Spendsetter
[ spend•set-er ]
noun.
A leader who upends the status quo, breaks convention, creates new paths, and inspires all of us.
#spendsetters
[ spend•set-er ]
noun.
A leader who upends the status quo, breaks convention, creates new paths, and inspires all of us.
#spendsetters
Featuring
Global Procurement Director
As the global procurement director for the high-growth yoga apparel brand, lululemon athletica, Michael is willing to roll up his sleeves and take his company's profitability and risk into his own hands, even if it means disrupting the status quo.
Michael’s story is a tale of risk and reward. Uncovering a threat to one of Lululemon’s most iconic brand assets, Michael put his career on the line to secure Lululemon’s supply chain. “You have to be bold,” Michael says. “Being in procurement, I've been in situations where I would come home at night and tell my wife that I might be out of a job, because I made points that made the establishment highly uncomfortable.”
There’s always a lot of talk about procurement having a “seat at the table,” but in Michael’s view, procurement leaders must earn the right to be there by thinking strategically, and by being unafraid to confront challenges like risk head on, even if doing so ruffles a few feathers.
This philosophy has often led him to stir the pot and encourage his organization to do better, all for the greater good.
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