“ Instead ,” he says , “ businesses need to move to a skills-based approach . Procurement professionals will need skills to help them embrace new technologies , collaborate across functions , experiment , and adapt to the changing role of procurement .
“ With the rapid pace of change , upskilling and reskilling employees to exploit and accelerate the digitisation of operations can only be a reality through greater emphasis on continuous learning .
For example , at KPMG , employees are aligned with this skills-based approach to learning and development – providing key transferable skills and helping them to be more agile to adapt and to embrace change .
“ Increasingly , the learning and development opportunities KPMG provides has a greater emphasis on areas such as design thinking and emotional intelligence – both key skills to leverage within the digital workforce .” procurementmag . com 71