hello there my name is Richard McMunn
from the interview training company past
my intercom and in this tutorial I'm
gonna teach you how to pass a
procurement manager or procurement
officer interview and in particular I
will give you a number of interview
questions and answers to help you
prepare effectively for your procurement
manager interview so please do stick
around and watch it from beginning to
end because it will make a huge
difference to your interview preparation
now before I get into the tips and those
questions and answers a very warm
welcome to this tutorial my name is
Richard McMunn that's me there in the
center and I've been helping people for
about 20 years to pass their interviews
and I do that specifically by making
sure I give you unique and top-scoring
answers so please do stick around and
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now in preparation for your procurement
manager or officer interview we need to
make sure you demonstrate the following
skills qualities and attributes this is
how you will be assessed you have to
demonstrate a requirement to be able to
negotiate with a clear focus on the
specification and budget that you're
responsible for during the procurement
process you also have to understand that
procurement process and have an ability
to initiate a plan to organize to
progress and complete all projects under
your command ok so you have to
understand the procurement process so
I'm gonna give you a specific question
based around the process and a great
answer to that as well you have to be
able to identify procurement needs and
seek a range of external stakeholder
joint ventures where possible because
that allows you to reduce costs and also
minimum order quantities when you are
procuring obviously build positive
relationships with supplies and
stockists in order to make the whole
process and the purchasing cycle more
efficient and effectively and then fully
manage that procurement process from
beginning to end so you also have to
have project management skills as well
so let's move on to those procure
manager or opposite interview questions
and answers and I've made sure in these
answers I've encompassed all of those
skills and qualities in the answers to
make sure you are the top candidate
question number one tell me about
yourself and why you want to work for
our organization as a procurement
manager so it's the introductory
question tell me about yourself so we
want to make sure we get off on a strong
footing here's my suggested answer I'm a
conscientious hard-working and
meticulously organized organized manager
who takes great pride in their work
having been in procurement for many
years now not only do I feel very
passionate about the work I carry out
but I also enjoy continually learning
and developing in the role I want to
work for your company as a procurement
manager specifically because it is clear
you are one of the leaders in your
industry and I would feel supported in
my role which would enable me to carry
out each procurement project or task to
a very high standard I feel strongly
that if you employ me within this
procurement role you'll be impressed
with my strong work ethics and also my
ability to follow strict procurement
processes and guidelines to the
necessary standards that's a positive
answer it uses strong keywords and
phrases which i think is very important
when answering questions of nature of
this nature for management level rock
level roles next question what skills
and qualities do you have that are a
match for the procurement manager role
so this is assessing your understanding
of whether you've read the person
specification and you know what's
required to carry out your duties
responsibly and to the right standard
here we go I believe I have seven key
skills and qualities that are a match
for this role within procurement these
are an ability to source the best
possible deals for my employer an
ability to negotiate hard when required
an ability to work collaboratively with
internal members of staff and external
stakeholders effective procurement
management processing skills great
attention to detail a renowned problem
solver and finally a desire to
continually learn develop and improve my
own skills so that I am a consistent
benefit and asset to you my employer
that's great what I like about that
answer is you're focusing on seven key
skills and qualities so you
know yourself you already know yourself
before you go to the interview the key
skills and attributes that you have
there'll be a benefit to them within the
role of procurement manager next
question describe the different stages
of an effective procurement process now
the one that I've given you now is based
on my experience when carrying out
procurement projects in the past you
might have your own one which you can
put a twist to it and add different
elements but here is my suggested answer
there are effectively 10 stages to
effective procurement processes that I
would use as your procurement manager
and these include the recognition first
of all of a need for procurement then
it's the identification of the specific
goods products or resources then
exploring and shortlisting sourcing
options negotiating price and terms
purchase ordering delivery of the goods
products or resources expediting the
inspection process and sign-up stage and
finally feedback following the use of
the goods from the end-user now it's
absolutely essential that to become a
competent and effective procurement
manager you must implement and utilize
systems at every stage of the process
because after all you are responsible
for making good use of the hard earned
finances your employer has entrusted you
with so there's no margin for error so
again I like that answer because you are
focusing on 10 specific stages and you
know them in detail which you would have
to know them as a procurement manager
now I have two more questions to go
through so please do stick around but if
you want to download my full set of
procurement manager interview questions
and answers there's a link that's
appeared in the top right hand corner of
that video if you click that it'll take
you through to my website where you can
get the full procurement manager
interview questions and answers to make
sure you pass your interview next
question what you consider to be the
most difficult aspect of procurement the
great question let's take a look at the
answer for it perhaps the most difficult
aspect of procurement would have to be
dealing with external stakeholders or
suppliers who could let you down as a
procurement manager you are responsible
for delivering the project on time to
specification and also to the required
budget now
part of the responsibility you are
dependent on many other people and
organizations all coming together to
deliver on their promises and sometimes
they might let you down now having said
that my experience has taught me to
ensure I build up positive relationships
with people whereby they are far less
likely to not deliver on their promises
I'm also the type of procurement manager
who ensures there is absolute clarity
and communication from the get-go and
this is also allowing me to ensure the
procurement process is delivered to the
required specification so that's a great
answer because you don't want to say I
don't find any part of it difficult of
course there are difficult aspects and
this is the part that I believe is the
most difficult because it's not your
lack of ability or your lack of
management skills when going through the
procurement process it's other people
that can let you down and if you've
worked in procurement before or project
management you know that can happen but
you're turning it into a positive thing
as you're saying you are focusing on
absolute clarity of communication but
also that you're building up positive
relationships which are really important
now what are the most important skills
require them to manage the procurement
process here we go a competent
procurement manager will need to have
numerous skills and attributes to be
successful however the most important
ones are planning and execution as a
procurement manager you are ultimately
responsible for delivering the
procurement process on time to
specification and also to budget now the
only way you can successfully achieve
these goals is to plan thoroughly and
execute the delivery of your plan by
utilizing that ten step process are
discussed in a previous answer if you
fail in those areas your employer is let
down on the consequences can be
far-reaching from a financial
perspective now in addition to planning
effectively and the thorough execution
of that plan you also need to
communicate effectively both in writing
and verbally have outstanding
motivational skills be enthusiastic
about the procurement project have a
flexible approach to working be a great
negotiator be unwavering in the face of
adversity and challenges and also be
confident in your own and your team's
abilities I believe I have all of those
skills and
qualities and a can be relied upon to
deliver fantastic results on budget and
also on time so it's a great in-depth
answer that shows you understand the
most important skills required to manage
that process so don't forget you want to
download the full set if you click the
link below the video teach you to to my
website here where you can download my
full list of procurement manager and
officer interview questions and answers
now also I've given you five important
tips on this page and you know what to
think about when you're preparing for
your procurement manager or officer
interview so please do read those like I
say if you click the link below the
video that takes you through to that
page where you can get the procurement
manager interview questions answers
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