
We are selling the consulting crown jewels for nothing by answering questions from our listeners around the world - when to use an interim vs a consultant; boutique or Big4; what's the best part and worst part of being a consultant; whether you can...
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June 17, 2024 • 38 mins
For our first anniversary, Rich and Ed Return to Listmania - our favourite topic of random lists for everything in procurement - including a list from someone off the internet - the 9 laws of stuff, plus 7 skills for supplier management, lists of procurement hats, 5 stages of aligned strategy, 11 trends for 2024 and a load of other hopeless predictions - including the demise of the letters C, X and Q.
And we've got news - including...
And we've got news - including...
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