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Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis.

In today’s Procurement in 5 Minutes Christmas special, we have a slight change of plans! While I’m busy helping Mrs. Claus hold down the fort and covering for Santa’s packed schedule, we’ve got a fantastic guest host stepping in.

Nina Bomberg, Director of Global Indirect Procurement at Dormakaba, is taking the reins (literally) in this episode to ask Santa some festive and procurement-related questions. Trust me, you don’t want to miss it!

Visit Nina’s LinkedIn profile @: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninabomberg/

Visit Santa's profile @: TheNorthPole

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We live and work in a busy world in which there is little time to read, watch or listen beyond the headlines.

Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis.

In today’s procurement in 5 minutes, I am thrilled to be joined by Dave Jones, the Head of Procurement for IT and digital at Virgin Media O2.

Dave has been working in procurement for over a decade and has firsthand experience with the common issues that many job candidates face today, AI Bias. While AI is certainly a game-changer in many industries, it's not helping candidates find new roles. Almost 90% of employers use filters or ranking systems in their recruitment systems to select potential candidates, and these systems are hindering our recruitment efforts. Even when a candidate meets all the requirements, they are overlooked due to keyword mismatches.

Dave highlights this ongoing problem and is the perfect person to answer the question:

There is No Talent Shortage in Procurement—Our Recruitment AI Systems Suck

Visit Dave’s LinkedIn profile @: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dohjones/

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We live and work in a busy world in which there is little time to read, watch or listen beyond the headlines.

Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis.

In today’s Procurement in 5 minutes, I am thrilled to be joined by Robert Semethy, the CPO at Erste Group Bank.

Robert has been in procurement for over three decades and believes that training is vital to procurement’s growth. But, despite the importance of skills development in procurement, there has been a substantial and long-term decline in the volume of employers that regularly train their teams. Robert highlights this on-going problem and is the perfect person to answer the question:

Is procurement neglecting training and development?

Visit Roberts’s LinkedIn profile @: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsemethy/