Brady Hopkins
- Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist
- Cargill
School Information
School: Western Washington University
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 1999 to 2001
Career Information
Working For: Cargill
Title: Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Industry: Agriculture
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
Planning/forecasting demand of ingredients into feed mills for western US.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?Earning my MBA with a perfect 4.0 and being at the top of my class.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
College Works Painting showed me the value of hard work and gave me the confidence to take on tough challenges in business.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
The experience I gained from College Works Painting was very impressive to potential employers for someone coming straight out of college.
What do you want to tell your clients about what it meant to work with them and how it has helped you get to where you are today?
Thank you to all my clients for taking a chance on a young man and giving me the opportunity to work on your homes.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
I learned a lot from my experience with College Works Painting. Most importantly I learned about myself and my ability to cope with challenges and failures yet still be successful.
How have the friendships and networks you built during CW affected you?
I still remain in contact with a few people from College Works Painting and have worked with them as well. They are great people and I will always have a connection with them.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Prepare yourself for a challenge and be willing to trust the process and fully commit yourself. Those that fail tend to do so because of a lack of effort and will, not skill.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
Choose an internship that is going to be challenging and one that will expand your skill set and experiences. Most people switch career fields multiple times in their lives, so it’s important to be well rounded.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Camping with Mike Profant and shooting off his awesome potato cannon!
Last words of wisdom?
Believe in yourself, even when others may doubt you. Even Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team and look how he turned out.