Tag: Procurement Recruiters
Supply Chain Management Hiring in 2025: Building Resilience, Embracing AI & Optimizing Logistics
Introduction As 2025 unfolds, supply chain management remains at the epicenter of global business strategy. With economic volatility, shifting trade policies, labor shortages, and accelerating technologies disrupting traditional practices, organizations can no longer afford to operate with outdated leadership models. This year, more than ever, companies must focus on upgrading their supply chain leadership—not only to navigate disruption but to drive growth, digitization, and long-term resiliency. For employers struggling to find, evaluate, and secure top talent, the most strategic path forward lies in partnering withspecialized supply chain recruiters who understand the terrain and can deliver results more efficiently and [...]
Procurement vs. Purchasing in 2025: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters More Than Ever
Introduction Purchasing vs. procurement can be tricky for those who aren’t familiar with the inner workings of supply chain disciplines. In short, purchasing is simply the act of buying something. It is but one component of procurement. Whereas procurement is a whole series of activities that help create supply. Procurement: the obtaining or purchasing of goods or services, typically for business purposes and often on a large scale. Purchasing: A specific part of the procurement process. In 2025, America is experiencing shifts in procurement trends based on both supplier shifts and purchasing capacities of various nation-states and consumer activities. [...]
Surge in Supply Chain Professionals Job Hunting in 2025: What’s Behind the Trend?
Job hunting in 2025 is booming, with SCM Talent Group seeing a 128% spike in resume submissions. What's going on?
Recent Impacts on Global Supply Chain Management
Introduction Today’s supply chain is more impacted by change and disruption than in years past. It could be argued that this is the era of disruption in global supply chain management. Normal has been replaced by rapid transformations in technology, talent, climate, and war. Resilience, agility, and a thorough understanding of the shifting and volatile global landscape are more important now than ever. Instability reigns supreme, requiring a steady hand and an eye to the future. The ability to press forward and understand actions above rhetoric and bluster holds greater value than ever. Holding fast to proven methods and [...]
Supplier Relationship Management Takes Center Stage in 2025
Supplier relationship management takes on an important role as 2025 kicks off. The unsettled nature of vendor relationships becomes even more tenuous as the United States transitions to a new administration focused on increasing domestic revenue production.
The Importance of Cross-Functional Skills in Supply Chain Management: Enhancing Supply Chain Collaboration
Discover the power of an agile supply chain: adapt quickly to consumer demands and stay ahead of the competition.
The Career Path of a Director, Global Procurement
Global procurement plays a critical role in today’s fast-paced, interconnected business landscape.
Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Career Paths
Strategic sourcing and procurement is a critical aspect of supply chain management. While supply chain management career paths are expansive, procurement career paths are also quite extensive as well.
Podcast: Advancing to Executive Supply Chain Roles – with Chief Procurement Officer, Martha Buffington
Listen to our 47th Supply Chain Career Podcast Episode featuring Chief Procurement Officer, Martha Buffington!
Global Sourcing is the New Procurement
Unless you’re a supply chain professional, the word “procurement” means nothing more than buying something. Could be buying a watch or a nice bottle of wine. “Where will we procure our dinner from this evening?” But, the supply chain discipline presents an entirely new meaning and understanding for procurement. And that meaning and use is shifting even faster now with the constant flurry of supply chain disruptions and the need for stronger strategic and global sourcing practices.
