Director of Strategic Sourcing Interview Questions

46 Please share an experience in which you successfully taught a difficult principle or concept. How were you able to be successful?
47 Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.
48 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.)
49 Share an experience in which your willingness to lead or offer an opinion helped your company.
50 Provide an example of when you were persistent in the face of obstacles.
51 Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond?
52 Share an example of when you established and accomplished a goal that was personally challenging. What helped you succeed?
53 Tell me about the last time you prepared and processed a requisition and purchased the orders for supplies.
54 Share an experience in which you successfully developed and/or implemented purchasing or contract management procedures/policies.
55 Tell me about the last time you maintained records of goods ordered and received.
56 Describe the last time you prepared a bid award which required board approval.
57 Provide a time when you analyzed market and delivery systems and successfully assessed material availability.
58 Describe a time when your participation in the development of specifications for a product helped your company.
59 Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task.
60 Share an experience in which you successfully resolved a grievance.