Ep 229: Procurement as a Talent Launching Pad feat. Pamela Gerber

Ep 229: Procurement as a Talent Launching Pad feat. Pamela Gerber

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November 12, 2025 · 33 min · Episode 229

About this episode

Pamela Gerber discusses the importance of investing in procurement talent and the career opportunities available for procurement professionals.

The range of skills and talent procurement professionals need in order to be successful is dizzying, but that also means that they end up being prime candidates for other roles. As procurement professionals deliberately build and add to those skills, they both increase their individual career trajectories and also increase the impact and output of the function. In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes Pamela Gerber. Pamela is a senior procurement executive with a long track record of working in sourcing and procurement roles across industries. That experience has given her many opportunities to form a perspective on the importance of investing in procurement talent. Pamela shares extensively with her own personal experience in procurement to offer insight into and recommendations about: Why it is so hard to establish a talent foundation in procurement How procurement can build the influence and seniority that will open doors to bigger opportunities The importance of being willing to seize unexpected opportunities as they present themselves Whether she sees a trend of people ‘falling out’ of procurement and if she considers that a good thing or a…

People in this episode

Host: Kelly Barner

Guest: Pamela Gerber

Topics covered

  • procurement
  • talent development
  • career growth
  • skills
  • opportunities

Keywords

  • procurement
  • talent
  • career trajectories
  • skills
  • opportunities

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