1/8 Reality Check Time: Most business waste isn't an operations problem—it's a foundation problem. See these footprints ahead? Simple oversight in planning cascades into massive resource waste.

The Great Indirect Procurement Exodus: Why your best talent is silently planning their escape (and what it really costs you)

A thread on the crisis no one's talking about...

🧵 "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." - Einstein

This might be the most important truth in procurement right now. Here's why...

🧵 "The uncomfortable truth about procurement that no one talks about:
Most people running procurement departments have no idea what procurement actually is. (Neither do the people they work with.)

Here's the wild reality...

Stop asking for '10+ years procurement experience' in your job posts.

What you really need:
• Business architects who think in systems
• Change agents who can envision tomorrow
• Leaders who build, not maintain

Your struggles aren't a skills gap. They're an imagination gap.

The $1M mistake companies keep making:

Hiring a 'Head of Procurement' when they haven't even decided if they need procurement or strategic sourcing.
This isn't semantics. It's the difference between control and competitive advantage. Here's why...

The uncomfortable truth about procurement that no one talks about:
Most people running procurement departments have no idea what procurement actually is.

(Neither do the people they work with.)

Here's the wild reality...

Why are procurement teams using CRMs instead of 'real' procurement tools?

The answer exposes an uncomfortable truth about how we're building procurement departments...

🧵 The Secret Every First-Time Procurement Leader Needs to Hear:

You weren't thrown into procurement by accident.

You were chosen because you know how to build things right.

Here's what your company sees that you don't: