The Catalysts Podcast – The crucial and sometimes misunderstood role of Procurement – June 7th 2021

Catalyst Podcast hosted by Ken Valledy (Partner/Co-founder at Progressive)

“Today’s focus area is the ‘Role of Procurement’ and the pivotal role that it can play in ensuring that the partnership between a start-up and corporate works to it’s full potential. Our guest is Tina Fegent, who is a global leader in Marketing Consultancy Procurement and whose clients include Adidas, Age UK, BBC TV Licensing, British Land, Debenhams, Deliveroo, DFS, Dreams, KPMG, Moneysupermarket.com, RNLI, SSE, Selfridges, Vodafone, Yopa, William Hill and John Lewis and Waitrose. In today’s show we discuss many areas including, ‘Is Procurement misunderstood, does it get a bad rap?’ ‘What is Procurement’s true purpose, why is it important?’ and ‘What can large Procurement department’s do differently when it comes to working with start-ups?'”