Public Procurement Service runs program to train young talent in overseas procurement and exports

2024.07.15. The Fair Economy — The Public Procurement Service announced on the 15th that it will run a program to nurture young talent specializing in overseas procurement and export, equipped with both practical skills and expertise in the overseas procurement market.

The program will involve 60 young people, including university students and job seekers aged 34 or younger. Over a total of four weeks starting on the 15th, they will receive a variety of theoretical training, such as trends in the overseas procurement market and analysis of overseas bidding information, as well as hands-on practical training that lets them experience everything from international bidding registration and the preparation and submission of bid proposals to contract signing.

In particular, this year, the program strengthens practical training by newly introducing a process in which mentor-mentee pairs are assigned between companies and trainees, allowing trainees to visit actual export sites and solve tasks presented by companies, as well as a process in which senior trainees share their export work experience.

In addition, after the training is completed, a recruitment consultation session will be held with trainees and promising export companies (such as those with potential to enter the overseas procurement market and innovative procurement companies), providing procurement companies with an opportunity to reinforce their export specialists and offering young people job opportunities. Indeed, through this training and recruitment consultation session, 16 young people were hired by procurement companies last year.

Kim Eung‑geol, Planning and Coordination Director of the Public Procurement Service, said, “To enable promising export firms to enter overseas procurement markets, it is essential to cultivate professionals with both expertise and practical skills. Going forward, we will continue to develop such professionals and provide procurement firms with hiring opportunities, supporting them in boldly expanding into overseas procurement markets with enhanced export capabilities.”