Discuss

Your experiences and needs around procurement can all be shared in our discussion area. You may have a question that a fellow health procurement professional can answer or wish to share a best practice or experience with our community or discuss opportunities to collaborate.

Whatever it is, together we can find the solutions to strengthen and grow
our community through sharing our knowledge.

You must be logged in to take part in a discussion.

Latest Posts:

  • Profile Picture

    RE: Strategies for dealing with rising commodity p ...

    By: Martins Onyia
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Yes I agree that BCP should be part of it, to ensure that systems are created for prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats to a company; while simulation of events that could affect operations negatively should be part of such plan ...

  • Profile Picture

    RE: Negotiations in Public Health Sector

    By: Josephat Ngesah
    Posted in: Open Forum

    The approach to negotiation is the public sector procurement all over the world is highly regulated and calibrated, to agree with Millicent.In Kenya the Public Procurement Asset and Disposal Act 2015 only allows it under certain circumstances.For example: ...

  • Profile Picture

    RE: Leadership Styles

    By: Josephat Ngesah
    Posted in: Open Forum

    I agree with you Martin.Situational leadership is advisable.It is the situation that gives you the opportunity to apply the most appropriate leadership style.Infact the "Rs" or "Ss" in the model shared in the asset depend on the situation e.g.Follower ...

  • Profile Picture

    RE: Communication Skills

    By: Josephat Ngesah
    Posted in: Open Forum

    This post is important.Many leaders and particularly in procurement do not understand the role of communication in their work.Lack of communication can lead to frustrations among employees/reports and can affect productivity.Just like the story from the ...

  • Profile Picture

    Procurement Skills and Behaviours

    By: HPA Community Manager
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Procurement professionals need to have a good mix of technical and business skills, alongside the necessary behavioural (or soft skills). This asset outlines some of these in more detail and also relates them to various procurement roles - you can access ...