"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

Jim TownsendLeila 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 WBARESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONEDhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswtownsend/Continue the conversation on LinkedIn