Sophia Battle, European Procurement Director, Marketing Services at Nike
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Sophia Battle


European Procurement Director, Marketing Services
Nike

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16th June - Day 3 - Exploiting New Frontiers In Technology And Talent Management

Saturday, August 6th, 2016


11:40 Interactive Panel Finding - The Best Talent To Deliver On Future Marketing Procurement Needs: What Will Be The New Skill Sets Required?

  • When hiring which one of these criteria should take a priority over the other – soft skills, cultural match, and category expertise in areas such as digital, consumer products and market intelligence?

  • Is it better to train internally or hire outside expertise? Where have you seen the most success?

  • Where the marketing procurement leaders of tomorrow are coming from - is it better to recruit from agencies, or internally from marketing departments and procurement?

  • Comparing external resources for discovering new talent - LinkedIn, recruitment companies, graduate networks, mentoring programmes and other online or outsourcing networks - is there a clear winner?