Mind the Gap: Identifying Skill Gaps in Purchasing and Supply Management

Vincent Delke; Holger  Schiele; Wolfgang Buchholz

Mind the Gap: Identifying Skill Gaps in Purchasing and Supply Management

Vincent Delke^*, Holger Schiele, Wolfgang Buchholz

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Nowadays, the human-centric discipline of purchasing and supply management (PSM) is of strategic importance for firms’ success. Within the discipline, scholars address PSM professionals’ skills and provide practitioners with academic insights. Due to changes in the industry environment, changes in the working environment and the task of purchasing professionals are assumed. This paper aims to contribute to the PSM professional skills literature by defining current PSM professionals’ skill gaps as the difference between the acquired skill level and perceived skill importance. Findings show that current PSM professionals feel to be underqualified to abstract the full potential of professional relationships, as buyer-supplier relationships, due to current PSM professionals’ skill gaps.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IPSERA 2020 conference proceedings
Place of Publication	Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Publisher	International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA)
Number of pages	11
Edition	29
Publication status	Published - 3 Aug 2020
Event	30th Annual IPSERA Conference 2021: Purchasing Innovation and Crisis Management - Online Event, Knoxville, United States Duration: 29 Mar 2021 → 1 Apr 2021 Conference number: 30 https://www.ipsera.com/ipseraonline2021

Conference

Conference	30th Annual IPSERA Conference 2021
Abbreviated title	IPSERA 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Knoxville
Period	29/03/21 → 1/04/21
Internet address	https://www.ipsera.com/ipseraonline2021

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Mind the Gap: Identifying Skill Gaps in Purchasing and Supply Management. / Delke, Vincent ; Schiele, Holger ; Buchholz, Wolfgang.
IPSERA 2020 conference proceedings. 29. ed. Knoxville, Tennessee, USA: International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA), 2020. 132.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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