Supply Chain Digital Magazine Top 100 Leaders in Supply Chain 2022 | Page 11

TOP 100 LEADERS

80 79

Karn Budhiraj
Vice President | Supply Chain Tesla
Ron Castro
Vice President , IBM Supply Chain IBM
Budhiraj is currently VP of Global Supply Management at Tesla , where his broad leadership responsibility includes purchasing , supplier manufacturing engineering , plant operations and programme management . Previously Strategic Sourcing Manager at Apple , and Senior Procurement Associate at ExxonMobil , Budhiraj joined Tesla in 2014 when he served as Senior Group Manager , Electronics .
IBM Supply Chain VP Ron Castro leads a remarkable team through the digital and cognitive journey to an end to end AI-enabled supply chain . Winner of the Manufacturing Leadership Council ' s Manufacturing Leader of the Year award in 2019 , Castro was honoured for his efforts to drive adoption of Manufacturing 4.0 technologies and for building the first cognitive supply chain .
Automotive
United States Consulting United States

78

77
Donna Warton
CVP Supply Chain & Sustainability Microsoft
Duncan Kendal
Chief Supply Chain Officer Wolseley
Warton is CVP of Supply Chain and Sustainability at Microsoft : a position she has held since earlier this year . She previously held roles of VP , Global Operations Planning at Dell , and was Head of Global Supply Chain at Mettler-Toledo . She started her career in finance , supporting various functions including sales and marketing , engineering , manufacturing , and mergers and acquisitions .
IT Service & IT Consulting United States
Kendal is a supply chain professional with a broad multi-channel retail , merchanting and leadership background , and is particularly effective at identifying and leading teams to deliver supply chain and customer fulfilment strategy . He holds an MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the Cranfield University School of Management and Fellowship of the Institute of Logistics and Transport .
Construction United Kingdom
SUPPLYCHAINDIGITAL . COM 11