question in title – if you were interviewing for a procurement role at a company (category manager or other IC-level role), what questions would you ask your interviewer specific to procurement? submitted by /u/percyblazeit69 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

So this is pretty lengthy, but when I got hired onto a start up amusement park that was built around 2016, I got hired on as part of the maintenance department. My background is mechanical working on military generators when I was in the service. Got out and had gotten an associates and bachelors in business. Been with my current job since. However, my role slowly changed from fixing rides to purchasing and inventorying parts for them. One rainy day my director asked if anyone can place our million dollar ride’s inventory into bins and onto our CMMS system and so I volunteered. Found some dis ..read more

I’m from the UK and I don’t know if university is the right route for me. It’s not that I get really bad grades, I just don’t know if I can carry on with another 3 years of full time education. Instead, there are a few apprenticeships available in procurement which is a career I’m really interested in. (Apologies for the next part explaining qualifications. I don’t know if this is the same in other countries so wanted to explain) All apprenticeships in the UK have different levels going from level 2 (equivalent to gcse) to level 7 (equivalent to masters). There seem to be 2 routes into procur ..read more

If you work for a public agency, do you all still advertise bid opportunities in local papers? As a former vendor and now working on the other side at a public agency, I find it shocking that my organization still wastes time and money posting in newspapers. As a vendor, I was all over PlanetBids, SamGov, Bluebook, etc and never did I ever pick up a newspaper to search for projects. Unsurprisingly, my organization's vendor bid participation rate is incredibly low. This is also compounded by the fact that we still require hand delivery of paper bid packets. submitted by /u/ColorCodeTrader [vi ..read more

Late 20’s. 1 year in an official procurement function. 3 years in a purchasing function. Degree in finance. Reservist with clearance. What pathways do I have to make $75K+? Thanks. For company info: Consistent failures in production. Consistent inventory mismanagement. Order book declining. Costs rapidly accelerating as our MOQs are getting lower and lower. submitted by /u/weathermaynecc [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

At my company, the procurement department gives a very white glove service In that, whenever there is a new purchase, a new contract, or a renewal of any kind, the procurement team is almost the exclusive communicator with the vendor. Vendor. They initiate the conversation with the vendor, they negotiate the pricing and terms, and then they route for approval and signatures internally. My question to the group here - At other large companies, does the Procurement department initiate the conversation by requesting and being the sole point of contact with vendors through purchases and renewals ..read more

Does anyone use Jaggaer for their contract management? If so can you tell me how you use it for tracking contracts that are negotiation/development? My organization almost exclusively uses it as a repository system where our contracting team receives a routing sheet and then begins to communicate with the vendor over e-mail for the negotiation phase. We then use excel to track our contracts. I feel as if this is extremely ineffective and we are not utilizing Jaggaer to its fullest capabilities. Through my research I’m failing to understand how Jaggaer as a tool can be used to communicate back ..read more

Hi Everyone, my company is exploring an Ariba implementation and is interviewing System Integrators. Does anyone have any recent experience with this and can share any words of wisdom? Any SI to avoid, and why? Or which ones have you had positive experiences with? We use SAP ECC for now, going to be S4 HANA in the future. We're looking at Ariba Contracts, Business Network, Sourcing etc. Thank you submitted by /u/modz4u [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

You hate it. You all have been here before… A new stupid process, tool, person, manager, intern, supplier… Breathing deep is not an option. You need something more effective. The only thing now is to express your self hate in to an image with a little text. WELCOME TO A RAFFLING MEME CONTEST The game is simple. Most upvotes wins. submitted by /u/Miserable-Grass-8177 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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