In order for the procurement professional to significantly unlock value in the organisation they require a number of key skills whether that’s:
Functionally
- Strategic sourcing
- Negotiation
- Supplier management
- Risk management
Business wide
- Leadership and management
- Change management
- Team working
- Influencing & communication
- Stakeholder management
- Conducting a procurement diagnostic
- Facilitating or developing a procurement or category strategy
- Management development
- Team development
- Relationship management - within the team, with internal stakeholders or suppliers
- Procurement skills assessment
- Procurement skills development - both functional & business
- Project or meeting facilitation
- Coaching
Which of these will benefit you and your team most will depend on, for example, your spend, team, goals, values, priorities, and so on.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Alison Smith
The Purchasing Coach
Inspiring change inside and out
