When Kevin Gordon joined Grady Health System four years ago, he inherited a supply chain function that lacked credibility, documented processes, and modern technology. Before asking for a single dollar, he ran a structured assessment across four pillars: people, processes, finances, and technology. That sequence mattered. Everything that followed, including a full ERP migration from … EP 54 – Grady Health’s Kevin Gordon On The Back-To-Basics Approach To Rebuild Supply Chain Credibility

Ben Haygood built his healthcare supply chain career from the ground up, starting on third shift stocking an ER at 19. Now, as Director of Strategic Sourcing at Piedmont Healthcare, the largest healthcare system in Georgia, he runs a centralized sourcing operation spanning 27 hospitals that has grown from 8 facilities in just 8 years. … EP 53 – Piedmont Healthcare’s Ben Haygood on Why Consolidating Vendors Can Cost Patients More Than It Saves Your Org

Régine Honoré Villain spent 30 years inside complex enterprise environments watching brilliant strategies get handed off and quietly die. Not because the strategy was wrong, but because nothing was built to catch it. That gap between execution and organizational adoption is now the core focus of her advisory firm, REHVÉAL, and it reframes how she … EP 52 – REHVÉAL’s Régine Honoré Villain on Flipping the Sourcing-to-Adoption Ratio

Jason Moulding, Chief Supply Chain Officer at MultiCare Health System, has spent 25 years building toward a supply chain function that leads M&A integrations, runs enterprise performance analytics, and holds its position at the executive table through leadership transitions. He walks through the strategic planning model he’s been running since 2017 and how 3 iterations … EP 51 – Multicare’s Jason Moulding on Building Strategy around People, Process, Performance, & Partnership

Yisa Wong, VP of Strategic Sourcing at Fossil Group, has spent over 20 years building sourcing operations across fashion and accessories, with stops at Liz Claiborne, Gap, Coach, and now Fossil Group, where she’s based in Hong Kong managing APAC sourcing and procurement. She talks through how she thinks about supplier relationships, supply chain risk, … EP 50 – Fossil Group’s Yisa Wong on Sourcing through Global Disruption

Teresa Dail, Chief Supply Chain Officer Emeritus – President at Vanderbilt Health Purchasing Collaborative, spent 17 years as an ICU nurse and nursing leader before being hired back to Orlando Health to close what she describes as a “Grand Canyon” of disconnect between materials management and clinical teams. That background shaped her entire approach for … EP 49 – Vanderbilt’s Teresa Dail on How a Clinical Background Shapes Supply Chain Leadership

CPOs are navigating two pressures at once right now: figuring out where AI actually fits in their operations, and keeping their teams motivated through what feels like unending disruption. Michael Dunlap, Head of Content and Growth, ProcureCon Events at Worldwide Business Research, runs around 30 research calls with procurement practitioners before building each conference agenda, … EP 48 – ProcureCon’s Michael Dunlap on The Pulse of the Chief Procurement Officer

Jim Francis, Chair of Supply Chain Management, built Mayo Clinic’s supply chain commercialization business not out of ambition, but out of necessity. Eighteen years later, it’s generating enough revenue to offset 73% of the department’s operating expenses. The strategy rests on three principles: never launch a “me too” commercial offering, hire experts who already understand … EP 47 – Mayo Clinic’s Jim Francis on Strategy, Commercialization & Giving Back

During COVID, Stamford Health built inventory dashboards that updated multiple times per day to track supplies arriving in bulk quantities at unpredictable intervals from new vendors. This real-time visibility transformed clinical leadership’s perception of supply chain from back-office function to operational intelligence center. Shenelle Padarat-Singh, Director of Strategic Sourcing, explains how her transition from managing … EP 46 – Stamford Health’s Shenelle Padarat-Singh on Clinician Wants vs. What Usage Data Shows

Procurement’s biggest misconception isn’t about the work itself; it’s about believing your role stops at cost savings. Juliana Saretta, Former VP of US Sourcing at Keurig Dr Pepper, spent 30 years proving that procurement touches every part of the enterprise: growth strategy, cash flow management, brand integrity, and now climate solutions. She shares how when … EP 45 – Keurig Dr Pepper’s Juliana Saretta on Post-merger Integration through Listening, Not Leverage