10 reasons to love and invest in procurement skills

1. YOU MATTER

You lead your projects and your skills, drive, motivation, knowledge are the ones that shape the outcome. You matter, you make a direct difference to your business.

2. IMPACT

World largest investments are managed by procurement. You can shape new ecosystems, partnerships, integrations, mergers and acquisitions. You can influence new product innovations and better business models.

3. LEARN

Finance, legal, business, tech, markets, products, trends, disruptors, new skills new knowledge every day… life long learning guaranteed. The only one can stop you is yourself. Learn how to manage your inner resources and attention.

4. HUMAN SKILLS

Human skills are the skills of the future. And its not us that says it, World Economic Forum outlook for skills of the future states 10 of the 15 skills are human. And procurement is mainly cantered on your resilience, critical thinking, complex problem solving, communication, persuasion and negotiation.

5. CONNECT THE WORLD

Each business across the world has a procurement function. Each business works with suppliers and partners across the world. Everything you do each day, when you collaborate and develop is to connect the world.

6. NEVER BORED

Its such a fast paced environment, with a multitude of projects in parallel, sitting at the forefront of change and innovation. Develop the skills to allow rest, and embrace being bored. Otherwise, I guarantee you will never be bored.

7. GROW

As you gain so many transversal skills, your career growth can take any shape you want: category specialisation, change and transformation, digital, leadership or even towards becoming a CEO or COO. Limitless possibilities.

8. RESULTS

A procurement project can last between 2 weeks and 2 years. Majority circle around 2 to 6 months. That means that you will see the results of your work being implemented, and in most of the cases they will produce fast results.

9. AMAZING HUMANS

You get to work with the most passionate, smart, fast, resilient, collaborative, emotionally intelligent, bold and fun humans in your organisation. You will be surrounded by your stakeholders and colleagues that can uplift you every day.

10. SOLUTIONARY

Just few examples where you can become a solutionary, a force of good. Your ideas and work will influence carbon emissions, supplier diversity, inclusion and ethical practices. All are influenced by procurement.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Invest in your potential, the PROCUREMENT SUPERPOWER, and become a force for good. Do it for your business, your team or yourself.

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