Aerospace & Defence

Skills Assessment and Procurement Academy

Situation

• Global aerospace business with multiple business units
• Procurement community of around 250 professionals
• No holistic, objective view of current skills and development priorities
• Localised and fragmented approach towards talent development 

Approach

• Assessed the skills of the procurement community using the on-line procurement assessment tool
• Developed individual, regional and group development plans by role type and role level
• Deployed e-learning to the procurement community

Benefits

• Organisation wide view of current skills levels mapped by role and against a competence framework
• Skills development targeted in those areas where it was most needed
• Rapid deployment of learning and measurement of learning completed
• Substantive improvement in knowledge levels