{"id":3565,"date":"2017-03-22T07:36:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T07:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2017\/03\/22\/extreme-vetting-for-procurement-jobs\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T07:29:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T11:29:33","slug":"extreme-vetting-procurement-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/extreme-vetting-procurement-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Vetting for Procurement Jobs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though procurement departments are way more respected than they were 20-30 years ago, there is still work to do. \u00a0There are still some procurement departments that have vestiges of years past: \u00a0seats filled by procurement people and not procurement <em>professionals<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>I am occasionally reminded of this when I have an encounter with a procurement person who clearly doesn\u2019t know how to calculate percentage of change.<\/p>\n<p>Percentage of change is perhaps one of the most important mathematical calculations that procurement professionals know how to do. \u00a0In bad procurement times, executives need to know by what percentage costs are rising. \u00a0In good procurement times, one of the most important procurement KPI\u2019s you can communicate is cost savings as a percentage of spend.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t know how to do a percentage of change calculation, you run the risk of reporting the wrong numbers. \u00a0Or, even worse, you may be in a position where you will be expected to calculate an important percentage of change while in the presence of the CEO.<\/p>\n<p>It would be embarrassing if you didn\u2019t know how to do it, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n<p>I think that any time a procurement job is being filled, the interviewer ought to ask the candidate to calculate price decrease as a percentage. \u00a0An example would be \u201cIf you bought 10,000 units of an item for a total of\u00a0$177,000,000 last year and bought the same quantity of the same item this year for $166,000,000, what was the price decrease as a percentage?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the candidate cannot answer this question correctly, the candidate should be sent home. \u00a0It\u2019s early high-school math. \u00a0Maybe even elementary school math. \u00a0Worldwide application of this idea would help to ensure that 100% of procurement department seats will be filled by procurement professionals, not just procurement people.<\/p>\n<p>Extreme vetting? \u00a0No. \u00a0Just a way to ensure\u00a0that the procurement profession is comprised of a greater\u00a0percentage of higher-level talent.<\/p>\n<p>Missed that day of math class? \u00a0Here\u2019s a video that can help\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-role-of-standards-in-achievement\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cThe Role of Standards in Achievement\u201d (Edit)\">The Role of Standards in Achievement<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/procurement-history-made-2016-nlpa-conference\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cProcurement History Was Made at the 2016 NLPA Conference!\u201d (Edit)\">Procurement History Was Made at the 2016 NLPA Conference!<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/deadline-register-2016-nlpa-conference-october-10\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cThe Deadline To Register For The 2016 NLPA Conference is October 10!\u201d (Edit)\">The Deadline To Register For The 2016 NLPA Conference is October 10!<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/upcoming-webinar-talent-acquisition-trends-procurement\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cUpcoming Webinar:  Talent Acquisition Trends in Procurement\u201d (Edit)\">Upcoming Webinar: Talent Acquisition Trends in Procurement<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/procure-pay-specialist-puridiom-becomes-part-bravosolution\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cProcure-To-Pay Specialist Puridiom Becomes Part of BravoSolution\u201d (Edit)\">Procure-To-Pay Specialist Puridiom Becomes Part of BravoSolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though procurement departments are way more respected than they were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Extreme Vetting for Procurement Jobs? 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