Habilidades necessárias aos compradores de materiais indiretos para os desafios de compras do futurocomo e onde buscar autodesenvolvimento

Resumo

Purchasing area has been present on organization structures for a long time, however, there is a discrepancy on importance in the companies, concerning to direct and indirect procurement (act of purchasing). This is due, specially, to the usage characteristics of the acquired material: the direct ones, also named productive materials, are used directly on production of company’s main activity, the raw material, while the indirect ones are necessary for the good performance and operations of the most different departments of the company, although they do not take part on the production line, considered as unproductive ones, for this reason, and commonly classified as spend and expenses. However, increasingly it has been identified the potential of a good management of indirect spend on adding earnings and competitive advantages for the business. The purpose of this paper was to investigate along to purchasing professionals from indirect purchasing area, how and where they obtained the current skills, what the perception is, concerning to future challenges and in consequence, which necessary skills will be demanded from those professionals. In this context, due to the need of searching for selfdevelopment, it was considered important to evaluate the academy role on professional formation in current scenario, and how it can contribute to the future, through interviews with active teachers, on Supply Chain academic environment. On this paper, it can be identified the perceptions of the interviewers concerning to indirect purchasing area, the experiences and skills of the professionals on current and future scenario, what the expected challenges as well as which the necessary skills are and what the differences and similarities are, between practice and theory. This study suggests how the professionals of the area must position themselves, how and where they are supposed to search for self-development, what the academy and the companies behaviors are, towards indirect purchasing area, as well as suggestion on how this organizations can add value to professionals and area evolution.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Dissertação

Ano

2020

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/29104

Palavras-chave

Indirect purchasingDirect x indirect materialsPurchasing challenges for the futureSelf-developmentPurchasers skillsCompras de indiretosDiretos versus indiretosDesafios de compras para o futuroAutodesenvolvimentoHabilidades dos compradoresAdministração de empresasComprasAdministração de materialCompradoresQualificações profissionaisProfissões - Desenvolvimento