Yes we are in a Recession and jobs are hard to find but some interesting pockets of highly skilled talent continue to 'swim upstream' from the depressing economic current.
Demand for Strategic Sourcing and Procurement professionals are at an all time high, dare we say a BOOM.
The old style transactional Purchasing Manager/Buyer is out of style - it's time come and gone.
Companies are steadily replacing these individuals with a brighter, more talented and more skill diversified candidate.
It's need is quickly being replaced by strategic critical thinkers who understand the details of spend assessment, quality and performance metrics, outsourcing, vendor selection and new supply structure implementation.
These are really smart individuals, who in these tough economic times for companies, when making a buck is hard to do, can do one better.
They can make organizations more efficient and cost effective by putting more dollars on the bottom line.
And that's like major to the C-Suite.
The major problem is that demand for these people right now severely outstrips supply: Strategic Sourcing Managers, Purchasing Specialists, Commodity and Category Managers as well as Procurement Leads sit in the driver's seat.
Commodity Specialists with no more than three years experience in Hardware, Software & Licensing, or Professional Services or Networking & Engineering Services for example, are in huge demand.
Organizations fish in a very small pool with many other companies for very few highly qualified candidates.
And those companies who complete for these candidates astonishingly don't always realize how competitive the market is for the talent they seek to hire.
It is a candidate-driven market.
These positions are remaining open longer and hiring managers are asking for more pinpoint accuracy on resumes from their in-house recruiters than before because those recruiters are simply not tapping into the depth of procurement talent fast enough or competitively enough to grab the best people for the limited time they are available on the market.
It's a very small and tight sector.
It's really critical to be plugged in and know who exactly does what in which company and who might be open to making a move any given day.
It's very time consuming and all about relationship building and networking with the right people.
Procurement or Supply Chain executives are finding that getting a really skilled procurement professional exactly when they need one is of greatest value.
While firing up the web has been a godsend for so many in-house recruiters at companies in extending their reach to so many more in the talent pool, the options are almost too vast to be of real value where the demand is high and the supply is low.
Finding real quality in very high demand areas such as strategic sourcing and purchasing often means falling short on the results side.
This is often where specialty recruiters can bridge the gap effectively.
It's choosing the right recruiting company that's key.
All recruiters are certainly not created equal.
It's critical to find a recruitment partner who will give true value.
This is most definitely the era of specialists and this is particularly true for recruiters.
Gone as the days of getting any worth from a recruiter who does it all.
Demand for Strategic Sourcing and Procurement professionals are at an all time high, dare we say a BOOM.
The old style transactional Purchasing Manager/Buyer is out of style - it's time come and gone.
Companies are steadily replacing these individuals with a brighter, more talented and more skill diversified candidate.
It's need is quickly being replaced by strategic critical thinkers who understand the details of spend assessment, quality and performance metrics, outsourcing, vendor selection and new supply structure implementation.
These are really smart individuals, who in these tough economic times for companies, when making a buck is hard to do, can do one better.
They can make organizations more efficient and cost effective by putting more dollars on the bottom line.
And that's like major to the C-Suite.
The major problem is that demand for these people right now severely outstrips supply: Strategic Sourcing Managers, Purchasing Specialists, Commodity and Category Managers as well as Procurement Leads sit in the driver's seat.
Commodity Specialists with no more than three years experience in Hardware, Software & Licensing, or Professional Services or Networking & Engineering Services for example, are in huge demand.
Organizations fish in a very small pool with many other companies for very few highly qualified candidates.
And those companies who complete for these candidates astonishingly don't always realize how competitive the market is for the talent they seek to hire.
It is a candidate-driven market.
These positions are remaining open longer and hiring managers are asking for more pinpoint accuracy on resumes from their in-house recruiters than before because those recruiters are simply not tapping into the depth of procurement talent fast enough or competitively enough to grab the best people for the limited time they are available on the market.
It's a very small and tight sector.
It's really critical to be plugged in and know who exactly does what in which company and who might be open to making a move any given day.
It's very time consuming and all about relationship building and networking with the right people.
Procurement or Supply Chain executives are finding that getting a really skilled procurement professional exactly when they need one is of greatest value.
While firing up the web has been a godsend for so many in-house recruiters at companies in extending their reach to so many more in the talent pool, the options are almost too vast to be of real value where the demand is high and the supply is low.
Finding real quality in very high demand areas such as strategic sourcing and purchasing often means falling short on the results side.
This is often where specialty recruiters can bridge the gap effectively.
It's choosing the right recruiting company that's key.
All recruiters are certainly not created equal.
It's critical to find a recruitment partner who will give true value.
This is most definitely the era of specialists and this is particularly true for recruiters.
Gone as the days of getting any worth from a recruiter who does it all.
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