Implementing a competency assessment programme

Business Situation

Solution Implemented

Benefits Delivered

• Global procurement team recently formed with many new recruits.
• Business need to improve core procurement capabilities.
• Limited budgets for investment in learning & development.
• No standard role profiles or measurement of capabilities.
• HR working with procurement to develop people strategy.

• Competency framework for global procurement developed.
• All team members carried out self assessments against ideal profiles.
• Full analysis of results produced, identifying key gaps.
• Learning & development programme developed.
• Priority training programme underway to address critical needs.

• Key skills gaps identified, leading to a targeted recruitment programme.
• New training programme focused on major business needs.
• Highly competent people identified as potential coaches/trainers.
• Retention of staff and team morale improved.
• HR rolled out approach in other functions, publicity for procurement.

Competency Assessment Programme

• Link to organisational structure.
• Build around existing frameworks.

• Built on FP’s framework.
• Populate assessment tool

• Self assessment vs ideal profiles.
• Peer and manager assessments.

• Identify competency gaps.
• Develop L&D programme.

• Tackle high priority needs.
• Reassess to measure success.

Individual results matched against an ideal competency role profile

Priority areas for development identified for a procurement team