“I'm not here to cut costs, I'm just here to add value. However you want to dress that word of value, it's totally up to you.”

The next generation of bright procurement prospects bring with them a focus on understanding what they’re procuring in a way that we haven’t seen before.

We can only continue this trend of value and ROI, however, if we overcome the barriers to entry for school leavers and graduates. Two such future procurement leaders, Williams Racing’s Olivia McNamara and Reckitt’s Julie Katz, join Martin this week on Talent Talks.

We discuss the shift away from ‘baseball bat cost-cutting’, giving the rest of the business a better understanding of procurement’s strategic role, and the need for greater awareness of the profession.

This episode of Talent Talks covers:

• The creative difference between direct and indirect procurement
• Focusing on value, and moving away from cost-cutting alone
• Top skills needed in the modern procurement profession
• New generations wanting to truly understand what they’re procuring
• How to better present procurement’s role to the wider business

This episode of Talent Talks is sponsored by 4C Associates – a leading European procurement and supply chain consultancy, who work collaboratively with forward-thinking clients to deliver real business value across a wide range of transformation and cost optimisation service offerings. Visit https://www.4cassociates.com/ for more information.

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