Aspiring professionals have to deliver more than table-stakes results if they want to climb the corporate ladder. In fact, they have to do more than climb: they need to time travel. 

Most hard working individuals can create value for today, in their current role, given the present circumstances. The real prize goes to those who manage to create a source of value that extends into the future, generating benefits that can be passed along to the next group of leaders.

In this episode of the #LoveProcurement podcast, Kelly Barner is joined by Michael Stietz, EVP Operations at Körber Business Area Technologies. Michael is a ‘recovering’ procurement executive, someone who is taking his learnings and experience from years in procurement and applying them in the world of operations.

Michael shares his long-held philosophy, which connects procurement to supply chain to operations in a progressive flow of work:

• How procurement has become a launching pad for careers across the C-suite
• What procurement needs to know about their internal and external customers
• Critical investments in communications that can ensure procurement’s full value proposition is recognized across the company

Links: Michael Stietz on LinkedIn