Senior Procurement Consultant Review

My role is split between standard procurement (i.e. tendering, contracting, onboarding of new suppliers, etc...) and project management. My key responsibilities incl.; stakeholder management (internal and external), on-boarding of new suppliers, strategic planning and development within my category, category management.

Definitely! I have had a lot of experience to develop the following skills: presenting, communication, interpersonal skills, time management, organisational abilities and recently more leadership and managerial skills

I thoroughly enjoy my programme. I have found it extremely useful to learn the logic behind my procurement role and it has given me more confidence when doing my daily role.

I would say that my programme is relatively well structured, however, the reason I will not score it a 10 is that at the beginning it took a while for us to get a tutor and this caused a lot of delays in our learning. However, apart from that it has been great!

I would say that my employer is very supportive (particularly my senior management) and will assist wherever required. The only thing I would say is that my workload is quite high and this has impacted quite heavily on my work-life balance in recent months

I would say that my trainer is generally great. They are very helpful at answering questions and super supportive. The only thing is that I find that they go off tangent quite a lot and this can waste a bit of time.

100% it has helped me. It has given me greater confidence when doing my job and has taught me the theory behind what I do. It has also allowed me to see things from a different perspective & apply theories and models to my work

Yes definitely. We attend a lot of expos

Yes

I have thoroughly enjoyed working for Lidl and even though it is fast paced, its an environment you can really thrive in if you apply yourself

Always be yourself and always put your best foot forward