I’ve noticed 10 underlying assumptions (through my work with candidates looking at Johnson & Johnson, Estee Lauder, Nike i.e. consumer-focused companies) that interviewers make about supply chain job candidates.

When you’ve spent a majority of your career in a supply chain role, the good assumptions are:

• You can create win-win partnerships.

• You know how to incrementally unlock value from your supply chain partners.

• You are a strong negotiator.

• You can forecast anticipated business needs with precision.

• You know how to reduce costs.

Alternatively, the not so good assumptions are:

• You are boring.

• You are “just a logistics” guy/gal.

• You might play favorites when it comes to selecting vendors.

• You have weak communication skills.

• You are cheap and will reduce costs at all cost.

Please hit that ‘forward e-mail’ icon and share this with your supply chain executive friends.

Ask them if they ever lost a job offer because they missed the opportunity to proactively address any of these assumptions.

Stay tuned, next week I’ll share the assumptions that technical (i.e. engineers, data scientists, etc.) professionals should proactively address throughout their job hunts.

In the meantime,  schedule time with me to transform your interview approach.

-Melissa

CEO / Founder of Career Outcomes Matter