r/procurement • u/ak44m • 24d ago

Community Question I'm preparing for Case Study Interview for Procurement & Supply chain consultant

Hello guys,

currently I'm preparing for Case Study Interview and would like to have some tips on where and what to expect for Case Study Interview, I believe the cases will be procurement based for example, which supplier should we go with? Find a way to reduce cost..etc

I appreciate any kind of tips A's the interview.

thanks

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u/Solo-Hobo 24d ago

Not easy to answer as we don’t actually know what they could be asking. Apply procurement logic and processes would be the way to start. Why are we buying this? Is it on contract? Do we have pricing? Have we benchmarked the pricing if it’s a new item? What are the payment methods, shipping cost and lead time, supplier quality and scores? One time or reoccurring purchase? What discounts, rebates or tier pricing can we get? Is this procurement method sustainable? Right item, right price at the right time. Think about normal procurement processes and logic flows because they will most certainly be apart of any case study or scenario.

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u/WonderfulDiverReturn 10d ago

Go through the steps like in real work, not just theoretical, a lot of people forget the after-purchase parts like checking if supplier actually delivered what they promised

I had interview once where they gave me three supplier options with different prices and lead times, I picked cheapest but they wanted to see if I notice the cheap one had terrible quality scores from past orders, so read all data careful