- Type Validation
- Level Intermediate
- Time Hours
- Cost Free
Consultative Sourcing Explorer
Issued by
IBM
This individual has introductory level knowledge of the IBM end-to-end sourcing processes, consulting skills and procurement practices including cognitive & agile. This badge earner has also worked in a procurement process and has experience in supporting either internal or external clients.
- Type Validation
- Level Intermediate
- Time Hours
- Cost Free
Earning Criteria
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Provide evidence of Client Appreciation or Acknowledgements pertaining to a Procurement issue or project you helped resolve or were actively involved in. The evidence should be direct mention of Appreciation or Acknowledgement received from an External Client, Consulting Teams, internal IBM stakeholders or senior Procurement leadership.
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Provide documentation of 3 significant projects based on spend or complexity – whereby sourcing and/or consultative skills were used, and results/benefits were realized-recognized to support client or domain strategies/SLAs.
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Able to discuss high level overview of "Source to Pay" process. Badge earner needs to submit a short description of their understanding of S2P. Also an example of how data/insights/analytics/automation is supporting evolution of our Procurement Organization.