Starbucks
Jennifer Shepherd is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in sourcing, procurement, and contract management. Currently serving as a Senior Group Manager in Global Sourcing at Starbucks since February 2019, Jennifer has a proven track record of project-managing complex sourcing directives and securing multi-million dollar contracts with industry leaders. Prior experience includes roles as a Senior Attorney at the Gates Foundation, a Director at Russell Investments, where Jennifer managed significant spend and developed strategic sourcing initiatives, and a Senior Contracts Manager at T-Mobile, overseeing substantial budgets and implementing procurement policies. Additionally, leadership experience at Washington Mutual and First Mutual Bank highlights Jennifer's expertise in contract administration and business development. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in Business from California State University-San Bernardino, a Juris Doctorate from Seattle University, and an MBA from Seattle University.
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Starbucks
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Starbucks ethically sources and roasts high-quality arabica coffee. They are known as the leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffee globally. Starbucks purchases, roasts, and serves award-winning coffee to its millions of customers. Their food and beverage offerings include Italian-style espresso beverages, cold blended beverages, seasonal drinks, hot breakfast, lunch, snacks, a bakery, and premium teas. Additionally, they sell merchandise like tumblrs and mugs as well as gift cards for special occasions. In some stores around the world, they sell alcoholic drinks. In everything they do, they always live by their mission: to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time. Founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker, Starbucks began as a single store front in Pike Place Market. Originally, they sourced their beans from Peet's Coffee & Tea. Eventually, Alfred Peet stopped supplying his own beans and began to train a new Roastmaster for the company. Following this transition, they sold the company in the 1980's to Howard Schultz who had Italian Coffeehouse aspirations. Originally a coffee bean store, Howard set out to make Starbucks an espresso-based coffeeshop and led much of the expansion of the franchise. With shifts in leadership over time, a decade was spent growing market share and defining corporate social responsibility. Starbucks went on acquire several operations as part of their strategy such as Seattle's Best Coffee, Torrefazione Italia, and The Coffee Connection. Today, Starbucks operates in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, and Asia with about 32,000 stores worldwide.