Making Your Suppliers Part of a Team

On this week’s episode, host Seth Colaner welcomes Anna McGovern, Founder and Managing Director of Pondview Consulting, LLC. Anna discusses the importance of procurement teams partnering with suppliers, and speaking the language of business to create value.Key Takeaways:(02:37) Being a "customer of choice" means ensuring suppliers want to partner with you and bring innovative ideas.(03:18) Involving suppliers as key team members who enable decreased time to market.(9:18) The importance of gaining insights from adjacent industries.(14:11) Framing a problem as one that impacts everyone motivates teams to set aside differences and find a solution.(18:23) Procurement professionals now need skills in finance, legal, coaching and technology to create business value.(19:57) Strategic influencing becomes important when you're not the budget holder but need to show value.(21:17) Keep learning and embrace new technology.Resources Mentioned:Anna McGovern - https://www.linkedin.com/in/annamcgovern/Pondview Consulting, LLC - https://www.pondviewconsulting.com/This episode is brought to you by Tonkean.Tonkean is the operating system for business operations and is the enterprise standard for process orchestration. It provides businesses with the building blocks to orchestrate any process, with no code or change management required. Contact us at tonkean.com to learn how you can build complex business processes. Fast.#Operations #BusinessOperations