Alongside his practice at VALUENEER, Managing Director Dr. Thorsten Makowski promotes the academic development of procurement through teaching at several universities worldwide.
Many companies lack qualified procurement professionals. Furthermore procurement suffers under a low standing within the company. Recently this perception changed and procurement is moving into the focus. An indicator for this is e.g. the increasing number of CPOs found in large companies. As a consequence more qualified procurement professionals are needed.
In recent years Dr. Thorsten Makowski has taught (Strategic) Procurement at the following universities:
Students of the Cass Business School, London in cooperation with the Mannheim Business School in 2015, 2014