EMEA Recruitment hosted an exclusive webinar on 29th January 2024, gathering senior Procurement leaders and professionals keen to develop their careers.

This online event was hosted in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), a global professional body which we connect with regularly in Switzerland.

During the session, we shared our Career Pyramid and the CIPS Career Ladder - unique consultation tools used to visualise and achieve career progression. We regularly offer our career consultation tool to candidates - explore our range of candidate services: emearecruitment.com/pages/candidates

Event attendees were placed into groups, led by hand-picked keynote speakers with extensive industry experience in various sectors. The groups swapped insights and discussed solutions to enable career development.

Our chosen speakers from the Procurement discipline included: Michael Bitar (ex-Julius Baer), Marcos Serrano Timonet (Philip Morris), Giuliana Orsini (TE Connectivity), Amat Patak (Estee Lauder), and Supply Chain professional Federica Bertola (Axalta). 

Nicolas Passaquin, Chief Procurement Officer at Telia, also led a group discussion and has previously completed an Executive Interview with EMEA Recruitment’s Founder, Paul Toms. Learn more about Nicolas’ career.

After the 20-minute group discussion, the groups were brought together to share a significant key action with the wider audience.

Some of the points are detailed below.

Key actions to advance your career:

• Find a mentor (informal/external/different industry)
• Leverage/develop your internal and external network
• Think about your value proposition and business impact
• Keep updated with certifications and industry trends for a competitive edge (AI, automation, and technological advancements)
• Leave your comfort zone, take risks, volunteer for challenges (cross-functionally/similarities between Procurement and Supply Chain)
• Action your development without waiting for managers

Participants left the session inspired to act and seize control of their career progression.  The webinar was well attended and a great chance to connect with like-minded individuals within Procurement & Supply Chain.

To be notified of similar events in the future, please contact Neil Cope, Director in our Procurement & Supply Chain recruitment division: [email protected]