“ THE BIGGEST MISTAKE PROCUREMENT LEADERS MAKE IS NOT USING THE POWER OF THEIR PLATFORM ”
Q . WHAT ' S THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU ' VE EVER BEEN GIVEN ?
» Take care of your people . Your job as a leader is to enable them to do their job . This includes giving them the tools and support they need and protecting them as necessary . . Q . WHERE DO YOU SEE PROCUREMENT BEING IN 5 YEARS ' TIME ?
» Without a doubt procurement will continue its trajectory to the big leadership table . The profession will be responsible for facilitating value creation with third parties . It will go from serving the business to being the business . Enterprise ESG goals will be owned by procurement , with CPOs adopting the mantle of chief sustainability officers .
And , procurement will provide the first line of defence against enterprise risk .
To make all of this happen , procurement will continue to be at the forefront of digital adoption and innovation . supplychaindigital . com 25