Don't play it safe in Procurement - World of Procurement Podcast with Ashleigh Turner

Ashleigh Turner is the winner of the CIPS Young Talent of the Year 2019 award, domestic violence survivor, mother and a podcast host in her own rights with Empower with Ash.
This was my favourite podcast of the Year and I’d encourage you all to go connect with Ashleigh on LinkedIn.
In this episode, we cover:
Intro to the Podcast 00:01
What Ashleigh does in Procurement (Caterpillar Dealership) 01:27
How Ashleigh got into Procurement and why she loves it 01:57
Why working in a Greenfield/new procurement team can be incredible - pros/cons 05:50
How Procurement is perceived by your colleagues
The daunting task of ripping millions out of the business through Industrial consumables 06:35
Winning the CIPS Young Talent of the Year 2019 award 10:44
The Blackrock Aggregator project with 30+ consumable categories, 300,000 line items down to 60,000, across 23 sites that cover the size of India 08:00
Experience versus time served in Procurement roles and job adverts 14:20
The issues with leaders who cannot use technology themselves and who do not understand the benefits of technology 18:20
What the future of procurement is going to look like 20-56
What was the impact of the CIPS award on Ashleigh’s career 25:19
Connect with Ashleigh here:
LinkedIn - / ashleigh-turner-7b69a876
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Website - www.empowerwit...

[@DerwinAntoine]

Wonderful Show

[@WorldofProcurement]

We agree!

[@theprocurementpodcastwitha546]

Wonderful show. Was fun watching you guys.

[@WorldofProcurement]

Hey Anim, thanks so much my man :D