🎙️Excited to share our podcast on "Building a Procurement Department from the ground up", with my special guest, Mr. Benoit Lavinal, Chief Procurement Officer at Corio Generation, who joins Anil Joshi as we both share our experiences and insights.
🎙️Podcast episode: "Building a Procurement Department from the ground up"!
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Topics covered in this podcast are:
- Building the procurement function from the ground up.
- The importance of being self-inspired and motivated when starting a new initiative
- Surrounding ourselves with people who share that enthusiasm
- The challenges around showcasing the value of procurement and positioning it as a value-creating function, not only a cost-saving one.
- Identifying key skills for procurement professionals to succeed
- The need to be "partners in business" rather than just "business partners"
- The importance of speaking and understanding stakeholders' language
- Ways to increase the understanding and appreciation of procurement's value, such as proactively marketing our services and capabilities.
- The concept of "failure" versus "things that didn't work out as planned"
- Creating a psychologically safe environment that encourages risk-taking and learning.
- The importance of passion, planning, talent acquisition, and a forward-looking, solutions-oriented mindset in building a successful procurement function.
- Practical tips
- and more
Why do we make these podcasts?
We want to make content, experiences, insights and tips available to anyone interested - sharing for your benefit! 😊 🙏
We hope you enjoy this and our other podcasts.
Please like, share, and comment on what you found appealing so others in the Procurement community can also benefit. This will motivate us, too. 🙂
Mega, thanks to Mr. Benoit Lavinal, Chief Procurement Officer, Corio Generation.
Procurement is cool! Stay Splendid! www.splendid-tiger.com