Why Your Boss doesn't Think You are Strategic (and how you can fix this)

In almost every buying office when something goes wrong like a supplier crisis, a shipment delay or a supply chain disruption.This is when the your problem solving skills as a buyer become visible.

Its not about how well you execute the plan, it about how you think and act when the plan falls apart.

In this episode, Elisabeth Mac Hale walks through exactly what separates a buyer who responds strategically from one who responds operationally. This is not about crisis management tactics. It is about understanding what strategic thinking actually looks like in practice, why buyers with less experience and training struggle with this, and what you can start doing differently today.

What you will learn:

• Why strategic thinking is a set of behaviours that get revealed under pressure
• What a reactive response looks like versus a strategic one
• The three commercial questions a strategic buyer asks first
• Why you develop more during your worst moments than your best ones

Resources Mentioned:

• Take the free Buyer-Ready Assessment:

https://designdirectiveme.com/buyer-ready-assessment

• Online Buying Course: Thrive in Fashion Buying

Connect with Elisabeth:

• Podcast: Thrive in Fashion Buying and Merchandising on Spotify and Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen
• Instagram: @designdirectivedubai
• LinkedIn: Elisabeth Mac Hale
• Website : The Design Directive