T-Shape Supply Chain Manager

The current financial crisis requires that supply chain managers reason more as ‘business leaders’ than as operational managers. It is becoming ever more important that they see things in a wide perspective and master soft skills. So they must work on their personal development, which is what Edwin Tuyn of Inspired-Search conveys in his T-model.

T-Shape Supply Chain Manager

Recruitment and selection agency Inspired-Search has noted a new development, namely that of the T-Shape Supply Chain Manager. The vertical line of the ‘T’ stands for knowledge – the hard skills – whilst the horizontal line represents the soft skills, required, among other things, to function at Board level. ‘The model can serve as a guide to help you rise from logistics manager to chief supply chain officer, to determine the correct profile for a job opening, and as a Balanced Scorecard for career development or selecting candidates,’ Tuyn explains.

Rob Fijlstra, executive training & leadership consultant and trainer: ‘The beauty of this T-model is that it is based on inspired leadership. This means that you yourself – even as a supply chain manager – have to make the difference. Look, you are taught and you can learn the hard skills, like knowledge. But personal growth is something that the supply chain is waiting for.’

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