Suki Becker , Vice President Procurement and Real Estate of GfK , led both GfK ’ s procurement and sustainability transformations . Here ’ s how she did it …
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Suki Becker , Vice President Procurement and Real Estate of GfK , led both GfK ’ s procurement and sustainability transformations . Here ’ s how she did it …
Suki Becker is Vice President for Procurement and Real Estate at the independent , trusted and unparalleled tech- and data-company , GfK .
For over 25 years , she has been working in the procurement and supply chain world and in her last few roles , has been responsible for the transformation of indirect procurement . Becker has a degree in Procurement & Supply Chain Management and has been a member of CIPS since graduating – in other words , she has procurement in her bones .
Becker started out as a Production Planner working in Automotive , where she learnt lean processes and management before becoming a Lean Consultant , and then moved to Procurement over 18 years ago .
Coming from a manufacturing background and never having worked in a service industry before , Becker “ was really interested to understand how this industry works compared to manufacturing ”, wanting to “ understand some of the challenges of the service industry ”.
Now VP for GfK , she understands the challenges more than most .
A sophisticated tech- and data-company , present in over 60 countries , GfK helps their clients solve critical business questions in decision-making processes around consumers , markets , brands and media . They also provide reliable data and insights through advanced AI capabilities at their foundation . But it doesn ' t stop there .
132 February 2023