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I am a procurement professional, who is all about connecting with the supply chain community in a positive, fun and engaging way. I am currently the host of the Supply Chain Ambassador Podcast.

Mr Abrauna Yakubu

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    • Oct 6, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Being Nice versus Kind, with Richard Roulx, acting Deputy Commissioner at Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 31:26


    On today's podcast, Richard shares with us the difference between being Nice versus Kind. As he highlights the importance of sticking to your values in a professional setting. Listen now.

    The power of Mentorship with Antonia Roul, acting deputy director at Global Affairs Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 11:55


    On today's podcast, Antonia shares with us the power of mentorship and how her career has shaped her growth in public sector procurement.

    Procurement is not a Help Desk with Danielle Gudbranson, manager of procurement policy at National Resources Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 15:18


    On today's podcast, Danielle shares with us the challenges of explaining the bureaucratic process of procurement and overcoming that, with the clients.As she says in her words "there's this giant web of rules and we have to make the connections, connect the dots between where the box stops and where the rules start and where we can play within the gray space and where we can't."Listen to the full podcast for more.

    From the armed forces to the public service, with Ghislain Sauvé, Director General with the Correctional Services of Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 23:37


    From the armed forces to the public service, our guest Ghislain Sauvé, has done it all. In this podcast, he shares some of his challenges and successes and how that is helping him, in his new role.

    Recognising Accomplishments with Kathleen Mitchell, Acting Assistant Chief Statistician at Statistics Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 7:37


    A young director at the age of 30, Kathleen Mitchell shares with us, her successes and challenges, stepping into new roles and while maintaining a positive attitude.

    Landing Government Contracts with Allison McMillan, owner and proposal manager at Jametec

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 13:16


    Allison McMillan was looking for the next stage of her career and noticed a big gap between what small business owners have the time to do, to bid on government contracts. On Today's Podcast, I speak with Allison McMillan and how she is helping small businesses land government contracts.

    Finding encouragement and success in mentorship, with Arjun Kashetty, founder of Fellow International Student Organization

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 19:42


    After Arjun Kashetty graduated, as an international student in 2016, he had a pretty hard time finding full time work. On today's Podcast Arjun shares his journey, and how he found encouragement and confidence to achieve success.

    The 3 buckets of an Entrepreneur, with Brandon Wright, P.Eng., CEO at Barnacle Systems

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2022 18:31


    In January of 2017, Brandon's personal sailboat broke moorage and landed on the beach without alerting him. After which, he decided to create a solution that is now sold in over 40 countries around the world. On today's podcast., Brandon shares his journey as an entrepreneur.

    Research and Academia, with Ahmad Teymouri, program coordinator of the Global Supply Chain Management program at Algonquin college

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 17:00


    In today's podcast, I went back to school.... to the college, where I graduated with my supply chain degree, to invite my special guest. Ahmad Teymouri is helping shed light on his work as the coordinator of the supply chain program at Algonquin college and the wonderful work his students are doing.

    Fostering a healthy client relationship with John Caves, Senior Manager at Employment and Social Development Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 19:41


    On today's Podcast, John Caves is here to share with us some of the great things that he's doing building client relationships, at Employment and Social Development Canada.

    Creative Leadership with Troy Crosby, Assistant Deputy Minister of Department of National Defense.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 15:13


    On Today's podcast, Assistant Deputy Minister, Troy Crosby, shares his leadership strategies and how you can bring creativity to any solution.

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    Part 2: Material Management with Richard Quinn of Department of National Defence.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 18:07


    On today's podcast. We continue our discussion with Richard to understand the material management challenges in the public service of Canada. Richard shares his approach to finding success.

    Part 1: Material Management with Richard Quinn of Department of National Defence.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 22:22


    On today's podcast. We learn about material management and the strategies Richard uses to navigate supply chain in the public service of Canada. This is the 1st part of our long conversation. The next part will be published two weeks from now.

    Intern opportunities with Darin Hayduk of Public Services and Procurement Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 22:35


    Are you a student currently attending university or college? In today's Podcast, we will learn of the intern officer program and the great work our next guest is doing, in order to help you land a career in the public service procurement field.

    Organizational Problem Solving with Jordan Daly-Frey

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 21:25


    In today's Podcast, we discuss with Jordan Daly-Fry about problem solving and how organizations can accelerate business transformations and arrive at better outcomes.

    Selling Surplus Assets, with Josee Doucet, of GC Surplus.ca

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 28:50


    How does the public service get rid of all the stuff that it buys? How does it manage surplus items? Helping me to learn more about that is Josie Doucet.

    Kick-off to season 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 3:37


    Hello colleagues, I wanted to take a brief moment to share with you what is new, as well as all the exciting details about the podcast.Check out my new website at: https://supplychainambassador.com/

    Episode 22: Socio-economic Benefits in Procurement, with Michelle Mascoll, of Public Services and Procurement Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 19:36


    In Today's podcast, Michelle Mascoll shares with us, what the federal public service is doing to achieve socioeconomic benefits in its federal procurement. Whether it be, green procurement or social procurement in support of diversity, accessibility, women in business and Indigenous procurement.

    Episode 21: Learning Social Procurement, with Tori Williamson, of the BuySocialCanada.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 17:20


    In today's podcast, Tori Williamson of Buy Social Canada talks about social procurement, and discusses how you can become a social procurement leader.

