Ep. 50 - Creating a Centralized Procurement Division with TDOT's Chris Yarbrough

Decisions That Matter: A Public Procurement Podcast

English - July 28, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 49 - Public Procurement in 2021 & Beyond with Jennifer Olzinger (Pittsburgh) and Trevor Day (Philadelphia)

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This episode features an interview with Chris Yarbrough from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT). Chris shares several actionable pieces of advice from his years in procurement about how to effectively create a new, centralized procurement division from scratch, and how to excel by being agile when the plan has to change due to unforeseen events like the 2020 pandemic.

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