Adrian Preston
LOGISTICS
“ There ’ s need for on-the-job training due to a lack of formal qualification options ”
ADRIAN PRESTON , HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN CONTENT , SKILL DYNAMICS having to grapple with strategic problems early in their careers , and added to this they don ’ t feel like their contribution is being fully recognised , so they leave .
He says that high employee churn increases workloads for those left behind and that this prompts even more people to leave , meaning organisations “ find themselves in a perpetual skills-loss cycle ”.
So what does Preston think can be done about this ? “ Recruitment is certainly difficult for supply chain organisations right now ,” he says , ‘ but retention is perhaps the greater issue . Most supply chain professionals are concerned about the consequences of high employee churn . They say employee retention in their function has decreased over the past three years . This is a huge cause for concern for organisations , as
Adrian Preston
TITLE : HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN CONTENT COMPANY : SKILL DYNAMICS INDUSTRY : SUPPLY CHAIN TRAINING LOCATION : UK
Skill Dynamics offer digital procurement and supply chain training for corporate teams . “ To date , we have rolled out our personalised programmes to 300,000 students in 520 companies ,” says Preston .