[Behavioral] Tell me about a time you had to bring structure to a messy purchasing problem.

One messy situation I dealt with involved a purchase that had unclear ownership, shifting requirements, and a supplier conversation that had already started before the internal team agreed on what it really needed. Everyone felt urgency, but the work was still too loose for a clean buying decision.

I brought structure by separating what was known from what was assumed, tightening the requirement, and clarifying...