Women supply chain professionals are increasingly making
their way into the highest levels of corporate management.
Why are more doors opening for them now?
IN 2014, WHEN MARY BARRA BECAME CHIEF EXECutive officer of General Motors, supply chain professionalswere gratified that one of their own had reached the pinnacle of corporate leadership. Her background—whichincludes manufacturing, procurement, and supply chainmanagement—was a factor in her choice as leader of thegiant automaker. Her appointment was also notable foranother reason: her gender.
Barra was not the first supply chain professional to
lead a business, nor was she the first woman to head a
b Beth Ford, president and CEO of Land O’Lakes Inc.
