"In my current role, I am a Sourcing Specialist for a large manufacturer. About four years ago, I joined our Environment and Sustainability team and I quickly realized that some of the sourcing we had been doing for years really wasn't friendly to the environment. To start, I evaluated our suppliers of aluminum and though we were getting great prices overseas, the suppliers weren't as environmentally friendly as local, recycled sources. I made an effort to obtain volume pricing from a few different local sources and in quick time, I was able to secure the exact same pricing but from a local source. This made our supply chain folks happy, our manufacturing folks happy and our materials folks happy. On top of that, we were doing our part to help the environment and to help boost local economy and jobs."

"During my time managing a large customer service call center that had been experiencing high turnover for many years, my HR staff and I implemented skill assessments and behavioral testing during our application and interviewing processes for candidates. This had never been done by my organization and upper management was very hesitant due to costs. After our HR staff presented to them on the high costs of turning over positions so quickly, we were allowed to do a two-year trial utilizing candidate screening in the form of behavioral and skill assessments. After analyzing data from one year of new hires after they had been employed one year, that one-year turnover rate had improved exponentially and our upper management was very impressed. The overall cost savings and long-term tenure of new employees also improved customer satisfaction in a big way and this was the biggest selling point for the leadership team!"