What advice would you give to someone new to our profession?

Procurement in 5-Minutes

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Hello, my name is Iain Campbell-McKenna, and this is “Procurement in 5-minutes.” That’s right, in 5-minutes I promise to tackle some of the biggest challenges and deepest questions our profession and industry face on a day-to-day basis.

In today’s 5-minutes I welcome Nick Gunn. After a successful career at Hewlett-Packard where he held senior executive positions including SVP of Global Procurement and SVP of Global Corporate Services, Nick founded The NiVACK. Today he answers the question: 

“What advice would you give to someone new to our profession?”

Prior to starting the NiVACK Group, in his role as SVP, Global Services at Hewlett-Packard Nick oversaw $20BN in spend, $1.3BN OpEx, 1,500 employees, including 45 executives, across more than 30 countries. Suffice to say, his experience and expertise make him the ideal person answers the question; ” What advice would you give to someone new to our profession?”

Visit Nick’s LinkedIn profile @:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickgunn1/