Is procurement ready for the BIG LEAGUES?

Posted on August 24, 2023

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Great topic, Ulf Venne – Link to LinkedIn post/video titled Supply Chain Pioneers

The question is this: Are we ready to step into the spotlight of increasing expectations?

Early in the pandemic, I wrote an article for The Procurement ItaliaProcurement Professional 2.0: Why our industry needs a talent reboot. – https://bit.ly/3KVzCom

For example, for the six consecutive years leading up to the pandemic, more than half of CPOs said they did not believe their teams possessed the needed skills to enable them to achieve their strategic objectives. Once again, this was before the pandemic.

Conversely, company investment in education and training during the same period steadily declined.

So, here is the question: What are organizations doing now to both develop and acquire talent to meet these even greater challenges and demands?

Also, what areas of skills development are a priority?

Tagging 1st-level connections in Education and HR – Nick Fratto Kaila Flynn Brittany Cayless, MBA, Destinee Jewell Dawn Tiura Iain Campbell McKenna Bill Michels Clive R Heal Elvire Regnier Lussier Kate Vitasek Lisa Ellram HervĂ© Legenvre Frank Rozemeijer Micol Barba Maria Teresa Bongiovanni Matteo Perondi Daniel Barnes Etienne MARCHADIER Mirko Kleiner Alberto Franchin Heykel Ouni James E. Martin, CSP

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