S1E19: Growing into Leadership with Caterpillar VP Wendi Gentry-Stuenkel
03/09/23 • 33 min
In our March 2023 episode, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby speak with Wendi Gentry-Stuenkel, vice president of procurement for Caterpillar Inc., about leadership. A member of the GSCI Advisory Board and recognized industry leader, Wendi spent 20 years in the automotive industry with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles before moving to Caterpillar, where she oversees a large and dynamic team spread over 26 countries. Tune in as Wendi discusses the value of honesty, learning from experience, growth that leads to innovation, mentorship, and more.
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- Target and Sam’s Club both announce big investments to speed up online delivery
- US petroleum exports at an all-time high amid war in Ukraine
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- Learn more about Caterpillar Inc.
- Wendi discusses learning, leading, and listening on The Caterpillar Podcast.
In our March 2023 episode, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby speak with Wendi Gentry-Stuenkel, vice president of procurement for Caterpillar Inc., about leadership. A member of the GSCI Advisory Board and recognized industry leader, Wendi spent 20 years in the automotive industry with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles before moving to Caterpillar, where she oversees a large and dynamic team spread over 26 countries. Tune in as Wendi discusses the value of honesty, learning from experience, growth that leads to innovation, mentorship, and more.
Related links:
- Chinese spy balloons and supply chains
- Consumer confidence falls for the second straight month
- Major retailers see shifts in consumer spending
- Target and Sam’s Club both announce big investments to speed up online delivery
- US petroleum exports at an all-time high amid war in Ukraine
- After its derailment in Ohio, Norfolk Southern unveils safety plan as bipartisan bill makes its way through Congress
- Learn more about Caterpillar Inc.
- Wendi discusses learning, leading, and listening on The Caterpillar Podcast.
Previous Episode
S1E18: An Inside Look at Studying Supply Chain at UT with Three Top Students
In this episode, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby are joined by a live audience and three UT Knoxville graduating seniors in supply chain management. They discuss their journeys to the university and the major, the value of getting involved in student orgs, attending industry events, and networking, and what they looked for in future employers.
The three guests featured in this episode:
- Lillian Qin, president of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) student roundtable. She will start her career with KPMG in procurement and outsourcing consulting in Chicago
- Halie Fairchild, president of NeXus Women in Supply Chain student group. She has accepted a rotational role, starting in internal audit, from HF Sinclair Corporation in Dallas
- Jack Parr, who is heading to Cincinnati to work for P&G’s inventory team in a data analytics position
Related links:
- Do massive layoffs in Big Tech suggestion an incoming recession?
- The Institute of Supply Management’s manufacturing index report for January 2023
- GDP report shows fourth quarter growth of 2.8%
- GSCI Fellow Alan Amling discusses potential UPS workers strike with Supply Chain Drive
- Resources, including internship information, certificate programs, and student groups, for undergraduates at UT
- How companies can recruit UT’s supply chain talent
- Information and registration for students planning to attend the SCM Career Expo, Feb. 20
- Scholars of Distinction, an undergraduate honors program for top-performing SCM majors
- Listen to our previous episode with recent graduates at BP, Denso, and Eastman Chemical Company about transitioning from college to professional career
Next Episode
S1E20: Digital Innovation in Supply Chain with Zero100 Co-Founder Kevin O’Marah
In our April 2023 episode, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby speak with Kevin O’Marah, co-founder of Zero100, a membership-based think tank and research company that works with some of the world’s most notable businesses toward a zero carbon, 100% digital supply chain. Kevin has a long and storied career in the industry and is a member of the GSCI Advisory Board and a GSCI Fellow. Before Zero100, he was chief storyteller for Amazon’s Last Mile Logistics organization, chief content officer for SCM World, and a VP at Gartner, where he created its Supply Chain Top 25 rankings.
Listen as Ted, Tom, and Kevin discuss the latest news and trends in supply chain management, including digitalization, the evolution of supply chains, consumer influence, reducing carbon emissions, and more.
Related links:
- Federal Reserve raises key interest rate 0.25% amid banking turmoil
- Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sows fear over banking system
- Proposed merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads to connect United States, Mexico, and Canada
- Could Mexico replace China as leader in global manufacturing exports?
- Gartner Supply Chain University Top 25 rankings for 2022
- The Seeing, Thinking, Acting decision-making process of supply chain managers, as described by Ted, Tom, and others in their paper, “Toward a Digitally Dominant Paradigm for Twenty-First Century Supply Chain Scholarship” for the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
- Kevin’s Zero100 article, “Digital Transformation is 80% Strategy and 20% Technology”
- Kevin’s Zero100 article, “Scope 3 Carbon Victory Needs Sector-Level Collaboration”
- Kevin’s Forbes article, “Supply Chain Saves the World”
- Read Zero100’s The Signal newsletter
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