Cyril Pourrat's guest appearances

Cyril Pourrat

Art of Procurement

The Way We Source

Matt Curtis

Jason Roberts

Rory Sutherland

Dred Scott

David Bush

Alan Mulally

Tim Jones

Peter Smith

Randy Roth

Eric Martin

Steve Wozniak

Alex Brown

Christian Lanng

Chris Browne

Kate Vitasek

OwlTail

(04:48) What inspired them to start BT Sourced?  (06:36) How BT are challenging and reinventing the traditional procurement model  (10:43) What other Chief Procurement Officers can do to challenge their current model of procurement (15:20) The results they've seen due to their Digital Transformation and what they like to call; their Digital Procurement Garage (22:46) How the Digital Solutions, that BT has adopted, has driven forward their sustainability initiative   Links: Cyril Pourrat BT Sourced Kodiak Hub SRM Platform

(04:48) What inspired them to start BT Sourced?  (06:36) How BT are challenging and reinventing the traditional procurement model  (10:43) What other Chief Procurement Officers can do to challenge their current model of procurement (15:20) The results they've seen due to their Digital Transformation and what they like to call; their Digital Procurement Garage (22:46) How the Digital Solutions, that BT has adopted, has driven forward their sustainability initiative  Links: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrilpourrat/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cyril Pourrat</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/bt-sourced/?originalSubdomain=ie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BT Sourced</a> <a href="//www.kodiakhub.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kodiak Hub SRM Platform</a>

11. How BT are Challenging the Traditional Procurement Model with Digital Solutions: a talk with Cyril Pourrat, founder of BT Sourced. 

Many procurement organizations pay lip service to innovation, but few are taking the steps required to make it a reality. Part of this has to do with the difficulty overcoming the paralysis of the unknown and part of it has to do with a willingness on procurement’s part to risk failure. Ironically, facing the unknown and pushing past the fear of failure makes it far more likely that disruptive innovation will be achieved. I’m joined today by Cyril Pourrat, Chief Procurement Officer at Sprint. They are three years into their transformation journey, one that has a new purpose in the context of Sprint’s pending merger with T-Mobile. If the merger goes ahead, procurement will be expected to drive significant synergy-based savings. If it does not, achieving cost savings will become even more critical for Sprint to thrive as a stand-alone company.  In preparation, Cyril and his team have launched a number of innovative programs. One of them is ‘Procurement Digital Labs’ – an initiative that is empowering a multi-generational team to identify and experiment with a broad range of technologies. The objective is to provide buyers with far deeper insights use in the development of their sourcing and category strategies. Another is enabling the use of predictive analytics in negotiations.  In this podcast, Cyril talks about:  The enabling technologies being evaluated by Sprint to help break the mold of traditional procurement thinking How design thinking has changed their procurement value proposition and attitude towards disruptive change The potential of hands-free procurement, made possible by digital assistant technology 

Many procurement organizations pay lip service to innovation, but few are taking the steps required to make it a reality. Part of this has to do with the difficulty overcoming the paralysis of the unknown and part of it has to do with a willingness on procurement’s part to risk failure. Ironically, facing the unknown and pushing past the fear of failure makes it far more likely that disruptive innovation will be achieved. I’m joined today by Cyril Pourrat, Chief Procurement Officer at Sprint. They are three years into their transformation journey, one that has a new purpose in the context of Sprint’s pending merger with T-Mobile. If the merger goes ahead, procurement will be expected to drive significant synergy-based savings. If it does not, achieving cost savings will become even more critical for Sprint to thrive as a stand-alone company. In preparation, Cyril and his team have launched a number of innovative programs. One of them is ‘Procurement Digital Labs’ – an initiative that is empowering a multi-generational team to identify and experiment with a broad range of technologies. The objective is to provide buyers with far deeper insights use in the development of their sourcing and category strategies. Another is enabling the use of predictive analytics in negotiations. In this podcast, Cyril talks about: <ul> <li>The enabling technologies being evaluated by Sprint to help break the mold of traditional procurement thinking</li> <li>How design thinking has changed their procurement value proposition and attitude towards disruptive change</li> <li>The potential of hands-free procurement, made possible by digital assistant technology</li> </ul>

257: Embracing Disruption to Spur Procurement Innovation w/ Cyril Pourrat