    Episode 20: Meet the Procurement Ombudsman, with Alexander Jeglic, of the Office of the Procurement Ombudsman.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 39:56


    The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO) is a neutral and independent organization of the Government of Canada that helps resolve contracting disputes between businesses and the federal government.

    Episode 19: De-centralized Procurement, with Tracy Harris of the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services, Government of British Columbia

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2021 23:23


    On today's podcast, Tracy Harris invites us to learn more about the world of procurement in the Government of British Columbia.

    Episode 18: Materiel Management Integration, with Brownwynn Guymer of National Defence of Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 20:11


    In today's episode, Brownwynn Guymer, policy writer for National Defence, helps us understand material management in the public service.

    Episode 17: Defining Contractual Arrangements, with Danielle Aubin of Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 20:53


    How do public servants purchase from other government entities, non-profit, or international agencies ? On this special podcast, I speak with Danielle Aubin from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat to shed light on this topic. Find out, how Contractual Arrangements work to set-up these purchases.

    Episode 16: Public Sector Career Paths in procurement, with Daniel Pilon of Global Affairs Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 31:52


    In today's podcast, my former mentor, Daniel Pilon, joins the Supply Chain Ambassador podcast to discuss; the latest hot topics in procurement, the death star in star wars, taking chances with lateral moves, managing staff remotely and bringing over 60,000 Canadians back home from Afghanistan.

    Episode 15: Procurement Modernization, with Mark Janes of Public Procurement Agency, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 18:20


    In this podcast, we talk about how resilient and transformative public procurement can be. As we move forward towards our modernization goals, Public Sector organizations have to recognize how critical it is to modernize core foundational pillars of talent, process, technology, and culture in order to achieve an efficient, agile and diversified procurement function.

    Episode 14: The Job Market Gap, with Fahd Gulzar, from Amazon Web Services.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 13:54


    Coming out of the pandemic, we enter into a new world, where the current job market will be changed for good. New skills are needed for the jobs of tomorrow. There are great careers out there, and an even bigger demand for people, like you, in these well-paid careers. On today's podcast, Fahd Gulzar is going to help me understand the job market gap and how he, is helping to address that gap.

    Episode 13: Government financial policy, with Dominique Pagé, from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 15:37


    How do you implement a successful government financial policy? and support the people who will help to implement the policy? Please welcome Dominique Pagé, our special guest on today's podcast episode.

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    Episode 12: Understanding Business Acumen, with Al Garlinski, from Public Services and Procurement Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 17:30


    Al Garlinski is helping me to understand business acumen, in public sector procurement.

    Episode 11: Purchasing from the Correctional Service of Canada, with Kelly Hartle, Chief the Executive Officer at CORCAN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 22:15


    On today's podcast, we are going to explore a very different kind of procurement. One that contributes to safe communities by providing offenders with employment and employability skills training, during their incarceration in federal penitentiaries.CORCAN is a key rehabilitation program of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) that offers employment training and employability skills to offenders in federal correctional institutions, to support rehabilitation and help lower rates of re-offending.

    Episode 10: Life-saving accessibility Solution, with Steve Agisnaga of EVAC+CHAIR Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 14:06


    On today's podcast, I want to focus on an accessible solution that is ensuring, in a case of an emergency in a multi-floored building, that no one gets left behind. Joining me today is Steve Agisnaga Territory Manager of EVAC+CHAIR CANADA

    Episode 9: Beautiful Co-working Office Spaces, with Vince Valenti of Workaway Offices.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 20:36


    The pandemic has certainly changed the way we think about our office spaces. Overnight, working from home became the new norm. But working from home is not for everyone. As we change the way we think about our office spaces, it becomes important that we find a more flexible solution. Helping me to learn about the beautiful and flexible work spaces is Vince Valenti.

    Episode 8: Public Speaking Fears, with Alex Keenan, of Stage Light Communications.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 18:20


    Public Speaking can be scary! On today's podcast, Alex Keenan helps us understand how to overcome our fears with authenticity and in doing so, be our best selves.Visit: https://stagelight.ca to find out more.

    Episode 7: Getting a Public Sector Job in Canada, with Anne Beausoleil of Public Services and Procurement Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 24:47


    Ever wondered how to get a job in the Canadian federal public service? On today's podcast, we help you understand how the job hiring process works and what you can do to help you, in your job hunt.

    Episode 6: Agile procurement with Guylaine Carrière, of Shared Services Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 16:40


    Government procurement can be quite rigid. On today's podcast, learn how Guylaine Carrière, Director of agile and innovative procurement, at Shared Services Canada is changing that mentality!

    Episode 5: Green Procurement with Mathieu Lesage, of Treasury Board of Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 16:41


    How is the Canadian Government implementing Green in its procurement?Listen and find out.

    Episode 4: Social Procurement with Tori Williamson, of Buy Social Canada.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 15:07


    On today's episode, we are going to talk about the power of social procurement.

    Episode 3: Regional benefits with Gerald Rarama, of VARD Marine Inc.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 15:09


    Millions of dollars are spent on Canadian government contracts. What is one way the Canadian government is making sure those millions are feeding your pocket and the Canadian Economy? Find out in this Podcast.

    Episode 2: Recycling PPE with Andy Straisfeld, of Lifecycle Revive.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 19:47


    I have a very exciting guest on today's episode where we are going to talk about recycling personal protective equipment (PPE).

    Episode 1: Professional associations with Carolyn Montague, of CIPMM.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 33:19


    A frank discussion with the president of the Canadian Institute for Procurement and Materiel Management.#Abrauna

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