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Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces Welcomes Jenna Wallis as Head of Procurement to Drive Development and Innovation
Monday, November 18, 2024
Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces has appointed Jenna Wallis as its new Head of Procurement, a job designed to boost effectivity and foster innovation inside the firm.
With 15 years of experience in procurement, Wallis is about to steer efforts in strategic buying and sustainable development, aligning the cruise line’s operations with fashionable trade requirements. Her function emphasizes streamlining processes whereas embracing cutting-edge options to help the corporate’s imaginative and prescient for a extra sustainable future.
This marks an thrilling chapter for Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces as they place themselves for continued success in a aggressive trade.
Jenna, who joined in September, stated: “I’m so excited to have joined the Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces household. This actually was my dream function, given the corporate itself and its well-known model, coupled with the possibility to tackle this newly created function and lead the transformation of the Buying Crew to a strategic procurement associate.
“My imaginative and prescient is to have a world-class procurement workforce, strategically aligned to the enterprise’ objectives, enabling income development, bettering gross margin and cashflow, all whereas offering an enhanced visitor expertise.
“At present, the remit of my workforce is our fleet of ships – the core of our enterprise, however I’ll be rising our scope to incorporate oblique spend too, for instance advertising and know-how programs at our Ipswich head workplace.
“Now we have alternative to drive sustainable development via strategic procurement and I’m so proud to be main this initiative.
“We deliver experiences that our guests will always remember, and this is everything to me.”
Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces continues to strengthen its management workforce, following the current appointments of Doug Glenwright as Visitor Expertise Director and Sonia Holman as E-Commerce and Advertising Director.
Samantha Stimpson, CEO of Fred. Olsen Cruise Traces, stated: “These new appointments additional strengthen my workforce and replicate our dedication to repeatedly evolving to fulfill the challenges and alternatives of the cruise trade.
“We look forward to driving Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines forward, while ensuring our guests enjoy the best possible experience on board our ships and create unforgettable memories.”
