78. High-performing Procurement Leaders

Guest Name : Rebecca Howard,  Director at ADR International. Language : English, Publication date:  May, June 02. 2020

Rebecca is the Director of Learning for ADR International and has over 20 years’ experience of designing and delivering local, regional and global procurement training. She works closely with procurement executives and capability managers to design and build their procurement academies to close the capability gap. Typically, academies use a mixture of offline and online content to provide a blended learning experience that delivers a sustainable improvement in purchasing team performance. Prior to this role, she was a senior consultant at KPMG and previously was a senior buyer at the British airways.  Connect her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccahowardprocurementleadership/

Highlighted-questions from the Show Include:

• What actually defines a leader? And how can procurement professionals work towards asserting themselves as leaders in their sector?
• What are the essential skills and capabilities that differentiate high performance from the average of procurement professionals ?
• How can I become a good procurement leader ? What leads to being a successful leader ?
• What is the impact of a good leadership in procurement to the organization and business ?