SC Ports CEO Melvin named ‘Outstanding Woman in Supply Chain’

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SC Ports CEO Melvin named ‘Outstanding Woman in Supply Chain’

May 12th, 2023 Tim Jay Leave a comment

South Carolina Ports President and CEO Barbara Melvin received the Outstanding Women in Supply Chain Award from supply chain management students at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Melvin is the president and CEO of South Carolina Ports, the 8th largest U.S. container port. She assumed the helm of the 1,000-person maritime agency in July 2022, becoming the first woman to lead a top 10 U.S. operating container port.

Melvin’s career spans 25 years at South Carolina Ports. She previously led government relations, community engagement, public relations and port operations. She served as the port’s first chief operating officer before being named CEO.

Melvin spearheaded critical port infrastructure projects, including the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project, which yielded the deepest harbor on the East Coast at 52 feet.

As CEO, she approaches operations holistically, working with the SC Ports team and broader maritime community to provide efficient operations, and she works to grow the port’s cargo base to support job growth throughout South Carolina.

Melvin’s leadership extends into the community and with students, including with the supply chain management program at the University of Tennessee.

Melvin graduated with an Executive Masters in Business Administration in Global Supply Chain from the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business.

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How to Elevate and Differentiate yourself in the Tough Procurement Landscape: Important and Practical Advice at the Women in Procurement Conference 2023

March 19th, 2023 Tim Jay Leave a comment

Women now hold approximately 40% of procurement officer positions, according to a 2022 survey conducted by international consulting firm Gartner’s. However, they only hold 31% of procurement management positions. Despite the increased employment of women in this sector over the past five years, there is a lot of work still to be done to reach gender parity. To assist in achieving this, women in procurement can do a lot to advance their careers and flourish. This is according to MJ Schoemaker, one of the speakers at the upcoming Women in Procurement (WIP) Conference, which takes place in Johannesburg on 23 March 2023.

Schoemaker is the President of SAPICS and has enjoyed a diverse and exciting, global career in procurement and the broader supply chain. During her Fireside Chat at the conference, she will be talking about the importance of women elevating themelves through education, so that they are empowered to follow their career paths. In addition, she will be highlighting how important a community of professionals is and what can be gained from joining and actively participating in associations and other communities. Schoemaker will highlight SAPICS as an example: this is a community driven NPO that works on exactly these things such as events, networking and education. She will be using examples from her own career to support this.

The one-day WIP Conference will address how women in the procurement space can accelerate their journey to value, by better harnessing networks, intelligence and the experience of those at the forefront.

The WIP Conference aims to:

Introduce a targeted mentorship and coaching program for procurement professionals;
Increase awareness of opportunities for women empowerment and funding;
Expand networks to enable collaboration with other experts; and,
Provide a platform for women in procurement to network and collaborate on various business opportunities.

The exciting Programme and speaker line-up includes:

Keynote address: Mpho Matsitse – Head of Industry and Value Advisory: SAP Africa
Fireside Chat: MJ Schoemaker (SAPICS President) and Allison Anthony (Senior Lecturer of Public Procurement Law: UNISA)
Master Class: Dawn Smith – Head of Training: Caliba Group
Pressures in procurement: Mmatshepo Rasebopye – Director for Supply Chain Management; Gauteng Provincial Government

The hybrid event takes place on 23 March in Johannesburg and online. To register, go to www.procurementor.co.za. Tickets can be purchased on Quicket – https://qkt.io/blZLem

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CPC Logistics’ Leanne Drummond Named Top Woman to Watch in Transportation

March 15th, 2023 Tim Jay Leave a comment

Women in Trucking Association recognizes Drummond’s career accomplishments and support of women in the industry.

Leanne Drummond, business development manager for CPC Logistics, has been recognized as a 2023 Top Woman to Watch in Transportation by the Women in Trucking Association (WIT). The non-profit organization’s mission is to encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry, promote their accomplishments and minimize the obstacles they face.

Drummond was selected as a Top Woman to Watch in Transportation for her significant career accomplishments, efforts to promote gender diversity at CPC and passion for bettering the overall transportation and logistics field. She was recently elected as the 1st Vice Chair of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) Board of Directors, which positions her to become the first female chairperson in the board’s history. She also currently serves as chairperson of the PMTC’s Young Leaders Group.

Drummond has been voted National Recruiter of the Year by the National Recruiting and Retention Symposium. She has also earned the PMTC Young Leaders Education Bursary Award and the Charles Laferle Memorial Award from the Canadian Institute of Traffic and Transportation. A frequent speaker at industry events and conferences, Drummond has delivered numerous presentations and been a part of many panels promoting the employment of women in the transportation industry.

In her role at CPC, Drummond works with customers to recruit and retain truck drivers. She ensures women drivers are given equal opportunities by creating jobs that provide safe environments, work-life balance, comprehensive benefit packages and equitable access to facilities and equipment. To help reduce the workforce shortage and encourage more young people to get involved in the industry, Drummond developed and launched a new mentorship program in 2022 that connects students and recent graduates from the logistics and supply chain program at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, with the PMTC Young Leaders Group. The collaboration aims to establish career pathways for top students.

About CPC Logistics

Headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri, CPC Logistics is the leading provider of professional truck driver and warehouse logistics services across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico and services private fleets and customers of all sizes. For more about CPC Logistics, visit cpclogistics.com.

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ON Partners Report Reveals 56% Growth Year-Over-Year for Female Executives in Senior Finance, Tech, Product, and Supply Chain Appointed Roles

March 9th, 2023 Tim Jay Leave a comment

ON Partners celebrates Women’s History Month with 2023 Executive Women Impact Report

This month, ON Partners, a pure-play retained executive search firm building diverse C-level and board leadership teams, published its 2023 Executive Women Impact Report. The report revealed a 56% growth of female executives year-over-year in senior finance, tech, product, and supply chain appointed roles in addition to growth in other industry sectors. An analysis of executive searches completed from 2020-2022 by ON Partners also resulted in a 7.1% increase in average compensation for executive women.

