Krispy Kreme & Supply Chain Issues After COVID: Elizabeth Zucker
Elizabeth Zucker is an expert supply chain professional with over 25 years of experience. She has led numerous procurement and strategic sourcing initiatives that have transformed organizations to be more effective and deliver higher value contribution. Her specialties are supplier relationship management, total cost analysis, and global sourcing process. Having held executive procurement roles in multiple global companies, she has extensive experience enhancing procurement teams’ ability to deliver greater value, with clients that span a variety of industries.
She has had held executive level roles at Pepsi, Yum! Brands, JDA and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. Her career has spanned both international and domestic strategic sourcing positions. Her consulting client list includes in quick service restaurant giants, leading retail chains, telecom firms, and consumer product brands. She has experience sourcing and negotiating contracts across a variety of spend categories, with a focus on relational contracting that drives win-win outcomes.
She has co-developed multiple strategic sourcing processes, co-created both the SIG Certified Sourcing Professional and the SIG Certified Supplier Management Professional programs, and has authored four articles on supply management best practices. In addition to community volunteer boards, Elizabeth serves on the CPO Advisory Council of ISM Dallas and as a faculty member for SIG University. She earned her MBA from Georgetown University and her BA from Wellesley College. She co-founded Majel Partners in 2018. She is on the Faculty of SIG University’s Certified Sourcing Professional program, and has written articles for Inside Supply Management and eSide magazines.
Book Recommendations:
The Last Knight (the story of William Marshall) by Elizabeth Chadwick
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus