About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges in procurement, including job roles, apprenticeships, and managing supplier communications.

Send us Fan Mail Procurement can feel like the job where every problem lands, even when you do not control the root cause. We start by catching up on a listener’s hunt for buyer and procurement assistant roles, why apprenticeships (including CIPS Level 4 pathways) can be a real shortcut to credible experience, and the one skill we both wish we had built earlier: staying calm when a supplier call turns heated, then steering it back to commitments and next steps. From there we tour r/procureme...

People in this episode

Host: Luke

Topics covered

• procurement
• apprenticeships
• buyer roles
• supplier management
• calm communication

Keywords

• procurement
• apprenticeships
• CIPS Level 4
• buyer roles
• supplier communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIPS, r/procurement

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