Organisational change
29 August 2012
I work for a large retail company in a high-profile purchasing function run by a director with more than 15 years’ experience. The department is responsible for retail products and non-retail business services. My boss is leaving, and purchasing is to be
Iain Gilmour, managing director of purchasing recruitment consultancy MSSL, writes: The impact of this reorganisation on your career will depend largely on whether you treat it as a threat or an opportunity.
The underlying objectives for purchasing are to improve the profits, growth and risk management of the business. If purchasing is seen as an integral...