QUESTION 13 OF 40

What was your greatest cost-cutting measurement you accomplished at your previous employer?

By working in close collaboration with customers, Becton, Dickinson and Company can enhance outcomes, lower costs, increase efficiencies, improve safety and expand access to healthcare. Naturally, a part of this process would include reducing costs. If you are in a management-type role, you will often be asked to keep your eyes open for cost-saving opportunities. Assure the interviewer that you understand the importance of this practice and give a strong example of a time when you have done so.

"I have been able to present cost-cutting suggestions many times to my previous employer. The one that I feel had the biggest impact was my suggestion to employ additional warehouse staff. We had three various shifts and still an average of 100 hours of overtime per week. I suggested that we hire one more warehouse employee for each shift, keeping the hours to just 120 regular vs. 100 hours of overtime pay. This recommendation saved the company 31,000 per year. They implemented this change across 15 warehouses the following year, amounting to nearly half a million dollars in savings per year."

"The greatest cost-cutting measurement I accomplished at work was through new suggestions for theft prevention. Since we implemented some of my suggestions, our loss due to theft has decreased by 12%."

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