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What Makes a Great
Procurement Leader?
Craig Lardner FCIPS
Former global CPO | The BOC Group
2013-14 Global CIPS President
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Agenda: The procurement leader has changed …and is changing some more…are you keeping
up?
The Universe of professional procurement …The profession-on-a-page.
Unpacking the animal with SQECs…What is SQEC’s?
What does the DNA of the modern procurement professional show?
The ‘relationship’ chromosome …also known as the S-Curve
Discovering the characteristics of ‘Professionalism in procurement’ …all 48 of them
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What makes a great procurement leader
The universe of the procurement profession …on a page
A leading practice model addressing all core end-to-end Procurement related activities
STRATEGY
Procurement Strategy Sourcing Strategy Procurement Capability
Planning
AoP , 3yr Plan and
Target Setting
Strategic Supplier
Management
GOVERNANCE
Compliance Strategy Balanced Scorecard Risk Management Process, Policies &
Standards setting
Roles &
Responsibilities
INTERNAL CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT Internal Customer
Engagement
Project Procurement
Management
Long Term Demand
Planning
CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
Supply Market
Analysis
Category Strategy Spend Analysis Demand Management
Supplier Relationship
Management
Supply Market
Development
COMPLIANCE MGMT
Internal customer
support and
administration
Compliance
monitoring
SOURCING MGMT
Needs analysis
RFX Creation
Supplier Selection
Contract Negotiation
RFX analysis and Recommendation
Contract Preparation
Contract Execution
CONTRACTS MGMT Supplier contract
compliance
Company contract
compliance
SUPPLIER MGMT
Contract cycle
/monitoring
Supplier on-boarding
Supplier development
TRANSACTIONAL SUPPORT & REPORTING
Order
placement Receiving
Supplier
Payment
Benefits
Tracking &
Realisation
Contract
admin
Operational
Reporting
T’s & C’s
Contract
Review
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Agenda: The procurement leader has changed …and is changing some more…are you keeping up? The Universe of professional procurement …The profession-on-a-page. What is SQEC’s? What does the DNA of the modern procurement professional show? The ‘relationship’ chromosome …also known as the S-Curve Discovering the characteristics of ‘Professionalism in procurement’ …all 48 of them
Skills:
You have learnt how to do something. You perform the task using that skill. You are ‘technically’ correct.
Qualifications:
You have a qualification, or certification, or accreditation or license to operate. You passed a capability test.
Experience:
The length of time you have been doing it. The breadth of what you have done over time.
Competencies: Your behavior when you do a task. How you conduct yourself when you…execute your skill, use your experience ,with your qualification
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Enterprise wide view
Customer orientation
Grow talent
Continuous Improvement
Inspires Trust
Strategy
The Chemistry (DNA) of the 2016 ‘New Horizon’ Procurement professional
Living values
Personal growth
Achievement
Dif
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Leadership
Passion
Responsibility
Integrity
Drive
Empathy
Learning orientation
Manages self
Interpersonal skills
Listens
Optimistic
Deliver results
Technical functional excellence
Innovate
Action orientation
Be accountable
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The ‘S Curve’ – a supplier relationship Philosophy …
…..new level professionalism
Supplier
Optimisation
Standardisation/
Simplification
Joint Product/
Service Dev.
+5% +10 - 20% +15 - 35%
• local SM Solution
• conventional• leveraging what
currently exists
• reduction of suppliers• success is ‘savings
driven’
• purchasing in isolationof businesses process
• commodity not
account management • thinking ‘price not
cost’
• proactive not reactive
• cross-business teams• longer terms
arrangements
• focus on ‘total costof ownership
• to share & develop
joint process ownership mentality
• shared learning
• shared outcomes• suppliers begin to see
incremental benefit
from the arrangements
• full ‘partnership’
• long term• shared vision • shared risks &
rewards in agreements• lowest total cost• capitalising on core
competencies• mutually agreed
performance matrix
• security of supply• mutually beneficial• integrated systems &
business processes
Change inBehaviours
Required
Incremental Benefit
Stage 1
When you are buying…are you
buying in stage 1, 2 or 3?
