Each year, Business Talent Group releases the High-End Independent Talent Report, looking across industries and business functions to analyze how business leaders deploy top independent talent to fill critical skill, expertise, and leadership gaps. Here are the key procurement trends for 2022.
In 2022, procurement leaders at many top companies are embracing independent talent not only for their own project needs, but also to help fill critical skill and leadership gaps across the organization. In addition to building enterprise-wide on-demand talent programs, they’re also tapping independents to optimize business processes, enable innovation and tech transformation, and develop more resilient and cost-effective sourcing strategies.
PROJECT CATEGORIES: Procurement
| 48% Strategy |
| 26% Operations |
| 14% Transformation |
| 7% Organization |
| 5% Interim Leadership |
IN-DEMAND PROJECTS FOR PROCUREMENT
Business Processes
Innovation and R&D
Product Strategy and Launch
IT and Tech Transformation
Marketing and Sales
Change Management
Opportunity Assessment
IN-DEMAND SKILLS FOR PROCUREMENT
Clinical Operations
Project Management
Market Landscape and Research
Program Management Office (PMO)
Data Science and Data Engineering
Sourcing and Procurement
SAMPLE PROCUREMENT PROJECTS
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Evaluate current ocean freight strategy and provide global and regional optimization recommendations
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Develop a blueprint for the global communications function to strengthen and evolve the function over the next few years
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Lead portfolio pricing guidance and develop pricing strategies from early pipeline to launch
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Create a charter for attracting and retaining diverse customer segments including the alignment of key stakeholders across business units
