This guest post comes to us from Argentus Supply Chain Recruiting , a boutique recruitment firm specializing in Supply Chain Management. Chief Supply Chain Officer part of an executive meeting Following on the success of our recent post about the Rise of the Supply Chain C.E.O , we wanted to cover the topic of the emergence of Supply Chain into a C-suite function from another angle. That post discussed the trend of companies looking to the Supply Chain function when hiring for the most coveted role at any company: CEO. It discussed some prominent “Supply Chain CEOs” (including Apple’s Steve Cook and G.M.’s Mary Barra), and outlined the strategic advantages companies can gain from the relentless focus on customer service and mitigation of risk that Supply Chain provides. But the trend of Supply Chain’s rise to the C-suite doesn’t just mean the elevation of Supply Chain professionals into the CEO role at companies. It also means that companies are adding the Supply Chain portfolio to the executive boardroom alongside more traditional Finance, Marketing, and Information executive roles. Enter the Chief Supply Chain Officer. We read a great article a while ago from Fortune on this topic. It talks about how more and more companies are adding Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCO’s) to their executive groups – companies ranging from emerging startups like eCommerce glasses retailer Warby Parker to established, highly-regulated Fortune 500 companies like defense contractor Raytheon. It’s true that not every organization is placing high-performing Supply Chain leaders in executive positions. But the most competitive, strategic organizations in the 21 st century increasingly seem to be ones that allow Supply Chain to help drive their business. Why is this? First of all, the world is becoming more global, and the ability to manage a diversity of manufacturers and […]