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One example was a request that came in with a lot of urgency but almost no real definition behind it. The stakeholder wanted procurement to move immediately, but key details were still shifting, and it was obvious that sending the request out as-is would create rework and confusion with suppliers.
I pushed back by explaining the business consequence, not just the process gap. I clarified what we needed to...
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