Stakeholder Education

Greater understanding leads to greater organization design success

A key to success in organization design and other strategic sourcing initiatives is the ability to build stakeholder understanding of procurement processes and their respective role in driving sustainable value. When they appreciate the fundamentals of strategic sourcing, they provide the self-sustaining energy that delivers long-term value. When the fundamentals are understood, roles can be fully embraced.

Managers will see first-hand: from purpose comes effort. And excellence

When stakeholders can see how their role fulfills a purpose within an overall plan, that understanding will increase commitment, support deployment, and drive adoption of strategic sourcing as a way of working. Managers should support their employees who participate in the implementation of sourcing strategies as cross-functional team members. Their role's importance is vitally reinforced by soliciting input and feedback, to ensure concerns are brought to the team's attention and resolved. Stakeholders should also:

• help procurement understand current and future business needs
• work as part of a cross-functional team
• support the goals of achieving greater value results

Providing the procurement organization a culture of improvement

An effective stakeholder education program cultivates an organization-wide commitment to improvement. Our expertise helps stakeholders understand their roles. Stakeholders can take ownership for driving the implementation of breakthrough initiatives. Top performers are encouraged to serve as a sponsor to continuing education programs, supporting sustained value. Depending on business culture, the programs may take the form of:

• in-house workshops
• online / distance learning
• personal coaching
• mentoring
• job rotation to increase exposure to cross-functional team roles