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Suvi Julkunen – Rabobank – on the Procurement Talent Programme
“From an early age, I was fascinated by how products move around the world. Perhaps that’s because I grew up in a Finnish port city, where ships are constantly coming and going,” says Suvi Julkunen.
“We also learn a great deal from one another, because the participants work at organisations across very different sectors.”junior buyer at Rabobank
Through this training programme, she hopes to gain a solid understanding of the key procurement concepts and developments. “I really want to understand those. And also what the most important skills are for a successful procurement professional.” She definitely sees a future for herself in procurement — ideally on the strategic side, and possibly even as a CPO one day.
Given her background and education, it may come as a surprise that she now works at a bank. She hadn’t expected to join a financial services provider either. But what convinced her was the realisation that “there’s an entire world behind that bank card. What’s happening there? I’m passionate about that — it motivates me.”
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