Kathy Wengel - Executive Vice President & Chief Global Supply Chain Officer, J&J

Kathy Wengel is Executive Vice President & Chief Global Supply Chain Officer for Johnson & Johnson, and member of the company’s Executive Committee. She leads the Supply Chain and several enterprise-wide functional organizations that bring healthcare products and services to more than a billion patients and consumers around the world every day across three business sectors: Consumer Health, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals. Her responsibilities include enterprise Supply Chain strategy, innovation and deployment, planning, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution and customer service. She also has corporatewide responsibility for Quality & Compliance; Procurement; Environmental Health, Safety & Sustainability; and Engineering & Property Services, including Real Estate, Facilities, and Capital Project Management.

Kathy serves as Chairman of the Board of GS1 Global, is on the board of the National Association of Manufacturers in the US, and the advisory board of AWESOME. She is the executive sponsor for the Johnson & Johnson Women’s Leadership & Inclusion (WLI) initiative and for the Johnson & Johnson Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design (WiSTEM2D) program.

Kathy has received several prominent awards, the most recent being in 2019 when Kathy was recognized by the Council of Supply Management Professionals (CSCMP) as the recipient of its lifetime Distinguished Service Award, the industry’s top individual supply chain honor.

In this episode of Fairygodboss Radio, Kathy Wengel talks about the importance of having a job that you love.

Recording Date: October 20, 2020