Kolchin and Giunipero, 1993: Before the year 2000, it is clear to see that only a handful of articles in the academic journals addressed procurement skills. However from the study of (Kolchin and Giunipero, 1993), an in-depth case study on 131 samples (N=131) on supply chain management executives was conducted to identify the skills that were deemed ‘essential’ for procurement professionals. This list consisted of skills that were divided into the four categories: (1)Technical skills; (2)Management Skills; (3)Interpersonal/group skill and (4)Individual skill
However, the two highly ranked most important skills were concluded to be decision making skills and interpersonal skills. This reason was indicated to be a result of high degree of interaction …show more content…
In this study, there were seven key skills top executives wanted to see improved within their organizations procurement function. These skills included: (1)Knowledge of material; (2)Production systems and technologies; (3)Materials management, Inventory systems and JIT: (4)Quality systems and options: (5)Contract manufacturing relationships; (6)Computers, and …show more content…
The method of data collection was via polling amongst procurement professionals. The following skills were identified as important to their job specification: (1)Negotiation skills; (2)Management skills; (3)Computer literacy; (4)Mathematics
It is important to note that the trend in skills focus have been primarily ‘hard’ skills rather than ‘soft’ skills. However it is important to comprehend that computer literacy skills only started evolving within this era. As procurement professionals began using computers in their day-to-day operations, therefore the use of computers became an essential requirement.
Giunipero and Pearcy, 2000: In the new millennium, the evolution of the procurement function reached a milestone. It became entrenched as a broader academic interest aroused to determine important purchasing skills. This study identified 29 skills, to be the most important to the procurement function. From this list a seven skill cluster was developed to illustrate the comprehensive skills required to be a ‘World-class purchasing professional’. From these findings it was concluded that a world-class procurement professional can be characterised by these seven key areas of skill: (1)Strategic skills; (2)Process management skills; (3)Team skills: (4)Decision-making skills; (5)Behavioural skills: (6)Negotiating skills and (7)Quantitative
However, the two highly ranked most important skills were concluded to be decision making skills and interpersonal skills. This reason was indicated to be a result of high degree of interaction …show more content…
In this study, there were seven key skills top executives wanted to see improved within their organizations procurement function. These skills included: (1)Knowledge of material; (2)Production systems and technologies; (3)Materials management, Inventory systems and JIT: (4)Quality systems and options: (5)Contract manufacturing relationships; (6)Computers, and …show more content…
The method of data collection was via polling amongst procurement professionals. The following skills were identified as important to their job specification: (1)Negotiation skills; (2)Management skills; (3)Computer literacy; (4)Mathematics
It is important to note that the trend in skills focus have been primarily ‘hard’ skills rather than ‘soft’ skills. However it is important to comprehend that computer literacy skills only started evolving within this era. As procurement professionals began using computers in their day-to-day operations, therefore the use of computers became an essential requirement.
Giunipero and Pearcy, 2000: In the new millennium, the evolution of the procurement function reached a milestone. It became entrenched as a broader academic interest aroused to determine important purchasing skills. This study identified 29 skills, to be the most important to the procurement function. From this list a seven skill cluster was developed to illustrate the comprehensive skills required to be a ‘World-class purchasing professional’. From these findings it was concluded that a world-class procurement professional can be characterised by these seven key areas of skill: (1)Strategic skills; (2)Process management skills; (3)Team skills: (4)Decision-making skills; (5)Behavioural skills: (6)Negotiating skills and (7)Quantitative