📊 𝟔𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐏𝐎𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐄𝐎.

𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: 𝘊𝘈𝘗𝘚 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩

That’s not just a stat. It’s a reality check.

We in Procurement can’t create meaningful value and fuel business strategy if we’re too far from the business.

Org charts don’t just reflect priorities, they reinforce them.

𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍‑𝟐 𝐨𝐫 𝐍‑𝟑 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜.

But only if Procurement is trusted early enough to shape the conversation.

So forget the job title.

Ask instead: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲?

💬 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴?