Female Leaders in Procurement
Welcome to the FLiP Movement
Explore the world of FLiP, why we've created this movement and how you can get involved in Female Leaders in Procurement.
The Need for Female Leadership Training
Women in supply chain
Women, according to Gartner, are increasingly joining the supply chain field, with 41% of procurement officers being female in 2021, an increase of 35% since 2016.
Gender Pay Gap
However, the 2023 CIPS salary guide shows there is still a gender pay gap at every level within the profession overall. At the Advanced Professional level there is a 25% gap in pay.
£19k difference!
This means that the average salary at this level for men is £96,388 and £77,093 for women – a difference of £19,295.
The FLiP Movement
During COVID Lockdown, our founder Laura Scarfe became burnt out and wanted to work on something she was passionate about, women in leadership roles and the procurement industry. She spent 24 months researching this topic, and found that there is a real lack of studies in the area of female procurement leadership, but across all of the research that has been completed, there were three common recurring themes of areas that need working on, these are:
Better female leadership training
Greater cross-industry networks
More visible representation and mentorship
With this as a mission, in 2022 she created the movement Female Leaders in Procurement (FLiP) with the aim of providing innovative unique female leadership training for female procurement professionals who wish to expand their careers into senior leadership, and providing events across the UK, and hopefully in time globally, for female procurement professionals to engage in cross industry networking and have more representation of existing female leaders.
What we get up to...
What event attendees say
It was all amazing - but for me, I thought the tone of the day was special. Inclusive, but filled with insights and humour.
Loved the speakers, networking games and speaking with like-minded women. After both events, I felt amazing at the end 😁
I was blown away by how welcoming everyone was and how easy they made it to network. I enjoyed the speakers particularly Sue Arrowsmith and Libby, both really thought provoking and inspiring. The goodie bags were pretty awesome too!
What's Happening
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