There's a lot spoken about diversity and inclusion.

But one thing's for sure. The industrial manufacturing sector and SMEs tend to lack behind the larger corporates and professional services industries when it comes to diversity.

While a lot is spoken and written about making procurement teams more diverse, one thing that is out of procurement leaders' control are the external factors.

The reality is, in more traditional industries, the salespeople and the internal stakeholders are still overwhelmingly male.

My guest today, Beth Seager, comes from the chemicals industry and has a background in MRO and technical procurement.

Not the easiest of categories to garner respect and acceptance from stakeholders as a procurement professional in general! So, even harder in a more traditionally male dominated industry and stakeholder base.

We dive into how to deal with challenges from stakeholders vs. dealing with the supply base.

Beth gives tips and advice from someone who's been there for how male colleagues should behave to women in a very male dominated environment.

Beth also walks through some of the challenges faced, how to mitigate them and push through the prejudices and offers a great one line question to put the ball firmly back into the court of the person challenging your authority or knowledge.

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