Being ‘in procurement’ can mean a number of things, but typically it is assumed to mean that someone is a procurement practitioner. When a practitioner makes the decision to stay in procurement but take on another role - say working at a service or solution provider - their colleagues may be distrustful. Some will even believe they have gone over to ‘the dark side.’ 

 

In this episode of the #LoveProcurement podcast, Kelly Barner is joined by Arnaud Malarde, Product Marketing Director at Ivalua, and Jarrod McAdoo, Director of Product Marketing at Ivalua. All three of them are ‘dark siders,’ practitioners who dared to cross the line to join a provider.

 

Arnaud and Jarrod discuss what this transition is like and how it may actually position them to do more in support of procurement than if they had stayed as practitioners:

• How having a background in procurement changes the way they do your jobs today
• Why so many people think a job at a provider is the ‘dark side’
• The advice they would give their former practitioner selves knowing what they know now

Links:

Arnaud Malarde on LinkedIn

Jarrod McAdoo on LinkedIn