Women In Supply Chain™: Procurement Leader, Stephany Lapierre on Using Supplier Data to Empower a More Connected, Diverse Supply Chain

As national and global economies come thundering back as pandemic-stoked uncertainty fades and how we work is evolving, Women In Supply Chain™ are driving a smarter path forward. These female leaders are building back with a better and more resilient normal for supply chain. At Let’s Talk Supply Chain, we understand the importance of women tapping into our collective power to shape a more diverse, accepting industry and professional community.

Because when women rally behind each other they make big things happen—opening doors and breaking status quos and stale, dated gender roles. At Let’s Talk Supply Chain we’re committed to doing our part each month. We’re proud to feature the trailblazing women supply chain leaders and their bold moves forward to a more inclusive and resilient supply chain community.

In our Women In Supply Chain™ series, we introduce the women who are dominating supply chain now and what they’re doing next. We ask what and who motivates them and explore how they are creating positive change in their organizations, industry, and community. Let’s Talk Supply Chain shares the challenges women supply chain leaders have tackled, their greatest leaps of faith, and the starting points that led them to where they are today, leading organizations across the global supply chain.
In our Women In Supply Chain™ series, these women share their experience breaking glass ceilings and gender roles across the chain. They dish helpful career advice also and what they want future supply chain leaders to know when they get their start in the industry. Read on for inspiring stories, career advice, and expert guidance on breaking into the chain.

This month we’re proud to feature Stephany Lapierre, chief executive officer and founder at Tealbook, a technology provider harnessing AI and machine learning (ML) to deliver smarter procurement approaches. Stephany has worked in procurement for over two decades and has more than a decade of leadership experience. She has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Women In Supply Chain™, and her business has recently been hailed by Gartner with the Cool Vendor Award and by Spend Matters as one of the Top 50 Companies to Watch.

Over the last decade, Stephany has built a successful strategic sourcing and procurement firm to empower her mission of delivering a ‘Trusted Source of Supplier Data’. She plays an active role as a thought leader and in her local community and sits on the boards for The International Association for Data Quality Governance and Analytics (IADQGA) and on the C-Sweet for Corporate Successful Women Executives and Emerging Talent at Georgia Tech Research Institute.