Jolene Jacoby - Human Libraries of Procurement Podcast

Описание: 📢 New Episode of Human Libraries of Procurement Podcast featuring Jolene Jacoby 📢 – It was wonderful to talk to Jolene and I enjoyed it totally – Here is the recording 👆

💡 Who is Jolene Jacoby?
🌍 20+ years of multinational experience and 11+ years in supply chain
🧠 Procurement expert transforming businesses by day, and podcaster, animal lover and wellness advocate by night
📈 Turning complex challenges into mission-ready solutions that add value
🤝 Jolene has driven multimillion-dollar efficiencies and supported the scaling of operations across complex, high-growth markets.
📌 Contact Jolene for further discussion Procurement

In the podcast, Jolene talks about the Wonderful World of Procurement, Cost Optimization, Regional Supply Chain, Holistic Wellbeing, Savings, and Leadership!
Supply Chain professionals are superheroes! Watch the video to find out more

Key takeaways include:

✔️ Jolene’s amazing career journey and experience in Procurement from starting as a vehicle buyer to Managing Supply Chain for 15 markets in Africa, Middle East and South Asia

✔️ We started off by talking about Holistic Wellness – Jolene volunteers for Animal Care and Animal Ambulance. We also talked about the podcast which is about sharing unconventional life stories and celebrating ordinary people who are doing extraordinary things. Jolene is a great example that Supply Chain professionals are superheroes!

✔️ Jolene says when you have Holistic Wellness then you are a overall best version of yourself and show up in better ways for those around you – We talked about Mental Health for Supply Chain Professionals which is a important aspect that is ignored most of the time and should be prioritized above anything else.

✔️ Jolene has managed complex supply chain region of Africa and Middle East – Jolene talked about various strategies and what to focus when managing vast regions – Like Kraljic and understanding the detail of multi-market operation

✔️ Jolene also talked about Centralized vs Decentralized and Local vs Regional vs Global Sourcing

✔️We talked about Events and Conferences for Supply Chain – The emerging trends of Supply Chain and How AI is going to change Supply Chain in the near future – Jolene has seen Driverless trucks being used in Supply Chain already

✔️ Cost Optimizations and Cost Saving Examples – Jolene shared some great Savings achieved and hopefully this would help a lot to get some good ideas how to save money for business

✔️How Freshers can make a successful career in Procurement – Jolene’s career being inspiration and also about the possibilities to the heights one can possibly reach

✔️ Now something interesting for someone who has read till here – Jolene Jacoby is the first guest for Season 2 of The Human Libraries of Procurement – This was not planned but I am very happy about this fact and I couldn’t have planned for a better start.

Whether you're new to the field or a seasoned professional, this conversation offers valuable insights into the industry. Individually it was a huge learning experience for me and I am so happy with our conversation...

Hope it the same for you.
Thank you again Jolene Jacoby for being the wonderful guest speaker for Human Libraries of Procurement Podcast

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