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The Sourcing Hero

Ep 245: Strategic Stakeholder Expectation Setting feat. Richard Campbell

Sep 2, 2026 · 21m

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About this episode

While category expertise and strategies help procurement deliver specific business outcomes, sometimes it is the cross-category fundamentals that make the biggest difference of all. Case in point: stakeholder expectation setting. How fast will a project move and why? What might need to be changed to deliver the results the business is looking for? How should stakeholders think about savings and cost avoidance? These are important topics for procurement to address before a sourcing project ever gets underway. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes Richard Campbell to the show. Richard has deep experience in procurement, specifically in sourcing and managing…