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This is a very interesting and thought provoking question. The answer will vary depending on particular industry or organization and it will be nice to share the ideas. I have the following the observations to the question above:
1. Users send the requisition to procure something urgently instead of requesting earlier with sufficient lead time.
2. When something is procured from suppliers with tight delivery schedule (even giving a premium price to the suppliers), the goods remain idle in the warehouse for long time as the installation site is not ready or other preceding works are yet to finish.
3. Less emphasis on repair and maintenance of the existing equipment or supplies by the users or facility maintenance department/administration and a tendency procure the same thing if funds are available.
Many engineers and project managers carry a belief they are a superior lot and that people in the procurement filed are there to meet "serve" them. There are occassions when they had forgotten to make a request for the item at the proper time. Often they wake up realizing the item was required "yesterday." They then use all sorts of pressure tactics on the procurement department to get the item as quickly as possible. This is especially true at plants which operate 24/7.
being asked to define what the business needs
lack of communication from stakeholders
being asked to deliver to unrealistic deadlines
This is a very interesting question. The answer of this question varies from organization to organization. In every organization the procurement department plays the crucial role. The basic goal of this department is to meet the demand of the end user (organizational dept.s or employees and suppliers).
Things that are mostly disliked in procurement role---
1. Inability to meet the urgent requirement due to negligence of the procurement guy.
2. After completion of bidding procedure again negotiate with suppliers whereas they won the job by bidding lowest.
3. When the end user (Organizational) place the purchase requisition always at the eleventh hour.
If we can ensure the reduction of this gap hopefully we can say that, the procurement job becomes more attractive to every personnel.
1. Being asked to "cover" deals done by internal clients even when it is obvious that they have a personal interest in the deal and then getting audited for those deals.
2. Having to do one on one trainings with hundreds of internal clients who claim ignorance of the process no matter how many times they have been thru it.
3. Being responsible for every step I take even in an organization where noone is responsible for anything (except procurement, we answer before Audit, Board and the Law).
Interference in my duties from other department, missing information, and repeated requests.
agree with mr. md. fazlur .
That management usually blame the procurement for any delay in the project schedule. i.e. usually it's the weakest :D
That your progress is always linked to overall project schedule. sometimes you are running at km/h and regretfully you can't obtain a good result due to either delay from previous phases (design, planning, ...etc.) or next phases (project, site, ...)
Being asked to supply undefined material (lack of information)
Being asked to correct others mistakes. i.e. requisition of abnormal delivery periods
>> Issue purchase order to supplier not match lead time
>> Receive goods from supplier not match specifications or quantity required
>> Receive sudden notification from supplier that there are shortage in raw material which lead to delay in the order
>> Delay in delivery from supplier for purchasing order
