At some point, Purchasing professionals will deal with managing a Purchasing Project. It wouldn’t take long before it is a requirement for tomorrow’s purchasing leaders. As such, getting project management skills should be on every purchaser’s agenda.
Enrollees in NLPA’s certification program often give me interesting feedback on the required course Microsoft Project For Purchasing Professionals.
Many of them have never even heard of Microsoft Project before.
It made me wonder…is the idea of using Microsoft Project intimidating? Would more people seek to become SPSM’s if Microsoft Project wasn’t required?
The minute that I begin thinking that maybe a few more people would pursue SPSM Certification if it weren’t for this purchasing course, I recall what my job is.
My job is not to cater to the way most purchasing is done today. It is to lead purchasing into the future. And that future has purchasers, not processing transactions. Not dealing with day-to-day supplier issues. But managing projects. Purchasing and supply management is becoming a project management function.
So, yes, Microsoft Project For Purchasing Professionals should be required of tomorrow’s purchasing leaders. Getting project management skills should be on every purchaser’s agenda.
At least every purchaser who wants to be employed in the 2010 – 2019 decade.
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