I am in procurement, responsible for energy and facilities, for a European retailer.
Developing a niche is my recommendation.
I was an energy consultant for 10 years, before moving to procurement as was bored.
So no real training in procurement, but picked up a lot from colleagues.
Procurement is interesting , and that is coming from me with short attention span.
Lots of different challenges day to day.
Just spend three months developing a new led future for all our stores.
Think about what is your passion/ area of interest and consider that for bit, before switching to procurement.
Guess I am a bit green at heart, and want to reduce energy usage..
Professional services is a high demand area, and was my previous role.
All of the big consulting groups have procurement functions, so if your grades are great then look at their graduate programs..
I have worked for a few companies and the procurement people have been well respected, in contrast to some of the comments above.
Drops me a note if you have any ??