Clients
Reference: Telenet
Marc Slegers
CPO @ Telenet
After having promoted 2 new persons in our procurement organization I was faced with the eternal question of every manager:
- How can we effectively and in a “sticky” way train the people and give them the required toolset to succeed in their new jobs?
- Will we use traditional training & certification, E learning or internal training ?
Luckely In June 2012 I was introduced to SupplyPlus. I liked their innovative approach , giving on the job coaching on the key procurement skills on concrete projects, working with the people and sharing best practices and both hard & soft skills training on project immediately benefiting the business and boosting the skills level of the people tremendoulsy.
The "Booster-Program” proposed by SupplyPlus was a real exciting climbing expedition…
They first checked personally with each employee what gear they already had in their backpack. The direct superiors also gave their view on what gear should be added in order to come to a successful climb. My strategic view on the department was then used to ensure that we were all preparing to climb the same mountain. And last but not least, HR was brought in to travel as members of the Telenet-community.
Each employee made their personal climb and even surpassed the top! Flags where planted and success was celebrated,
As teamwork is important to guarantee success, each basecamp member stayed in contact during the whole climbing expedition. The 2 employees even managed to drag along other colleagues in their climb towards the top.
Now that the expedition has ended, I know that the promise SupplyPlus made to ensure sustainable progress has been achieved. It is now our own task to create more climbing expeditions towards world class purchasing.
Looking back I will not hesitate to use SupplyPlus again and try out different programs when needed.
I surely recommend SupplyPlus to anyone who wants to climb the ladder towards world class procurement and who is looking for a personal approach with a high ROI...
Other personal impressions
« By offering youngsters this program, we invest in them and help them build a broad, basic spectrum of competences. »
« I am more than happy to recommend Sandy. I have worked more than two years with her and it's always been a pleasure. »
« Her commercial intuitiveness and profit awareness has been a clear asset to our business unit. »
« Sandy is a goal oriented personality with special attention for people's strengths and capabilities to improve. She is a real team player. »
« Sandy fulfilled this job in a successful way with great knowledge of the purchasing process and on a collaboratively way. »
« Sandy was results oriented individual that balanced our expectations with industry development to deliver great perspective on how to structure our cost models. »
« Sandy lead a team of supply chain consultants which delivered excellent results. »
« most of all I apprecieted her way to behave with people with respect but in the same time pushing them to give their best. »
« She has a profound knowledge of the Purchasing Profession and is a highly appreciated people manager and coach. »
« She was a great coach for a starter and was always ready with good advice to develop both professional as personal skills. »
« Sandy is a driven, optimistic, hands-on, people manager. It was a pleasure to work for/with her. »
« Sandy's strength lies undoubtedly in the development of a professional procurement department through the creation of processes and structures. »
