#1472 Improvements to Sourcing change request pending
Addition of 'negotiation' to the Guidance notes and Level 6 description
Guidance notes
We suggest adding the following dot point to the guidance notes:
- negotiating with potential suppliers and other stakeholders
Rationale for this suggestion
Levels 4, 5 and 7 mention negotiating, as does our proposed change to level 6 below. It therefore makes sense that one of the activities involved in exercising this Sourcing skill would be 'negotiating with potential suppliers and other stakeholders'.
Sourcing: Level 6
We propose the following addition to the Level 6 description:
- Conducts complex negotiations and sets the parameters for less complex negotiations with potential suppliers and other stakeholders.
Rationale for this suggestion
Levels 4, 5 and 7 currently mention negotiation, but level 6 does not. We observe that our Level 6 sourcing officers do undertake complex contract negotiations and set the parameters for level 5 and below negotiations. It is somewhat implicit presently, but we suggest making it explicit.
This proposal was developed through a collaboration between the Digital Sourcing Network and the APS Digital Profession.
Proposed change applies to Sourcing
Current status of this request: pending