WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST? If you’ve ever had the privilege of meeting with a Specialist, you will know it is inspirational. When we talk about a person having Specialist skills, we mean a person who chooses a career path, and who invests deeply in acquiring Knowledge and Skills. In the Procurement context, a Specialist will ignore other careers, and concentrate their time and energies mastering their field. Specialists make sacrifices to become exposed to high value, complex sourcing activities. These sacrifices include not investing long term in one organisation. They move around to gain experience in different settings, to learn different ways of thinking. Specialists value education. They don’t stop studying once they graduate. They enrol in courses, webinars and attend conferences, regardless of whether the learning is accredited. Specialists are constantly reading, to keep abreast of emerging thought. A Specialist’s goal is to attain strong foundation knowledge, to have depth of understanding beyond a typical Procurement person. Many Procurement officers can’t explain the difference between an RFQ and an RFP. A Specialist will ensure they understand Procurement Strategies in depth. It is the elements that form the bedrock on which specialist knowledge later sits. Once a Procurement Specialist has mastered foundation knowledge, they make an informed decision about which category in which to specialise. The category does not need to be a traditional category, such as Goods and Services, or ICT, or even process improvement. It can be a category formulated in their mind, based on their observation of where the Procurement market is going. A Specialist might observe AI is emerging to change the fundamental tasks of a Procurement officer, and position themselves in advance of the technology becoming mainstream. A Procurement Specialist unapologetically dedicates their Career focus to their category. More than anything in this World, they want to become among the best minds in their field. This is regardless of whether they could afford university, or are born with high intelligence, or whether they have to work ridiculously hard to reach that level of knowledge and skill. Procurement Specialists don’t just consume knowledge; they drive efficiency forward. They make the World a safer, fairer, better place. I built Nolan School of Procurement to be a bedrock of Foundation Skills. My life mission is to help people evolve into Procurement Specialists. If you haven't heard about our School, www.nolanschool.com - we're caring, we think differently, we're highly affordable, and we're super friendly. Just reach out! #procurement #procurementleaders
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