Procurement Capability: People Matter Most Procurement Capability: People Matter Most – There is no shortage of procurement experts prepared to offer their unique recipe for successful procurement transformation. Experts will offer improved processes, better use of technology, the need for management support, yet many procurement functions find lasting success elusive. Why is this? Because it’s the people that matter most. … Read More
Category Management: 7 Steps to Establish Governance
Category Management: 7 Steps to Establish Governance Category Management: 7 Steps to Establish Governance – Strong effective governance defining the way work gets done is critical to implementing Category Management in any organization. Without it turf wars will ensue and the implementation initiative will likely lose its way. So what is Category Management Governance? At its core any governance structure … Read More
Team Procurement: measure capabilities, increase engagement and build bench strength
Successful CPO’s excel at building bench strength and succession management to spot the high potentials, identify strengths and weaknesses and put in place development programs to address the capability gaps. This is critical for sustainable success.
Building People Capability in Procurement – Part 3
Our model provides CPO’s & HR leaders with a systemized methodology to develop a collection of questions, collect the results and analyze the current state of data, processes, incentives, knowledge, capacity, and motives, to generate conversation of how to implement effective behavior change in their organization.
Building People Capability in Procurement – Part 2
The challenges that hold back most procurement teams in the workplace tend to relate to their ‘human traits’. Issues such as mindsets, behaviors, and organizational dynamics are key factors which can impact upon their relationships with stakeholders.
Building People Capability in Procurement – Part 1
Many procurement functions are finding lasting success elusive because they fall into the trap of relying entirely on technical tools like spend analytics, SRM and so on. They forget transformation does not happen simply by providing the “ingredients”, it’s always the people that are the key factor in creating procurement success.