Welcome Sunday, March 14, 2010
Talent Management
Effective talent management is a critical business goal for all leading organisations in today's economy. The fast-paced development of purchasing as a crucial lever for competitive advantage has meant that the 'war for procurement talent' is as intense as it has ever been.
The scarcity of skilled executive purchasing talent means that companies must be creative in their approach to attracting, developing and retaining the top people. A recent management article in ELP Magazine suggested: "it is far easier to teach a business manager about procurement than it is to teach a procurement manager about business."
If the profession is to continue to be strategic in the true sense then there is a growing need to recruit those with the essential core competencies and soft skills to enable procurement to operate at an executive level.
TALENT MANAGEMENT NEWS
- Analysis: Time to refocus on people development
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:09:45 - Flood of jobless procurement pros creates 'challenging' environment
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:53:39 - Top BBC procurement chief takes home £177,800
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:29:14 - Analysis: People key to transformation at engineering group
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:12:44 - Virtual procurement training facility launched
Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:38:59
TALENT MANAGEMENT COMMENT
TALENT MANAGEMENT ARTICLES
- Handling China’s dynamic supply market
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:04:07 - Thought leaders: Demand management
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:50:57 - A new dawn for procurement
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:11:12 - Roundtable: Transformation, San Francisco
Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:14:54 - If bonus-led incentives work for sales why not for procurement
Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:48:38
TALENT MANAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS
Discovering and developing procurement talent
Stephan Biesenbach discusses the art of discovering and developing procurement talent.
Nestlé’s world wide procurement university - realisation of a worldwide qualification programme with an integrated train-the-trainer concept
Nestlé’s Procurement University is a holistic strategic qualification programme, which facilitates sustainable employee development and a successful transformation process for the procurement organisation. Procurement people are qualified per role and on their future skills profiles.
SHOWCASED RESEARCH
Futureproofing Talent Sourcing
As the challenge to source talent becomes more acute, companies are trying to uncover new ways to attract and retain procurement stars. While the tried and tested methods of selection, development and promotion still work; today, world-class organisations are taking a more innovative approach to engaging talent – by aligning their sourcing activities to their diversity leadership strategy.
TALENT MANAGEMENT OPINIONS
- Inside View: The search for young talent; training tomorrow’s procurement executives
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:21:19 - Inside view: Dare we call ourselves a profession?
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:54:52 - Inside View: Let the cull continue
Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:23:23 - Network view: What makes a great buyer?
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:21:00 - Inside view: Don’t miss the train
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:03:00
