255: Women In Supply Chain™, Mardi Tegmeyer
In today’s episode of Women In Supply Chain™, I’m joined by Mardi Tegmeyer: a passionately customer-focused supply chain leader.
An experienced logistics professional, Mardi’s knowledge and experience covers sales, operations, account management and customer success. As a leader at Emerge, she’s helping to reinvent freight procurement by putting customers firmly front and center.
Today Mardi will be talking to us about her career so far; her passion for customer success; and the importance of collaboration and inclusion within supply chain. Plus, she’ll be sharing her experiences as a woman in the industry, as well as her words of advice for all of the women following in her footsteps.
SHOW SPONSOR:
This Women In Supply Chain™ feature was made possible by our sponsor, Emerge. As a company focused on empowering and growing meaningful supply chain relationships, Emerge is proud to sponsor Women In Supply Chain™. Through its freight procurement platform, Emerge offers solutions that enhance the spot and contract procurement process, enabling shippers and carriers to make more strategic decisions.
Mardi’s background, and the journey that led her to a career in supply chain and customer experience.
Mardi’s experience at Garrett Popcorn , her incredible accomplishments there and the power of learning on the job.
Mardi’s reflections on young people and supply chain, the balance between learning and experience and what the next generation of supply chain professionals bring to the table.
Mardi’s role as Customer Success Manager at Emerge.
A closer look at Emerge’s supportive culture and approach to diversity and inclusion .
The importance of customer success, building strong relationships and how it differentiates you in the marketplace.
The role of collaboration, how it ties business together and impacts the overall success of customer experience.
Mardi’s experiences as a woman in a largely male-dominated industry.
Mardi’s thoughts on mentorship and the college professor that helped to launch her journey.
What the future holds for Mardi.
Mardi’s words of advice for all of the women out there.
Resources & Links Mentioned
- You can connect with Mardi over on LinkedIn.
- If you want to find out more about Emerge, check out episode 243, where George Abernathy joins me to chat all about the company: what they do; bringing accountability to logistics; and why it’s so important to bring all industry players together to build positive and mutually beneficial networks.
- Why not also head over to Debra Phillips’ (Marketing Manager at Emerge) blog to hear her thoughts on whether consumers are finally growing tired of supply chain shortages and rising costs.
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