Situation

• New VP of Global Supply Chain wanted to understand the development needs of his team
• Business needed to improve procurement capabilities
• VP wanted to move to a category management approach
• Limited budgets available for training and development

Approach

• Global competency framework agreed and developed
• Role profiles and role targets agreed
• All team members carried out knowledge based assessment in our iProcure Assessment Platform
• iProcure produces the skills gaps automatically and makes them available to participants and their managers PC desktop
• Training and development program agreed and implemented

Recommendations

• Business alignment of training needs and priorities
• Training modalities including e-learning, virtual classroom and classroom training
• HR alignment with performance reviews

Benefits

• Companywide visibility of skills gaps, maturity levels, and competencies identified and available to participants and managers across the organization
• A targeted training program focused on specific training needs
• High potential employees identified
• Ability to measure learning over a training program with hard data