Welcome Thursday, February 23, 2012
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
- Charming Shoppes shakes up supply chain leadership
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:11:45 - Analysis: Temp labour legislation to cause headaches
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:41:47 - Job and pay bonanza for UK procurement pros
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:15:04 - Procurement staff in demand from financial services sector
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:42:31 - UK Treasury lines up supply chain talent development scheme with large businesses
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:49:38
TALENT MANAGEMENT COMMENT
TALENT MANAGEMENT ARTICLES
- People: Outsourcing - a threat to jobs
Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:08:42 - People: Skills in demand are changing
Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:07:25 - Moves: A dose of departures in pharmaceuticals
Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:57:23 - Thought Leaders: Building teams
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:15:20 - Case Study: Sainsbury’s transformation process
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:37:25
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: Breeding a competitive culture in procurement
Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:37:32 - US View: Perfecting the practice of procurement fundamentals
Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:36:29 - Inside View: Aiming for Procurement 2.0
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:43:32 - World View: Growing diversity in corporate workforces
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:34:32 - Inside View: The search for young talent; training tomorrow’s procurement executives
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:21:19
