Zarrin Lilani on How Women Lead in Supply Chain
At Let’s Talk Supply Chain™, we’re passionate about closing the gender gap to expand innovation through diversity. Making this hard dichotomy shift isn’t just about good business ethics either. It’s a business investment in an industry that’s anything but predictable. Research shows that Women In Supply Chain™ empower more curiosity and agility—empowering breakthrough business outcomes at organizations across the globe—these are the women whose stories we share monthly.
The numbers prove that gender inclusion and promoting the advancement of woman leaders in your ranks is profitable. In sharp contrast with organizations that have fewer women in leadership, more than half of businesses actively focusing on gender equity and inclusion have 50% higher profits and 61% higher revenue growth—73% of these are official leaders in customer satisfaction scores.
And while the tech industry job market is still anything but stable, supply chain leaders are still dealing with ongoing talent and resource shortage challenges. The record talent shortage has been a source of frequent delays and price jumps in recent years. Having meaningful and sometimes tough dialogues to close the diversity gap in supply chain and logistics can fuel business growth—faster. And that means more opportunities for fresh industry talent, women included.
At Let’s Talk Supply Chain™, we’re committed to closing the supply-chain gender gap by recognizing women supply chain and logistics leaders who are breaking the mold with big career jumps and landings. Each month our blog series highlights the endless force for good that up-and-comers and veteran female trailblazers bring to change the logistics industry for the better. Let’s Talk Supply Chain™ explores the roadblocks women leaders continuously learn to navigate, how they empower each other, and ways they are transforming the way their employers do business.
Women In Supply Chain™ explores the everyday challenges women supply chain leaders overcome that often go unnoticed. We celebrate their personal and professional breakout achievements and the roots that positioned them for their latest achievements, ushering change across the global supply chain. Global trailblazers share their unexpected beginnings, stories, obstacles they’ve overcome, and the career advice they have for other Women In Supply Chain™.
This month we’re honored to feature Zarrin Lilani, Product Marketing Director for o9 Solutions. She boasts an Executive MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology and a Bachelor’s degree from King’s College London. For more than a decade, Zarrin has dedicated her career to finding smarter and more sustainable supply chain planning approaches and technology solutions.
About the Author
Naomi Sylvian is a content marketing leader with more than 17 years of experience, and the editor of Let’s Talk Supply Chain™’s Women In Supply Chain™ series. Her works have appeared on Forbes, Mashable, Business Insider, The Muse, and Yahoo, and have been mentioned by The New York Times Online. Naomi mentors at-risk teens to fight recidivism and contribute on a local level, working with the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections. Subscribe to her LinkedIn newsletter, The Chain Explained, for all things Supply Chain broken down with as many pop-culture references as possible, or view her marketing portfolio online.
