Episode 32: Don’t Play it Safe in Procurement

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:

• What Ashleigh does in Procurement (Caterpillar Dealership)

• How Ashleigh got into Procurement and why she loves it

• Why working in a Greenfield/new procurement team can be incredible - pros/cons

• How Procurement is perceived by your colleagues

• The daunting task of ripping millions out of the business through Industrial consumables

• Winning the CIPS Young Talent of the Year 2019 award

• The BIG aggregator project with 30+ consumable categories, 300,000 line items down to 60,000, across 23 sites that cover the size of India.

• Experience versus time served in Procurement roles and job adverts

• The issues with leaders who cannot use technology themselves and who do not understand the benefits of technology

• What the future of procurement is going to look like

• Why we should challenge procurement and push forward as millennials

• You need to adapt to change

• What was the impact of the CIPS award on Ashleigh’s career

Connect with Ashleigh here:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleigh-turner-7b69a876/ 

Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/1TgP5na4zCBCRcsXsLWVOm?si=6qlUmifHSdqsDPM3CfC-ow 

Website - https://www.empowerwithash.com/ebooks