Welcome Saturday, July 04, 2009
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
- 7,000 BA staff accept pay cuts
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:03:23 - Procurement sharpens up its act to take lead on recruitment
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:23:31 - Procurement salaries on the rise
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:00:11 - Media giant adds procurement expertise
Fri, 15 May 2009 07:57:38 - Consumer confidence hits all-time low
Mon, 11 May 2009 08:14:12
TALENT MANAGEMENT COMMENT
TALENT MANAGEMENT ARTICLES
- Vodafone’s Detlef Schultz: Pay procurement commission
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:06:50 - Career minded
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:27:00 - Practise makes perfect
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:02:00 - Profile: Ton Trommelen - Splendid Communication
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:12:00 - Wrestling for equality
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:32:00
SPEND 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
- Network view: What makes a great buyer?
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:21:00 - Inside view: Don’t miss the train
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:03:00 - Network view: Personally speaking
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:44:00 - Opinion: Calling in the Experts
Mon, 01 Aug 2005 22:04:06
