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April 20, 2021

"We look for suppliers where they represent the diversity of our customer base and our team members as well”: Jim Townsend - Chief Procurement Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance

30 minutes

Jim Townsend

Leila is joined by Jim Townsend - Chief Procurement Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

· How Jim’s career in procurement has unfolded so far after leaving school at the age of 16 and then subsequently studying at university on a part-time basis as a mature student, which led to him working for companies like General Electric and Walgreen Boots Alliance at an extremely senior level

· The inter-generational/cultural evolutions in the workplace that Jim has seen and experienced in his career

· Supply chain diversity: what exactly this means and why Jim is instilling it at WBA

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By Leila McKenzie-Delis

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