Paths to Success - Profile of a Supply Chain Professional

The Person

Name: Gregory (Greg) J. Swoyer

Current Position: Director-Customer Service/Logistics

Company: Procter & Gamble—Global Beauty Care

Industry Experience: 22 Years of domestic and international SCM positions across the supply chain.

Related Experience: Contributing speaker at professional conferences/meetings for CSCMP, National Retail Federation, Logicon, EAN and ECR-Europe. Served as Executive Board Member For the Supply Chain Management Research Center, University of Arkansas

Interests:

The Path

Step One—Education & Training

• Bachelors Degree in Business-Materials & Handling, Michigan State University, 1984

Step Two—First Related Position

• Warehousing & Shipping

Step Three—Advancements and Position Changes

• Roles across the supply chain: Customer Service Management; Transportation & Warehousing Purchasing, Customer Logistics; and Customer Service Management
• P&G Distributor Operations/Central & Eastern Europe (overseas)
• P&G Western Europe—establishing pan-European finished supply chain and corresponding set of trade terms.

Step Four—Position Prior to Current

• P&G Wal-Mart Team—US and Global roles, assuming responsibility for P&G’s Finished Product Supply Chain (with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.)