601: Investing in Next Generation Digital Literacy for Procurement

<p dir="ltr">The procurement talent space has been on a rollercoaster over the last couple of years. </p> <p dir="ltr">First the pandemic disrupted everything, then companies started making a grab for procurement talent - in many cases hiring people before meeting them. Demand and salaries shot up in parallel. Then, at the end of last year, economic headwinds led to a correction and hiring slowed. There have even been layoffs in some sectors.</p> <p dir="ltr">Where does all of that leave the procurement talent market today?</p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode, Philip Ideson is joined by Andrew Daley, Managing Director of Digital Procurement and Supply Chain at Edbury Daley and a returning guest. Edbury Daley is a specialist recruitment consultancy formed in 2005, and Andrew is one of the most well-connected procurement professionals in the UK. </p> <p dir="ltr">Andrew shares his up-to-the-moment perspective on:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What he has heard at recent conferences season about digital literacy for procurement professionals</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Outlook and advice for provider-side procurement professionals who may recently have been impacted by company layoffs </li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Why CPOs continue to consider procurement talent such a struggle, and why they are allowing training budgets to go unused in some cases</li> </ul> <p> </p>