Lisa Martin
Lorie Meola
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Lisa Martin
Chief Procurement Officer
GSK
Industry : Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
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Lorie Meola
Chief Procurement Officer
IBM
Industry : Technology & IT Services
As
GSK ’ s procurement leader , Lisa oversees all strategic sourcing and purchasing while managing their extensive real estate portfolio of 265 sites spanning 36 million square feet . Her transformative leadership earned her the prestigious J . Shipman Gold Medal in 2013 for outstanding contributions to supply management .
With
a career starting in teaching mathematics and computing , many would not expect to find themselves as the Chief Procurement Officer 20 years on . But that is the career path of Lorie , currently working as the CPO at IBM . This dramatic shift came back in 2004 , where she got her first role in the industry , as the Director of IT Procurement and Asset Management at ADP . Over the years , she has worked for AIG , First Data Corporation and Fiserv in the procurement function .
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