Preparing procurement professionals: Your organisation’s competitive advantage

Marisa Brown, Mercy Harper, Kate Vitasek and Bonnie Keith
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Marisa Brown: APQC, USA
Mercy Harper: APQC, USA
Kate Vitasek: Faculty member, University of Tennessee, USA
Bonnie Keith: The Forefront Group, USA

Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Procurement, 2022, vol. 4, issue 3, 269-279

Abstract: Skilled procurement professionals are in high demand, especially after the supply chain disruptions organisations have faced over the past year. However, this paper finds that current-state procurement talent development is not adequate. Procurement faces a leaky talent pipeline, as young professionals see the discipline as a mere stepping stone to other more lucrative career paths. This sentiment is amplified by the structure and focus of most organisations’ talent development programmes for procurement, which offer only the most basic and traditional approaches and focus on yesterday’s skill sets rather than future-ready capabilities. This paper explores the root causes of the procurement talent problem and offers actionable solutions for building more relevant, productive, attractive development programmes.

Keywords: procurement; sourcing; talent development; training; retention; soft skills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L23 M11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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