Overcoming barriers to change in procurement
When it comes to procurement transformation , there are seven barriers to change . Here , two experts offer advice on how to overcome them .
WRITTEN BY : SEAN ASHCROFT
Generally speaking , us humans aren ’ t massive fans of change . A 2009 study in the European Journal of Social Psychology suggests it takes 66 days for a new behaviour to become automatic .
So when it comes to instituting enterprise-wide change across an entire function - such as procurement - it ’ s easy to see why it can be difficult to embed new initiatives and ways of working .
Yet change has rarely been more necessary in procurement , thanks to ongoing disruption caused by the Covid pandemic .
There are seven generally recognised obstacles procurement teams face when looking to make strategic or operational changes . We sought out two procurement specialists , for their advice on how procurement teams should approach transformation projects .
One is Nic Walden ( NW ) Senior Advisor , Procurement Advisory Membership Programme , for the Hackett Group , a digital transformation consultancy . The other is Chris Chadwick ( CC ), Senior VP Procurement and Customer Engagement with Tada , a company that offers an enterprise-wide tech platform connecting people , products and processes .
Below are the seven barriers , and Chris and Nic ’ s insight on ways to overcome them .
34 March 2022