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5 tips to better procurement recruitment Better people deliver better performance, greater business engagement, broader strategic involvement and improved savings delivery... Read article

How to keep exceptional talent What motivates exceptional people? Beyond a certain point they cease to be driven by money Read article

Does the recruitment ‘PSL’ really work for you? A ‘Preferred Supplier List’ strategy works well for the volume recruitment areas of any business, but can it really work with those ‘hard to fill’ procurement & supply chain roles? Read article

Words from a procurement leader ‘Steel prices to rise by 20%’. The CEO looks you straight in the eye and asks, “What will this mean for us, and what are we doing about it?” As CPO, can you honestly say you have the answer? Read article

Embed a 'Procurement Skills Assessment' within your Recruitment process No other Procurement Recruitment partner can offer DNA Skills Assessment as part of the recruitment process Download pdf

Providing the skills for your success Procurement People programmes incorporate our DNA Skills Assessment Tool resulting in better-qualified professionals with the knowledge to deliver an increase in value and savings Find out more

ISM's Salary Survey The current economic news is not all bad - supply management salaries continue to climb! Read article

The Best Procurement people What do Europe’s top Chief Procurement Officers think makes a great procure-ment professional? Read article

Exceptional Performance Exceptional procurement people can deliver more savings than their average colleagues Read article

A real Opportunity A recession may be tough but it’s also an opportunity to stop, assess and rebuild for the future Read article

Are You Kissing Too Many Frogs? Interviewing unsuitable people is a waste of your valuable time. It adds confusion too Read article

There's Always a Bright Side! Although this crisis isn’t going away in a hurry, we’ve identified some positive trends in procurement Read article

Don't Settle for Average The savings that exceptional procurement people can deliver makes them quantifiably more valuable than their average colleagues Read article

Opportunity to Snap Up Great Talent Never has there been a time when good procurement people have been more needed Read article

Nurturing Your Future Leaders Organisations must grow their internal talent or lose them to competitors, resulting in recruitment costs Read article

Recruitment is Your Chance to Improve Quality & Maximise Savings Recruiting people is a high-value, long-term investment and should be treated accordingly Read article

The Three R's of Business Success Downturn, tight budgets and rising costs – the business landscape has changed Read article