This episode of Supply Chain Now features Jim Liegghio & Elba Pareja-Gallagher. Jim Liegghio is responsible for leading and supporting a wide array of AIAG Supply Chain initiatives, including industry-wide work groups involved with inbound materials transportation, packaging, supply chain information security, and international trade compliance. His work also includes the subject matter coordination and production of AIAG’s Supply Chain related industry events. His current responsibilities include the management and development of world-class programs and training courses in relevant supply chain topics, identifying emerging automotive supply chain issues, and representing the AIAG Supply Chain group’s interests within various industry forums. Jim has over 20 years of automotive and manufacturing industry experience in a wide variety of supply chain disciplines. He has significant hands-on, plant-level material and production control experience in addition to having held several corporate logistics roles at what is now FCA. His prior corporate logistics experience has spanned both inbound logistics as well as finished vehicle logistics – both in a domestic and an international capacity. Following his OEM experience, Jim has held various roles within international logistics operations, purchasing, and international trade compliance with global, tier-level manufacturing companies. These positions allowed him to gain diverse global experience, develop more well-rounded supply chain and compliance perspectives, and acquire valuable exposure to broader oversight functions – all within a highly entrepreneurial setting.
Elba Pareja-Gallagher is a finance and strategy professional with 20+ years of experience at UPS. She’s held roles in Finance, Investor Relations, Marketing and Strategy. Today she’s part of a Business Intelligence and Analytics team, reporting on the $46B+ US Domestic business unit. She's an enthusiastic champion for change and for finding new ways of thinking about problems. She believes in the power of diversity and inclusion to harness the creativity of all levels and generations of employees. Elba is also the founder of ShowMe50.org. The non-profit’s vision is to achieve 50% women in senior leadership positions across America by influencing change in workplace cultures and talent management practices.
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