{"id":2391,"date":"2007-12-19T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2007\/12\/19\/is-purchasing-about-to-get-younger\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T10:48:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:48:29","slug":"is-purchasing-about-to-get-younger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/is-purchasing-about-to-get-younger\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Purchasing About To Get Younger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was at the local purchasing association meeting last night and was surprised that I was in a quite a number of conversations where the word \u201cretirement\u201d came up.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>Now, these weren\u2019t 70-somethings. These were sharp-minded 50-somethings that obviously did a good job of financial planning.<\/p>\n<p>Some of their companies have locked on to this trend and have brought in young blood. Others\u2026well, not so much.<\/p>\n<p>So if you\u2019re a purchasing department head and you have a team comprised of a lot of 50-somethings, you better have a plan in case they retire. How is the work going to be done?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will you simply downsize and allow others on the team absorb the work?<\/li>\n<li>Is there work you can automate?<\/li>\n<li>Will you hire replacements?<\/li>\n<li>Will you outsource the work?<\/li>\n<li>Will you utilize some combination of the foregoing?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The important thing is that you\u2019re thinking about this situation now. 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