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  • 65: Driving Procurement in a High Growth Industry

    65: Driving Procurement in a High Growth Industry
    Feb 18 2026

    If you’re working in a growth sector, that comes with its own challenges, but what if you’re working in procurement in a growth sector? Does it mean you work differently? Does it mean that AI will have a greater effect on you? To answer all this and more, we have a guest making a rare second appearance on the Procurement Show! This time he’s Director of Procurement for At North. Although he is still Andreas Takacs.

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    Produced by Fresh Air Studios, Video Podcast Production Nationwide
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    30 min
  • 64: Why Trump Wants Greenland: Geopolitics, Power and What It Means for Business

    64: Why Trump Wants Greenland: Geopolitics, Power and What It Means for Business
    Jan 22 2026

    Western influence, Arctic security and the global implications of Donald Trump’s renewed interest in Greenland - and what it means for procurement, trade and supply chains.

    In this breaking-news special of The Procurement Show, Jonathan O’Brien and Paul explore why Donald Trump wants Greenland, the geopolitical and strategic importance of the Arctic, and what renewed US interest means for global power, NATO, international business and procurement teams.

    We unpack the history behind Trump’s Greenland proposal, the response from Denmark and Greenland, and why this issue extends far beyond politics into trade, supply chains, security and economic influence, areas that procurement leaders cannot afford to ignore.

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    Produced by Fresh Air Studios - business podcast production.
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    53 min
  • 63: What the C Suite Expect Procurement to Do

    63: What the C Suite Expect Procurement to Do
    Dec 8 2025
    With so many crises going on in the world and having a huge effect on businesses, the C Suite will be expecting great things from procurement. But what, exactly…? Gordon Donovan, VP Research for SAP in Melbourne works with Economist Impact, so he seems to be the perfect person to ask!

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    Produced by Fresh Air Studios, Podcasting & ADR Studios in Plymouth
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    45 min
  • 62: How to be Really Good at Buying Travel Services

    62: How to be Really Good at Buying Travel Services
    Nov 12 2025
    With businesses getting back on the trains, ‘planes and automobiles post-Covid, it’s important for everyone to get the best deal when it comes to sending employees to conferences and meetings. To give us the best advice, we’ve got three experts on hand: Tim Fitzgerald in Spain, Scott Tempero in Manchester and Karen Thornton in the studio. All of them are Travel Counsellors. We find out what they can do for us, even whilst at home in their pyjamas.

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    Produced by Fresh Air Studios, Podcast Studios in Devon
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    57 min
  • 61: Functional Extinction from AI – Can Procurement Survive?

    61: Functional Extinction from AI – Can Procurement Survive?
    Oct 16 2025
    If AI is on course to replace many functions in organisations, Jonathan and Paul ask the vital question of whether procurement can survive. The perfect man to tackle this subject is a man who sits on many boards, founded OneSupplyPlanet and describes himself as a man who challenges companies and their people to be better versions of themselves: Guy Strafford.

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    Produced by Fresh Air Studios, Business Podcast Producers
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    40 min
  • 60: The Connected Ecosystem – How Procurement and Supply Chain Can Unlock New Benefits with Ecosystem Thinking

    60: The Connected Ecosystem – How Procurement and Supply Chain Can Unlock New Benefits with Ecosystem Thinking
    Sep 15 2025
    In this episode Jonathan and Paul are being asked to change their mindsets. Not easy. But the man who is bravely trying his best is Jeff Bever, VP Sourcing and Procurement for Russel Stover. His big idea is to think of procurement and supply chain as part of one big, connected ecosystem, rather than a function. Let’s see if we can all unlock new, big benefits!

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    Discover Jonathan O’Brien’s award-winning books on procurement and negotiation

    Produced by Fresh Air Studios, ADR and Podcast Studios in the South West
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    36 min
  • 59: Making the Circular Economy Happen

    59: Making the Circular Economy Happen
    Aug 18 2025
    Cast your minds back a couple of years and you’ll no doubt remember the podcast with Chris Holmes on the circular economy. We’ve been gathering up all the feedback and we can now answer all your questions and more as we speak with Joe Murphy, Executive Lead for Business Network with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. This was set up by Dame Ellen to accelerate transition to the circular economy. So, let’s find out what Chris and his team is doing and who they’re working with in order to drive its implementation.

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    Produced by Fresh Air Studios, ADR and Video Studios for Devon & Cornwall.
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    46 min
  • 58: The Value of Diversity in Supply Chains

    58: The Value of Diversity in Supply Chains
    Jul 21 2025
    It’s time to do a bit of talent spotting on the Procurement Show. Or to be more precise: talent management spotting. Is it time to have a rethink about procurement talent? And in particular, planning for the future talent we need? If so, how do we get there? Well, to answer all these questions and more, we have the talent. Not Jonathan or Paul, we mean Manager at Kearney, Priya Kumari. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this episode are personal to Priya and do not represent the views of Kearney.

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    Produced by Fresh Air Studios, Podcast and ADR Studios for the South West
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    35 min