Pros
From Supply chain dept piont of view, 1. Cross functional team interaction is more and also exposure 2. You will be very famous in the company because unnecessary escalation will happen due to weak team that is there in buying and sourcing. 3. You will know how to handle high pressure situation because people will always dependent on you and not on the process. 4. Many uneducated people who will not listen to and simply blame without data.
Cons
1. In supply chain dept if one person gets a hike, then three people will not get, because it the company policy. And 6% is the max hike%. 2. In supply chain if you are going for tea break then you will get a warning from your higher management. 3. In supply chain dept you are expected to work more than 12hrs. 4. During increment time if you are showing savings, it is not considered as achievement because it is the job description. Apart from savings management expects extra ordinary work from increment. 5. In supply chain dept management believes in other dept more than their own dept even though you show them with data. Because the team is weak.