Is AI coming for your supply chain job? And which skills will make you irreplaceable when automation takes over tactical work?
In this segment from Procurement Pulse, host Friddy Hoegener, Co-Founder and Head of Recruiting at SCOPE Recruiting, breaks down the brutal reality of AI's impact on supply chain careers over the next five years.
Friddy explores why tactical procurement tasks like issuing POs and following up on invoices will be 90% automated, while strategic work like vendor negotiations and geopolitical sourcing decisions remain human-managed.
What We Discuss:
00:00 AI's impact on supply chain careers
00:27 Which tactical tasks will be automated first
01:15 Why strategic supply chain work stays human
02:28 Skills to focus on for AI-proof careers
03:46 Why AI can't replace human judgment in recruiting
05:01 How SCOPE uses AI for candidate profiling
06:21 Creating scorecards to eliminate hiring bias
Connect with us:
About Procurement Pulse: Real conversations with supply chain and procurement professionals who've been on both sides—building teams, solving problems, and staying ahead of what's coming next.
About SCOPE Recruiting: Every recruiter at SCOPE is a former supply chain professional. Freddy and Melissa, both former ABB global category managers, started the company because they were tired of recruiters who didn't understand the roles they were filling. The result? Better matches, higher retention rates, and fewer headaches for everyone involved.
If you're building a supply chain team and the usual recruiting approach isn't working, check out scoperecruiting.com.