Last week in the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Group on LinkedIn, a member asked for the Group’s input on the role of a buyer. Specifically, she was interested in how much their responsibilities “blend into other areas, such as customer service, accounting in the way of returns, etc.”
So far, there are some insightful answers, with [...]

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Next Level Purchasing officially unveiled their new SPSM2 purchasing certification today (after several weeks of Charles Dominick teasing twitter followers about an upcoming major announcement). Designed as a follow up to SPSM Certification, the new coursework focuses on “processes that are becoming more significant in the purchasing field - international procurement, advanced negotiation, and managerial [...]

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The question - “What should a ‘marketing procurement’ professional’s CV look like?” - was posted last week on the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Group in LinkedIn. Great question during a time when many are seeking work (particularly in marketing and other hard hit fields) and indirect spend is a great, high-profile opportunity in many companies.
In [...]

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The latest BusinessWeek cover story estimates that there are currently 3 million jobs in the United States that employers will be hard pressed to fill — despite the fact that the country’s unemployment toll has topped 13 million. According to the article, this gap is “evidence of an emerging structural shift in the U.S. economy [...]

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In an op-ed article in last week’s Federal Times, Former Office Federal Procurement Policy Chief Steve Kelman argues that President Obama’s plans to attack sole-sourcing and cost-reimbursement contracts make for good sound bites, but ignore federal procurement’s bigger problems: the need to both improve the size and caliber of the federal procurement workforce and to [...]

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