{"id":3299,"date":"2014-02-24T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2014\/02\/24\/the-quality-rarely-found-on-procurement-job-descriptions-thats-required-for-every-modern-procurement-job\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T12:46:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T16:46:10","slug":"the-quality-rarely-found-on-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-quality-rarely-found-on-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quality Rarely Found on Procurement Job Descriptions (That&#8217;s Required For Every Modern Procurement Job)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope that you have enjoyed the article \u201cIs Your Procurement Job At Risk?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>In the article, I introduced you to three things you should do to ensure that a new procurement leader doesn\u2019t kick you to the curb in favor of a more energetic, younger \u2013 though less experienced \u2013 replacement.\u00a0 In this post, I\u2019d like to elaborate more on the third tip:\u00a0 Show that you are likeable.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we ALL think that we are likeable.\u00a0 Most of us have someone in our lives that likes us.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn\u2019t make us likeable in the broad business sense.<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself these questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do I greet everyone with (a) a warm smile, or (b) a not-so-enthusiastic facial expression?<\/li>\n<li>Do I present myself (a) professionally in appropriate dress and grooming, or (b) find myself looking less professional than others I work with?<\/li>\n<li>Do I (a) walk, talk, and carry myself with energy that others can notice, or (b) appear tired and slow to others?<\/li>\n<li>Do I often (a) offer to figure out a way to make things work, or (b) find myself telling people why things won\u2019t work?<\/li>\n<li>Do I (a) ask internal customers about what they want to accomplish, or (b) only talk about what I can or can\u2019t do for them?<\/li>\n<li>Do I (a) know when \u201cif you don\u2019t have anything nice to say, don\u2019t say anything\u201d is appropriate advice, or (b) find myself being critical of others, either to them or behind their backs?<\/li>\n<li>Do I (a) demonstrate calmness in the face of adversity, or (b) lose my temper in front of others and appear as a \u201cloose cannon?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Do I (a) show that I care by talking about \u201cthe big picture\u201d of my employer\u2019s success, or (b) only talk about my job and appear to care only for myself?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019ve answered (b) more than (a), I hate to say this, but\u2026you\u2019re probably a little unlikeable to some people!<\/p>\n<p>And that could spell procurement career trouble for you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMust be likable\u201d is rarely found on a procurement job description.\u00a0 But it is required for every modern procurement job.<\/p>\n<p>Though the leaders I discussed in the article cited behaviors, attitudes, historical performance, and the like as the reason why some of their former subordinates became dispensable, really what they were saying was \u201cI just didn\u2019t like the person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Being a procurement professional is a job.\u00a0 When you have a job, that means you may not have the freedom to totally be yourself. 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