If you are at least a little like me, landed in this specific profession more or less by strategy of Life rather than your own strategic choice, you have asked yourself this at least once , if you are not a native English speaker probably even more than once.
Not sure if my chance or just by the energy of the day I ended up calling my role a pure-chasing rather than a purchasing one.
I don’t remember what project it was, but I do remember I was upset, I needed several information from different departments, and ended up feeling like the headless chicken running around with no use other than getting really tired.
Procurement is increasingly becoming a much more popular role, even in parts of the world where- buyer – not so long ago meant really something different, and mostly nothing to do with a company’s organization.
I challenge you to take a look at buyer-supplier relationships, but this time loot at it like we do at equipment management.
Play with me here before you judge.