Yesterday, I posted a long entry that analyzed the market for purchasing jobs: tactical purchasing jobs are being eliminated while strategic purchasing jobs are being created faster than they can be filled by qualified candidates. The latter situation is what is known as the \u201ctalent crunch.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This can seem like something of a paradox. If purchasing professionals are being displaced at the same time that new purchasing jobs are being created, there shouldn\u2019t be a talent crunch, right?<\/p>\n
Wrong.<\/p>\n
Employers who struggle to fill their strategic purchasing positions aren\u2019t having a hard time finding available candidates with purchasing experience<\/em>. They are having a hard time finding candidates who have modern, strategic purchasing expertise<\/em>.<\/p>\n Just because you\u2019ve been in purchasing for years, doesn\u2019t mean that you are qualified for a higher-level purchasing position. You have to know how to deliver measurable results in the modern purchasing environment. And there is a big difference.<\/p>\n I think that one of the reasons for the talent crunch is some buyers\u2019 reluctance to advance their own capabilities. Daily, I hear from buyers who complain that their employers will not fund purchasing training or a procurement certification for them. But, like their employers, they are also unwilling to invest in their purchasing careers.<\/p>\n This shocks me.<\/p>\n After all, it is their career. They stand to benefit from having advanced capabilities:<\/p>\n So if those in tactical purchasing roles realize the need for \u2013 and the opportunities that will arise from \u2013 skill improvement, the talent crunch will end and prosperity will be enjoyed by both employers and purchasing professionals alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday, I posted a long entry that analyzed the market […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"\n\n