Fusion21 Procurement Trends Survey 2019

Your organisation and recruitment

Thank you for taking part in Fusion21's Procurement Trends Survey 2019.

Your answers will be anonymous unless you give us permission to contact you about being quoted in our Procurement Trends Report 2019 (at the end of this survey).

Firstly, we want to find out about the status of the procurement function within organisations.

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* 1. What type of organisation do you work for?

Housing association

Local authority housing provider

Arm's-length management organisation

Blue Light organisation

The NHS

Education provider

Other (please specify)

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* 2. On average, how many properties/buildings does your organisation manage?

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* 3. Which level of seniority is the person who makes the majority of procurement decisions within your organisation?

Director

Assistant Director

Department Head

Senior Manager

Manager

Assistant Manager

Officer

Varied

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Where does the procurement function sit within your business?

Procurement is its own function

Finance

Asset Management

Development

Operations

Other (please specify)

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* 5. In the last 12 months, your procurement team has...

Grown

Reduced

Moved departments

Remained the same

Other (please state)

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* 6. Are there plans to grow your procurement team in the next 12 months?

Yes

Don't know/Not sure

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* 7. Have you had or are you expecting any difficulties recruiting to the procurement team?

Yes

Don't know/Not sure

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* 8. If you selected 'yes' to Q7 please identify your reason/s below:

Salary

Shortage of MCIPS qualified applicants

Team members moving on

Lack of opportunities for progression or development

Shortage of relevant skills

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* 9. To what extent is procurement viewed as a strategic function within your organisation?

Procurement is seen as a highly important strategic function

Procurement is seen as important, and it is viewed as a strategic function

Procurement is seen as important, but not important enough to be viewed as a strategic function

Procurement is not seen as important, it's certainly not viewed as a strategic function

Other (please explain)

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* 10. Please rate how important the following factors are to your organisation, in terms of procurement activity:

	Extremely important	Important	Neutral	Not important
Compliance	Compliance Extremely important	Compliance Important	Compliance Neutral	Compliance Not important
Cost savings	Cost savings Extremely important	Cost savings Important	Cost savings Neutral	Cost savings Not important
Cost avoidance	Cost avoidance Extremely important	Cost avoidance Important	Cost avoidance Neutral	Cost avoidance Not important
Social value	Social value Extremely important	Social value Important	Social value Neutral	Social value Not important
Use of SMEs	Use of SMEs Extremely important	Use of SMEs Important	Use of SMEs Neutral	Use of SMEs Not important
Localism	Localism Extremely important	Localism Important	Localism Neutral	Localism Not important
Time savings	Time savings Extremely important	Time savings Important	Time savings Neutral	Time savings Not important
Technical expertise	Technical expertise Extremely important	Technical expertise Important	Technical expertise Neutral	Technical expertise Not important
Quality	Quality Extremely important	Quality Important	Quality Neutral	Quality Not important

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Do you ever outsource procurement activity to support your organisation?

Yes

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* 12. If 'Yes', what are the main reasons for outsourcing procurement?

To achieve value for money

To make procurement more efficient

To access procurement expertise

To support our employees by helping them to do their jobs

To ensure compliance

To ensure our procurement achieves social value

To work with more SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises)

To access technical expertise/support

Lack of in-house resource

Other (please specify)