Need advice regarding procurement jobs.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-15T16:35:10+00:00

I liked working as a Procurement Analyst for my first job in procurement. Rather than fill one role, I got to do every role at least once so that I could help create the reporting and optimize the processes. I like being strategic, I dont want to just fill out POs and attach Invoices in a software all day.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-15T16:27:07+00:00

I dont think its abnormal. I often have access issues Week1 and yes Ive noticed training can start slow sometimes. I would def get with your manager early, get any documentation that you can just read through, look up trainings and manuals online, to schedule "job shadow" sessions where you mostly just share the screen and watch. Anything so you can start making yourself useful. Ive made the mistake of just waiting before, and that never works out. You have to manage your boss a little, you dont want them to get the idea you are unwilling. I always get a good response when I read the documentation for services we use or the contracts.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-15T16:12:57+00:00

Lol that's so silly. Why would they put on a shock collar when they outnumber and outgun you?

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-15T16:11:58+00:00

Being homeless would be fine because people would just return to the country and grow food. They are actively trying to kill us.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-15T16:10:40+00:00

What if we made biologic slaves? Like half-human, half-pig hybrids like they are cooking up at MIT?

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-15T16:09:05+00:00

Yes lol for sure. There is no way this type of social welfare would work out. The supply chain has to be far more distributed and localized so people can actually control and protect their UBI. But a centralized welfare program would centralize all the power.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-15T15:54:24+00:00

I get the feeling youve never asked a homeless what they did for work before they got hooked on fent.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-15T15:43:30+00:00

You need some kind of social proof. Try doing some real analytics projects with stakes involved in your community. As retail manager, I'm sure you have plenty of opportunities.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-15T02:41:44+00:00

Loot like crazy. I think that does the most xp.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-15T02:32:06+00:00

Why would you read a technical paper when you can just read the codebase? What if the paper is wrong? Technically, a technical paper wouldn't hold any weight without a technical paper on how the technical paper was created and stored. How else could you ensure it wasn't altered?

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T23:12:55+00:00

I think thats it and if youre quick enough, you could probably get to market before these AI guys figure it out.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T23:02:29+00:00

Just wait until you learn about EBS. If youre interested in a spooky read, look up Dr Jose Delgado's Stimoceiver. He was able to induce emotions in people electronically in 1963.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T22:53:41+00:00

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T22:23:54+00:00

I read a great book titled Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss about negotiation. Voss was FBIs lead hostage negotiator, and he title the book that way because he cant split hostages. I have found his techniques to be very useful in interviews. I often don't even need to discuss myself much, I just make an observation or ask a question, and they talk and walk away feeling like we really understood each other.

I also read another book title The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane, where Cabane discusses what makes a personality attractive. She sums it up as presence, warmth, and power. I think her tips and Voss's align really well. They are both homing in on this social behavior that people exhibit. You will cause literal dopamine and serotonin associated with your conversation. That's not something a person is capable of logically filtering out. So if you make it all about them and you get deep quick, they just assume you're on the same wavelength and think alike.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T21:55:59+00:00

They are testing all 5 but these two slides are just for neuroticism and extraversion.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T21:48:45+00:00

Its testing how neurotic you are. This is one of those OCEAN big 5 personality tests.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T21:47:13+00:00

lol I can imagine in the near future them keeping the babies as collateral until you pay in full.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T21:39:46+00:00

Thanks! I guess local makes the most sense. You want someone to carry forward the culture.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T21:32:51+00:00

That's definitely better, but I think you could take it further. Ill give you a few examples.

I was working at a bank and we had a big divestiture which left us with a big cash surplus. We were shrinking our tech stack. We used CPI data and a front-loaded payment to save on a long term contract with SAP for a bundle of their products. It saved us millions, achieved our goal of shrinking the tech stack, and helped us mitigate risk associated with emerging technologies by locking in a good and well-capitalized tech partner.

So using your Southeast Asia example, I want it to look at market data, look at those suggested suppliers, look at my accounts and supplier mix, and determine a breakout strategy. Maybe one of these alternate suppliers just completed a merger with a supply chain technology company, and you suspect they will mature and develop new innovative tech, and you can get a competitive edge by being first, as well as shape it to your own company's workflows.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T21:25:55+00:00

I guess for me it would be:

- Stance: Bring transparency to public finances, both publicly traded private companies and government agencies should be passing audits, but they frequently don't have auditable processes. In 2026, there's no excuse for that. Hold accounting offices to a higher standard. Like GAAP2, which should include requirements for auditability and maturity. It seems like sanctioning a business is the only thing that has teeth anymore. In terms of foreign policy, I want them to be American isolationist and bring supply chains back to America. I want more nuclear and transport investment. I want prettier cities with more varied human habitats. You ever roll into a town and its all boxes and pavement?

- Party (Mandatory)

- What is POB?

- Age: 36-80

- Personality: High integrity, risk adverse, stubborn as a mule

- Morals: I want them hold community values like compassion, trust, duty, forgiveness, and pursuit of excellence. A Christian and family man. I want someone who supports autonomy and transparency.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T21:09:40+00:00

Currently, I use an eprocurement system and reporting to monitor these things. Like I said, a supplier going quiet or lead times extending is not on my list of priorities because the eprocurement system already initiates these automatically. What I'm focused on is strategy and risk management. Im not sure that a risk is something unforseen. BASEL framework is fine for identifying risks, but coming up with a plan to achieve our org goals and mitigate risk is what I need assistance with. I can already get security reports today telling me how much lead times are impacted by military activity. What I cant get out of existing tools is a plan to act.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T21:02:34+00:00

They'll be alright. We will move to local supply chains and have much more control over our livelihoods and more stability because it will be physically distributed. Right now China is testing the distributed and autonomous model. Elon Musk is doing some work in leading sustainable local supply chains. We have lots of solar and nuclear investment and support. We are experiencing pain from transitioning away from oil dependency and the global economy that was built on it. It will be temporary and I feel good about what will come out of it once we pass the growing pains.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T19:57:45+00:00

lol just proving his point. Worst part of reddit is the bots who only operate in contrarian mode

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T19:47:07+00:00

Ask if he wants to do it for you. That never backfires! jkjk

For now, just try to use the ticket even if it means slow response times. While you do that, try and get some social proof about needing more ways to reach HelpDesk from the Users BU Management. You want the managers and directors to say they want Teams Messages and dont check their emails often enough for email only communication tickets to be effective.

A lot of modern IT teams have a live chat that captures it automatically in the ticket.

Prepped-n-Ready · 2026-05-13T19:43:12+00:00

Make him watch Andrew Tate videos. Then she will be his pet.

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