Show Highlights:For the love of procurement Requirements for great buyersChallenges as a young buyerWorking high level leadership positionsFast-moving consumer goodsTransportation costsSea freightAdapting your supply chain to follow suit Quotes:Andy – Thinking Laterally in Direct Spend Supply Chain“It's about the structure it's not about being a procurement dinosaur it's about doing the basics right but understanding of where the value needs to be added and also where the efficiencies need to be focused and the waste to be removed.”  Andy – Working in a High Level Leadership Position“I've always been very passionate about being able to demonstrate that I can do what I say because I think that's really important not that it's not just for the accolade of being qualified but I do think it holds a great deal of credibility when you're dealing with suppliers.” Andy – The Most Informative Role“I haven't got a clue what I'm supposed to be doing but the team around me helped and it was good there was there were some good years and that's why it was that's why it's really important for me I encourage people that I talk to and mentor and give career advice that it's really important to take a role like that” Connect with Andy and learn more about his work:About AndyAbout Twisted OrangeTwisted–Orange.co.uk Connect with Sarah and find out more about what the duck she’s up to:About SarahSarah’s TweetsAbout SourceDaySourceDay Website Had fun with the podcast? Leave us a like, share our content, and subscribe! See you soon on the next episode of What The Duck?!