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skills and interpersonal skills ’. She has experience with multiple skill sets including purchasing , supply management , global sourcing , supplier development and supply chain management .
She is also a graduate from the Università degli Studi di Udine - with a degree in Management Engineering - and is fluent in four languages : English , German , Italian and Spanish .
Sustainability in supply chain and procurement It can be clearly seen from her career that Spinelli is a firm believer and advocate for sustainability .
In a recent report from The Procurement Initiative , Spinelli spoke about her thoughts on the value sustainability has in procurement .
Spinelli highlighted the correlation between sustainability and long-term value creation among partners , and how building resilience to be more decisive in procurement can accelerate the value stream in business strategies .
As such , procurement stands to benefit from the supply chain increasing its transparency and supporting sustainable and ethical sourcing strategies .
Spinelli said : “ Concerning Sustainability there is a sense of urgency . The expected actions and behaviours need to be part of your company ’ s strategy , which means where you put focus needs to be meaningful and fit to the company ’ s Purpose – in our case , ' connecting people improving lives '. Communication is therefore absolutely key and setting meaningful targets can also create focus on the critical topics .”
Top 100 Women in Procurement In honour of International Women ’ s Day and Women ’ s History Month , Procurement
Magazine launched its debut Top 100 Women in Procurement in March 2022 .
Among many of the well deserving leaders in the supplement , Spinelli sits at the very top of our list .
Empowering women in business is something we ardently support and track as a publication . Each and every one of those mentioned in our Top 100 has earned their place and the respect of their peers through hard work , talent and determination .
The role of procurement has never been more critical . In a world defined by its hyperconnectivity and then rocked by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic , the importance of procurement decisionmaking is hard to put into words .
But it does come in the form of people - incredible women like Spinelli and the many others on our Top 100 list .
20 May 2022