How To Increase Procurement’s Credibility<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>PurchTips edition #309<\/p>\n<\/div>
What Do Stakeholders Think Of Your Department?<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>Some procurement departments face the challenge of having little credibility with their stakeholders. Here are four ways that leading procurement departments increase their credibility with stakeholders.<\/p>\n
\n- Embed a procurement employee in the stakeholder’s department.<\/strong>\u00a0A frustration that stakeholders have with Procurement is that they feel that Procurement doesn’t understand what they do. Procurement is usually off in some office space far from where the stakeholder works. By having a procurement employee physically located in the stakeholder’s department, Procurement will have a better understanding of the quality, delivery, service, and other supplier performance requirements important to the stakeholder.<\/li>\n
- Hire someone with your stakeholder’s background.<\/strong>\u00a0Stakeholders worry when decisions about highly technical decisions are being made by people without highly technical backgrounds. For highly technical categories where stakeholder collaboration is key, leading procurement departments often hire individuals with the stakeholder’s background. For example, if the stakeholders are engineers, the procurement department will hire engineers. If they are information technology professionals, the procurement department will hire information technology professionals. They make these hires knowing that procurement techniques can be taught to smart people.<\/li>\n
- Have a communications manager.<\/strong>\u00a0Procurement professionals generally communicate well. But most do not have the level of skill required to be an influential and inspirational public relations executive. Yet, that level of skill is required for some procurement organizations to attain the level of credibility to which they aspire. Some leading procurement departments have an employee with top-notch public relations skills focused exclusively on communicating to stakeholders and staying out of the “trenches” of procurement itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Learn the fourth way of increasing Procurement’s credibility from my blog at\u00a0http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/lu8aluz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Do You Want a More Rewarding Procurement Career?<\/h5><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/spsm_verify.jpg\" "\\"spsm_verify\\"")
<\/span><\/div>Are you tired of not getting enough opportunities, respect, and money out of your procurement career? Well, guess what? Nothing will change unless you take action towards becoming a world-class procurement professional.<\/p>\n
Earning your SPSM Certification is the action to take if you want to bring the most modern procurement practices into your organization and achieve your career potential. Download the SPSM Certification Guide today to learn how to get started on your journey to a more rewarding procurement career!<\/p>\n<\/div>
Download<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Need Better Performance From Your Procurement Team?<\/h5><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/services.jpg\" "\\"services\\"")
<\/span><\/div>Are you a procurement leader whose team isn\u2019t achieving the results you know are possible? Maybe it\u2019s not enough cost savings. Or frustrating performance from the supply base. Or dissatisfied internal customers.<\/p>\n
You need a performance improvement plan that\u2019s easy to implement and quick to produce results. The NLPA can help.<\/p>\n
Download our whitepaper \u201cThe Procurement Leader\u2019s Guide To A More Successful Team.\u201d You\u2019ll learn the 7 steps for transforming your staff into a results-producing, world-class procurement team.<\/p>\n<\/div>
PurchTips edition #309<\/p>\n<\/div>
What Do Stakeholders Think Of Your Department?<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>Some procurement departments face the challenge of having little credibility with their stakeholders. Here are four ways that leading procurement departments increase their credibility with stakeholders.<\/p>\n
\n- Embed a procurement employee in the stakeholder’s department.<\/strong>\u00a0A frustration that stakeholders have with Procurement is that they feel that Procurement doesn’t understand what they do. Procurement is usually off in some office space far from where the stakeholder works. By having a procurement employee physically located in the stakeholder’s department, Procurement will have a better understanding of the quality, delivery, service, and other supplier performance requirements important to the stakeholder.<\/li>\n
- Hire someone with your stakeholder’s background.<\/strong>\u00a0Stakeholders worry when decisions about highly technical decisions are being made by people without highly technical backgrounds. For highly technical categories where stakeholder collaboration is key, leading procurement departments often hire individuals with the stakeholder’s background. For example, if the stakeholders are engineers, the procurement department will hire engineers. If they are information technology professionals, the procurement department will hire information technology professionals. They make these hires knowing that procurement techniques can be taught to smart people.<\/li>\n
