Scottish Government ’ s Lynn Wisener , Deputy Director of eCommerce and Procurement Best Practice , discusses the government ’ s use of eCommerce in public procurement
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
Scottish Government ’ s Lynn Wisener , Deputy Director of eCommerce and Procurement Best Practice , discusses the government ’ s use of eCommerce in public procurement
As Deputy Director of eCommerce and Procurement Best Practice , Lynn Wisener , has been a part of the Scottish Government , and the Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate , since 1999 .
“ Like most graduates , I just applied for every job going ,” says Wisener , “ and 23 years ago , the Scottish Government was recruiting for procurement graduates and I was appointed as a Procurement Officer .”
She adds : “ I have held quite a few different procurement positions during the last 23 years from operational procurement , to establishing one of the procurement Centres of Expertise , to the position that I hold now as Deputy Director of eCommerce and Procurement Best Practice .”
20 years of the eCommerce & Procurement Best Practice Shared Service In the last 20 years , the Scottish Government , in collaboration with public sector bodies across Scotland , has been deploying its national eCommerce and Procurement Best Practice Shared Service to support , embed and underpin public procurement processes and procedures .
When she first joined the Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate there were pockets of collaboration across the public sector but , as Wisener explains , “ there was recognition that there was duplication
136 May 2022