In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Carlos Garcia speaks to Len DeCandia, former global chief procurement officer at Johnson & Johnson and former chief procurement officer at Estée Lauder. DeCandia, who has held multiple procurement and supply chain leadership roles throughout his career shares his thoughts on the evolution of these functions and what leadership capabilities have been most helpful through the upheaval of the past few years as well as growth and consolidation, acquisitions, and spinoffs. He also discusses what skills and experiences he’s sought when designing and building his procurement and supply chain teams and what tradeoffs he has had to make when hiring and developing future leaders. Finally, DeCandia shares some advice for those who are looking to grow into a C-level procurement or supply chain role.

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