- Have a communications manager.<\/strong>\u00a0Procurement professionals generally communicate well. But most do not have the level of skill required to be an influential and inspirational public relations executive. Yet, that level of skill is required for some procurement organizations to attain the level of credibility to which they aspire. Some leading procurement departments have an employee with top-notch public relations skills focused exclusively on communicating to stakeholders and staying out of the “trenches” of procurement itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Learn the fourth way of increasing Procurement’s credibility from my blog at\u00a0http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/lu8aluz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Do You Want a More Rewarding Procurement Career?<\/h5><\/div><\/span><\/div>Are you tired of not getting enough opportunities, respect, and money out of your procurement career? Well, guess what? Nothing will change unless you take action towards becoming a world-class procurement professional.<\/p>\n
Earning your SPSM Certification is the action to take if you want to bring the most modern procurement practices into your organization and achieve your career potential. Download the SPSM Certification Guide today to learn how to get started on your journey to a more rewarding procurement career!<\/p>\n<\/div>
Download<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Need Better Performance From Your Procurement Team?<\/h5><\/div><\/span><\/div>Are you a procurement leader whose team isn\u2019t achieving the results you know are possible? Maybe it\u2019s not enough cost savings. Or frustrating performance from the supply base. Or dissatisfied internal customers.<\/p>\n
You need a performance improvement plan that\u2019s easy to implement and quick to produce results. The NLPA can help.<\/p>\n
Download our whitepaper \u201cThe Procurement Leader\u2019s Guide To A More Successful Team.\u201d You\u2019ll learn the 7 steps for transforming your staff into a results-producing, world-class procurement team.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Some procurement departments face the challenge of having little credibility with their stakeholders. Here are four ways that leading procurement departments increase their credibility with stakeholders.<\/p>\n
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- Embed a procurement employee in the stakeholder’s department.<\/strong>\u00a0A frustration that stakeholders have with Procurement is that they feel that Procurement doesn’t understand what they do. Procurement is usually off in some office space far from where the stakeholder works. By having a procurement employee physically located in the stakeholder’s department, Procurement will have a better understanding of the quality, delivery, service, and other supplier performance requirements important to the stakeholder.<\/li>\n
- Hire someone with your stakeholder’s background.<\/strong>\u00a0Stakeholders worry when decisions about highly technical decisions are being made by people without highly technical backgrounds. For highly technical categories where stakeholder collaboration is key, leading procurement departments often hire individuals with the stakeholder’s background. For example, if the stakeholders are engineers, the procurement department will hire engineers. If they are information technology professionals, the procurement department will hire information technology professionals. They make these hires knowing that procurement techniques can be taught to smart people.<\/li>\n
- Have a communications manager.<\/strong>\u00a0Procurement professionals generally communicate well. But most do not have the level of skill required to be an influential and inspirational public relations executive. Yet, that level of skill is required for some procurement organizations to attain the level of credibility to which they aspire. Some leading procurement departments have an employee with top-notch public relations skills focused exclusively on communicating to stakeholders and staying out of the “trenches” of procurement itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Learn the fourth way of increasing Procurement’s credibility from my blog at\u00a0http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/lu8aluz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Do You Want a More Rewarding Procurement Career?<\/h5><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Are you tired of not getting enough opportunities, respect, and money out of your procurement career? Well, guess what? Nothing will change unless you take action towards becoming a world-class procurement professional.<\/p>\n
Earning your SPSM Certification is the action to take if you want to bring the most modern procurement practices into your organization and achieve your career potential. Download the SPSM Certification Guide today to learn how to get started on your journey to a more rewarding procurement career!<\/p>\n<\/div>
Download<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Need Better Performance From Your Procurement Team?<\/h5><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Are you a procurement leader whose team isn\u2019t achieving the results you know are possible? Maybe it\u2019s not enough cost savings. Or frustrating performance from the supply base. Or dissatisfied internal customers.<\/p>\n
You need a performance improvement plan that\u2019s easy to implement and quick to produce results. The NLPA can help.<\/p>\n
Download our whitepaper \u201cThe Procurement Leader\u2019s Guide To A More Successful Team.\u201d You\u2019ll learn the 7 steps for transforming your staff into a results-producing, world-class procurement team.<\/p>\n<\/div>
- Hire someone with your stakeholder’s background.<\/strong>\u00a0Stakeholders worry when decisions about highly technical decisions are being made by people without highly technical backgrounds. For highly technical categories where stakeholder collaboration is key, leading procurement departments often hire individuals with the stakeholder’s background. For example, if the stakeholders are engineers, the procurement department will hire engineers. If they are information technology professionals, the procurement department will hire information technology professionals. They make these hires knowing that procurement techniques can be taught to smart people.<\/li>\n
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