Aerospace & Defence Skills Assessment and Procurement Academy Situation Global aerospace business with multiple business units Procurement community of around 250 professionalsNo 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 frameworkSkills development targeted in those areas where it was most neededRapid deployment of learning and measurement of learning completed Substantive improvement in knowledge levels