The Art of Selling to Procurement

There is both Art and Science in procurement. Phil Ideson helps purchasers and sellers form more effective partnerships. Phil says, "Procurement doesn't make decisions. Procurement does have any money. They influence decisions." The number one problem 600 procurement leaders said they have "is the perception of procurement". Their capability is misunderstood internally as simply providing cost savings, and by sellers as blockers and adversaries. We explore how procurement is measured and compensated, the mistakes made when tactical procurement treats low spend as low importance. Phil appeals for greater communication and collaboration to avoid the breakdown in human relationships which ultimately hurt the business. Contact Phill via LInkedIn linkedin.com/in/philipideson Website: artofprocurement.com  (Company Website)Email: philip@artofprocurement.comTwitter: pideson--Make sure you share this with your own procurement team if you have one, with your entire sales team and your senior management. Think of one person you can share this with immediately.--Contact me at marcus@laughs-last.com 

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The Inquisitor podcast is produced by salespeople for salespeople for the ambitiously lazy sales professional. Delivering practical, real-world sales tips and advice to help you sell more, sell more often, sell to more people and sell for more money you will learn about the best practices in direct sales, sales management, selling to the C-suite, sales recruitment & predictive hiring in sales, how to prevent wrong hires, buyer-seller-manager sales psychology, enterprise selling, channel sales and channel sales management. We are interviewing some giants in salesforce development and lifetime behaviour modification, exploring how you self-sabotage in sales, removing your excuses and shattering many myths around selling and salespeople. No fluff. No excuses. Fun and uncomfortable.