PROCUREMENT MANAGER Interview Questions And Answers

Great video on Procurement Manager interview questions.  Even if you aren’t interviewing for a procurement manager this is a good video to watch to see where you may want to improve your skillset.

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Procurement and Negotiation Quotes

• “I want women to get paid more. I want to teach them to negotiate so they get paid more.” ~ Sheryl Sandberg
• “If you are good enough to compete for a top-level corporate job, you should be smart enough to know what the job pays the other gender and negotiate accordingly. If you are an employer, and you don’t pay an employee market wages, regardless of gender or orientation, you will end up with what you deserve.” ~Mark Cuban
• “The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts.” ~Howard Baker
• “A negotiator should observe everything. You must be part Sherlock Holmes, part Sigmund Freud.” ~ Victor Kiam
• “A well trained procurement organization can add major dollars to the organization through cost savings.” ~Dave Waters
• “If you are planning on doing business with someone again, don’t be too tough in the negotiations. If you’re going to skin a cat, don’t keep it as a house cat.”  ~Marvin Levin
• “The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.”  ~Lois Wyse
• “Negotiation is not a policy. It’s a technique. It’s something you use when it’s to your advantage, and something that you don’t use when it’s not to your advantage.”  ~John Bolton