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Dawn Luttrell

Director of Indirect Sourcing
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

Dawn Luttrell is the Director of Strategic Sourcing for SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. She leads a team that manages all indirect spend categories, logistics, warehousing and contract administration supporting 11 domestic theme parks across the country including the SeaWorld, Busch Gardens and Sesame Place brands.

Previous to SeaWorld, Dawn was a Sourcing Leader with The Walt Disney Company for 15 years. While there, she led the marketing, entertainment and print sourcing team. She also supported FF&E, sourcing furnishings for over 20,000 guest rooms at the Walt Disney World Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort & Disney Vacation Club.

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Practitioners-Only Day—The Rise of Procurement 3.0

Monday, October 2nd, 2017

09:30 Big Data and Business Analytics - What Does it Mean for Procurement

Many people are grabbing onto the terminology of “big data.” What does that really mean? This interactive session will get you thinking about making data-driven procurement decisions to better analyze your spend and save money.

What really is “big data” in a Procurement context (that enables sourcing managers to make better decisions)?
Utilizing a Spend Analytics tool to analyze your spend and to direct your resources to the areas of highest spend (with the theory that you save more money where it is spent).
Predictive Analytics — where else should we be using business analytics to make better sourcing decisions?
Anticipating and seeking data to optimize, simulate and/or create decision models to look over the horizon and to create business solutions that are truly a competitive advantage