What skills do buyers need?
Innovating with suppliers

Implementing this type of innovation partnership with suppliers requires a spirit of openness that is not spontaneous, but can start with traditional skills on both the Purchasing and Engineering sides. However, the development of this approach presupposes a high level of "Purchasing maturity", as shown in the Purchasing department maturity chart (Tool 5 ).

In particular, this implies setting up different types of Purchasing actors to :

• Procurement: day-to-day operations to make services...