I was researching LinkedIn for openings in sourcing and procurement. At that point, I had narrowed down my choices to those within Disney’s Integrated Supply Chain Management team. What really matters to me is that sourcing and procurement is valued within an organization – this is essential.
The way that I evaluate this criterion is by uncovering your investments in the team by way of talent, resources, and training programs. I also considered your stated mission that you want to “unleash the innovative potential of the supply base.”
I was happiest at Target when I had that opportunity to unleash greater vendor relationship potential – when I spearheaded the indirect IT spending of $600 million USD while managing 20+ buyers located within 11 countries. When I renegotiated the mobility plans with multiple US carriers, I achieved breakthrough cost savings. It was then that I was able to repurpose that spend to buy state of the art technology to support our merchandising team.
In a similar way, I imagine that there are ways to restructure existing vendor deals at Disney. Your mission gives me the impression that you would be open to these conversations and that made me extremely interested in applying to the job so I’m very happy that I found the ad.
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