Future trends in Procurement:

More talent from graduate level, a grown up profession
Seen as a key part of the business often influences 80% of spend
A source of innovation and a way to accelerate time to market
Focus on supply chain risk management-disaster planning
Leading on sustainability in the supply chain
Treat suppliers as if they were customers
Disaggregation of large spends to help Small/Medium Sized Enterprises (SME’s)

Заранее спасибо

Хорошей аналогии "в прямую" сейчас в голову не приходит (может быть, судебная медицина?), поэтому позвольте пример "в обратную сторону": была когда-то такая профессия -- машинопись. Потом клавиатур стало больше, а собственно пишуших машин -- меньше. Соответственно, машинопись из профессии стала навыком, которым пользуются люди самых разных профессий.

A real grownup job often but not necessarily requires postsecondary education and a 40+ hour work week. It may or may not involve working in an office, and may or may not be enjoyable or fulfilling. The primary qualification is that the job pays well enough for a responsible adult to live in a reasonably modest but comfortable manner with little or no outside help, be it in the form of a second job, trust fund or other form of mooching.
"Dude, I'm getting pretty fucking sick of being a broke ass college kid. I need a real grownup job."
то можно предположить, что это - хорошо оплачиваемая профессия