The 2023 Executive Women Impact Report illustrates positive progress for women leaders and comes just as Gen X women (those born from 1965 to 1980) are exiting their C-suite roles. These departures have the potential to create new challenges that can impact the journey of the next generation of career women into future executive leadership roles. In a country where 46.6% of the workforce is female, this also creates the opportunity for executive search firms like ON Partners to find and recruit female talent to prominent roles within numerous industries.

According to a Bloomberg report, the number of women leading companies in the S&P 500 climbed 32% in the past year, but only 29.2% of chief executives were women in 2022. A Labor Department report showed that this number has barely budged since 2020 when it was 29.3%. In addition, women make up 40.5% of all management occupations, which also is down from 2021’s 40.9%.

To learn more about ON’s approach and how the firm has rebuilt the institution of executive search for women leadership, visit https://onpartners.com/contact-executive-recruitment-agency/.

About ON Partners

Established in 2006, ON Partners is the only pure-play executive search firm building diverse C-level and board leadership teams. We rebuilt the institution of executive search in the way you work, with an approach that includes present partners who engage with clients from the first brief to the final decision, individually crafted solutions unique to each client, and an easier experience overall. Named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms and to the Inc. 500/5000 List nine times, ON Partners is consistently ranked among the top 20 retained executive search firms in the U.S.

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Qatar Airways Cargo Celebrates International Women’s Day With All-Female Freighter Flight

March 8th, 2023 Tim Jay Leave a comment

Qatar Airways freighter QR8960 operated from Doha to Shanghai on 5 March, managed entirely by female crew and female ground staff.

Qatar Airways Cargo celebrated a landmark flight on Sunday 5 March as its scheduled Boeing 777 freighter from Doha to Shanghai was operated entirely of a crew of made up of women. From the ground staff overseeing and handling the cargo, to the flight deck crew operating the flight, this is the first time a Qatar Airways Cargo freighter aircraft has operated with an all-female crew and all-female ground staff.

Captain Sarah Abigail Comerford from United Kingdom, First Officer Edith Mala Diop from France and First Officer Hedfa Mohammed Al Marri from Qatar operated the flight. The Boeing 777 freighter departed Doha with 100 tons of cargo destined for Shanghai.

To celebrate the special occasion and the contributions and achievements of women worldwide, several female staff from Qatar Airways Cargo participated in a group photo session donning purple vests and expressing their solidarity with women all over the world. The color purple represents justice and dignity and is associated with International Women’s Day.

Embrace Equity is the theme for 2023 International Women’s Day. Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances, and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome. International Women’s Day serves as a reminder of how much progress has been made while also highlighting the work still left to be done for the advancement of women worldwide.

About Qatar Airways Cargo

Qatar Airways Cargo, the world’s leading international air cargo carrier is based in Doha, State of Qatar. It serves a global network of more than 60 freighter destinations and 150 passenger destinations utilizing freighters and belly-hold passenger flights. The airline’s freighter fleet includes two Boeing 747-8 freighters, two Boeing 747-400 freighters, 26 Boeing 777 freighters and one Airbus 310 freighter. It also has an extensive road feeder service (RFS) network.

With considerable investments in its products, services, quality handling, infrastructure, facilities, people and procedures at each of its destinations, the cargo carrier provides high operating standards for the transportation of cargo. Qatar Airways Cargo remains committed to sustainability and giving back to communities it serves through its sustainability program WeQare, built on the key pillars of sustainability: environment, society, economy and culture.

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Procurement Trends Under the Spotlight at the Women in Procurement Conference 2023

February 13th, 2023 Tim Jay Leave a comment

The procurement industry is in a transition phase, presenting both challenges and exciting opportunities. The important and key role that procurement professionals play was thrust into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the world came to note the importance of stable supply chains. Talent management, technology, Environment, Social and Governance (ESG), Enterprise Supplier Development (ESD) and Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) are some of the important procurement topics that will be under the spotlight at the third Women in Procurement (WIP) Conference, which takes place on 23 March 2023 at Times Square in Pretoria.

Procurement is a key driver of development and enabler of service delivery. The government is the single largest buyer in the country, spending more than R500-billion on goods, services and construction works a year through more than 1 000 procuring entities.

The WIP Conference aims to:

Introduce a targeted mentorship and coaching programme for procurement professionals;
Increase awareness of opportunities for women empowerment and funding;
Expand networks to enable collaboration with other experts; and,
Provide a platform for women in procurement to network and collaborate on various business opportunities.

The draft Programme includes:

Keynote address: Mpho Matsitse – Head of Industry and Value Advisory: SAP Africa
Fireside Chat: MJ Schoemaker (SAPICS President) and Allison Anthony (Senior Lecturer of Public Procurement Law: UNISA)
Master Class: Dawn Smith – Head of Training: Caliba Group
Pressures in procurement: Mmatshepo Rasebopye – Director for Supply Chain Management; Gauteng Provincial Government

The hybrid event takes place on 23 March at Times Square in Pretoria and online. To register, go to www.procurementor.co.za. Tickets can be purchased on Quicket –

https://qkt.io/blZLem

The event is being supported by the Black Management Forum (BMF), the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport: South Africa (CILTSA) and CVLC Communication. For details of sponsorship opportunities, email Mookho at mookho@procurementor.co.za

SC Ports CEO Melvin named ‘Outstanding Woman in Supply Chain’

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