Dave Pastore's guest appearances

Dave Pastore

Art of Procurement

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

Joe Payne

Bill Dorn

Jennifer Ulrich

When the first edition of Managing Indirect Spend was published, Joe Payne and Bill Dorn often spoke to customers about what strategic sourcing was and what value it could bring to their organization. 10 years later, much has changed, but a lot has remained the same. Procurement is now much better known and recognized as a valuable corporate function, and yet we are still facing many of the same challenges we were back then. Authors Joe Payne, Bill Dorn, Dave Pastore, and Jenn Ulrich all work for Corcentric, where they spend their time working with procurement teams to help them transform and mature. Many of their real life experiences are included in the book, allowing procurement leaders to learn from the journeys of others. In this conversation, the authors speak with Host Philip Ideson about:  How procurement can secure ‘sponsorship’ for strategic sourcing projects and encourage the business to engage them as early as possible The common mistakes or ‘landmines’ that undermine procurement’s efforts to bring spend under management Options for procurement organizational design that make it possible to address all of the levels of project complexity that naturally arise 

When the first edition of Managing Indirect Spend was published, Joe Payne and Bill Dorn often spoke to customers about what strategic sourcing was and what value it could bring to their organization. 10 years later, much has changed, but a lot has remained the same. Procurement is now much better known and recognized as a valuable corporate function, and yet we are still facing many of the same challenges we were back then. Authors Joe Payne, Bill Dorn, Dave Pastore, and Jenn Ulrich all work for Corcentric, where they spend their time working with procurement teams to help them transform and mature. Many of their real life experiences are included in the book, allowing procurement leaders to learn from the journeys of others. In this conversation, the authors speak with Host Philip Ideson about: <ul> <li>How procurement can secure ‘sponsorship’ for strategic sourcing projects and encourage the business to engage them as early as possible</li> <li>The common mistakes or ‘landmines’ that undermine procurement’s efforts to bring spend under management</li> <li>Options for procurement organizational design that make it possible to address all of the levels of project complexity that naturally arise</li> </ul>

404: A Conversation with the Authors of ‘Managing Indirect Spend’ w/ Joe Payne, Bill Dorn, Dave Pastore, and Jennifer Ulrich

Telecom has been on an interesting and unique journey as a spend category. Gone are the days when all that was needed to deliver significant savings was a professionally conducted third-party audit or service rationalization/optimization. Today, most organizations are several years post audit, looking for new efficiencies in a category that is not only evolving, it is also encroaching on other categories of spend. Dave Pastore is a Senior Director of Sourcing Operations at Corcentric where he specializes in telecom spend. It was his analytical background that led him to specialize in this category, plus a noticeable gap in procurement ownership over telecom, a traditionally siloed category.   In this interview, Dave shares his point of view with Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner on:  How the line between IT and telecom has blurred over time, and why this is likely to continue Why telecom is simultaneously like the ‘Wild West’ from a new entrant perspective and also a rapidly consolidating industry The opportunities that exist to nurture collaboration between team members and between companies and third parties, and the value procurement can deliver by supporting these opportunities 

Telecom has been on an interesting and unique journey as a spend category. Gone are the days when all that was needed to deliver significant savings was a professionally conducted third-party audit or service rationalization/optimization. Today, most organizations are several years post audit, looking for new efficiencies in a category that is not only evolving, it is also encroaching on other categories of spend. Dave Pastore is a Senior Director of Sourcing Operations at Corcentric where he specializes in telecom spend. It was his analytical background that led him to specialize in this category, plus a noticeable gap in procurement ownership over telecom, a traditionally siloed category. In this interview, Dave shares his point of view with Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner on: <ul> <li>How the line between IT and telecom has blurred over time, and why this is likely to continue</li> <li>Why telecom is simultaneously like the ‘Wild West’ from a new entrant perspective and also a rapidly consolidating industry</li> <li>The opportunities that exist to nurture collaboration between team members and between companies and third parties, and the value procurement can deliver by supporting these opportunities</li> </ul>

341: The Current State of Telecom Spend W/ Dave Pastore