Purchase Executive

☛ 1. How will you go about determining this company’s purchasing patterns?

☛ 2. If we buy a customized product from a single source, how will you know if the price is fair?

☛ 3. All we have is raw purchasing transaction information. What can you do to make sense of it?

☛ 4. How do you define cost savings in a way that will be embraced by executive management?

☛ 5. What factors would you consider if you had to produce cost savings in a short time frame?

☛ 6. What process do you go through when conducting a sourcing initiative?

☛ 7. How do you decide if you need a contract for a purchase or not?

☛ 8. What are some appropriate remedies for a supplier’s failure to perform?

☛ 9. How can we reduce our risk through better contract language?

☛ 10. What tools do you use to keep track of progress on your projects?

☛ 1. What have been the biggest achievements in your procurement career?

☛ 2. What do you like most and least about procurement?

☛ 3. Give an example of a time when you have had a difficult experience with a stakeholder and how you resolved it.

☛ 4. What tools and techniques would you use to implement a company-wide operational change driven by a procurement need to save money? And how would you get buy-in from stakeholders?

☛ 5. What has been the hardest lesson you have learnt in procurement?

☛ 6. Give an example when your perseverance resulted in a win for you and your organisation?

☛ 7. Who has had the biggest influence of your career? And how have they helped shape you?

☛ 8. What ongoing education are you undertaking?

☛ 9. What would you like to be doing in two or three years? And what is your career goal in 10 years’ time?

☛ 10. What attracted you to apply for this role and to work this company?