342: Women In Supply Chain™, Juliette Samson
Juliette Samson is a powerhouse supply chain and IT leader with over 20 years of experience, currently serving as the CIO of Genpro Inc. Her career began at AT&T after earning an engineering degree from Cornell, and she has since held leadership roles at various Fortune 50 companies before transitioning to smaller enterprises. Juliette shares her experience working with influential figures like Carly Fiorina and emphasizes the importance of embracing new challenges, such as when she took on a supply chain role without prior experience. She is a strong advocate for using technology as a business enabler and is passionate about giving back, serving on the boards of the National Kidney Foundation and Extraordinary Women on Boards (EWOB).
In today’s episode of Women In Supply Chain™, I’m joined by Juliette Samson – a powerhouse supply chain and IT leader who uses transformational strategies to influence multi-million-dollar revenue growth.
With over 20 years of experience as an executive global business operations and technology leader, Juliette has been integral to driving organizational growth for IT and supply chain operations. With expertise in revenue acceleration, advanced negotiations, project and program management, Juliette is passionate about digitization initiatives that transform businesses.
Today Juliette will be talking to us about her career so far; the new trend of hyper-collaboration; how supply chain tech is changing; and helping to raise the influence of women on boards. Plus, she’ll be sharing her experiences as a woman in supply chain, as well as her words of advice for all of the women following in her footsteps.
Guest bio:
Juliette is a senior executive with a proven track record of leading change, formulating, and executing strategy, focusing on customer service and program delivery across consumer-packaged goods, financial, communications and information technology industries. She has managed organizations of 100+ personnel with varying roles from business management to technical engineers. Additionally, her deep experience in technology, vendor management and contract negotiations led to significant savings in each of her various global multi-site roles.
Currently, Juliette the CIO of Genpro Inc, a Logistics Services company, she is also on the Board of Directors and leads the technology committee of TargaTek, a Hyper Collaboration SaaS Start-up. She is also on the Board of directors of the National Kidney Foundation.
Residing in the tri-state area with her husband and two children; she is a graduate of Cornell, Lehigh and Columbia University and speaks four languages, Romanian, Hungarian, Spanish and English.
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Juliette’s background; her education and early years; and where she found her incredible drive at such a young age.
Juliette’s long career at AT&T; her experiences; and her approach to embracing opportunity.
An overview of Juliette’s career highlights, as she explored new markets and moved from Fortune 50’s to smaller companies; her biggest achievements; and what she’s most proud of.
Why Juliette took a chance on supply chain, despite a lack of experience, and her words advice of advice for other young people.
Juliette’s role as CIO of Genpro Inc; her perspective on how technology is changing; and why tech is an enabler to work smarter, not harder.
Juliette’s position at Targatek; how it’s leading the way in hyper-collaboration; and why that approach is increasingly important in business.
Why Juliette is on the board of the National Kidney Foundation, and the importance of giving back to the community.
Juliette’s experience as a woman in a male-dominated industry; her advice; and why she wants to help all young people do the right thing.
A look at Extraordinary Women on Boards (EWOB), and what they’re doing to help increase the presence and influence of women on boards.
From putting yourself out there to embracing change, Juliette’s advice for girls and women looking to follow in her footsteps.
The future for Juliette.
Resources & Links Mentioned
- You can connect with Juliette over on LinkedIn.
- If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear more from other incredible women in the industry, check out 326: Women In Supply Chain™, Paige Wei-Cox or 302: Women In Supply Chain™, Charlie Saffro.
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