Is the supplier selling in stage
1,2or 3?
You don’t know?
…then you are guessing
(Not recommended)
Stage 2 Stage 3
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Qualifications Skills
Experience Competencies
15
The work place
The 48 Characteristics of a Procurement professional + The 10 characteristics of an ideal work
environment = The 58 Characteristics of ‘procurement today’
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Discovering the characteristics of ‘Professionalism in procurement’ …all 48 of them
260 years of experience….International…multi-country…multi-leaders…just last month
Skills
1. Listening
2. Communication
3. Specific Category expertise, e.g. Electricity, construction, facilities management, IT hardware, software
4. Time and Resource Management
5. Facilitation
6. Planning
7. Analysis
8. Interpersonal
9. Legal
10.Negotiation
11.Strategic Thinking
12.Risk Management
13.Dispute Resolution
14.Problem Solving
15.Business & Organisational knowledge
Specific priority characteristics
The new ones!
• Strategic Thinking
• Facilitation
• Risk Management
• Dispute Resolution
• Problem Solving
• Business & Organisational knowledge
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Qualifications
1. Professional and Relevant Certification, diploma, degree.
2. Licence to Operate (where available in-country)
3. Documented Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
4. Business specific certification e.g., Cultural Sensitivity training, in-house
health, safety and wellbeing training.
Guidance note: All of the above must be:
• Authentic (and current)
• Sufficiently comprehensive, appropriate for the role and not to narrow
Specific priority characteristics
The new ones!
• Licence to operate
• CPD
• Business specific certification
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Experiences
1. Depth and Breadth of experience
2. Relevant Task and Processes
3. Diverse commercial business experiences
4. Crisis exposure
5. Demonstration of disaster recovery
6. Has learning's from failure
Specific priority characteristics
The new ones!
• Crisis exposure
• Diverse commercial business experience
• Demonstration of disaster recovery
• Has learning’s from failure
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Competency 1. Courteous
2. Attentive
3. Attentive
4. Empathy
5. Patience
6. Open & Transparent
7. Clarity
8. Generous
9. Fair
10.Confident
11.Credible
12.Outcome and Purpose Oriented
13.Agile
14.Calm under Pressure
15.Flexible
16.Effective
17.Integrity
18.Strong Professional Networks
19.Consistent
20.Innovative
21.Foundation of Principles & Values
22.Learning oriented
23.Passion
Specific priority characteristics
The new ones!
• Courteous
• Open and transparent
• Empathy
• Fair
• Agile
• Calm under pressure
• Strong professional networks
• Innovative
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The Work
Environment 1. Collaborative Team
2. Top Down and Bottom Up Support
3. Empowered to make decisions
4. Delivery Focussed
5. Prepared to Challenge
6. Recognition, Compensation and Incentives
7. Inclusive
8. Trusted and Safe environment
9. Resourced
10.Work / Life Balance
Specific priority characteristics
The new ones!
• Collaborative
• Empowered
• Delivery focussed
• Inclusive
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So…what do we know about the new procurement leader: The procurement leader has changed …from ‘Buyer’ to ‘Business savvy’ and ‘Enterprise-wide'
The Universe of professional procurement …overseeing 50 specialities.
Unpacking the animal with SQECs…’behaviour’ is the key
What does the DNA of the modern procurement professional show? …21 chromosomes
The ‘relationship’ chromosome …also known as the S-Curve …Level 3 is where all the value is
If that’s what it is…how do we build that?
…….in the ‘Building leadership’ break-out this afternoon
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Questions
Craig Lardner FCIPS Procurement Advisory Services Pty Ltd
[email protected] +61 (0) 2 9523 3704 +61 (0)406 429 668