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Branch , From Transactional to Strategic Procurement
like savings we ’ ve captured through the purchasing process that frees up resources that can then be used in the classroom , that ' s very important to me . And that ' s what ' s guided me through my career in public education .”
“ We have limited budgets that are based on tax rates and tax dollars that are in revenues that are collected . So , you need to pride yourself on being able to get the biggest bang for your buck . I ' ve been very fortunate in that a lot of the initiatives I ' ve brought to play have saved more than $ 75mn for the public schools for which I ' ve worked for . And those dollars go back into the classroom to educate children .”
The COVID Challenge : Building Agility with Amazon Realising the efficiencies gained from technology , Gay is leveraging the powers of the Amazonian giant to shift from transactional to strategic procurement .
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