????林恩?亨特,，36歲

????采購經(jīng)理

????公司：卡特彼勒

????美國500強排名：第54位

????“謝莉爾?桑德伯格讓我深受啟發(fā),。”

????她舒緩的愛爾蘭口音很容易讓人忽略這個事實：為了降低公司成本,，其實她每天都在與供應(yīng)商討價還價,。她說：“材料占我們產(chǎn)品成本的70%，這是很大一部分,?！笨ㄌ乇死兆钪漠a(chǎn)品是其黃色拖拉機，但她說,，利潤豐厚的發(fā)電機才“是公司保守最好的秘密之一,。”但隨著其談判中公布出來的數(shù)據(jù),，這個秘密可能馬上就會大白于天下,。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

????Leanne Hunter, 36

????Purchasing Manager

????Caterpillar

????No. 54

????“Sheryl Sandberg has been a real inspiration.”

????Leanne Hunter’s soothing Irish lilt belies the fact that she spends her days sparring with suppliers to reduce costs. “Material can be 70% of product cost,” she says. “That’s huge.” Caterpillar is best known for its yellow tractors, but its lucrative power generators are “one of the company’s best-kept secrets,” she says. Thanks to Hunter’s data-driven negotiating, not for long. —Andrew Nusca