Episode 68: How can we inspire the next generation of supply chain leaders?

What steps can we take to cultivate the next generation of supply chain leaders?

“So it's about positioning the sector as one that is evolving, but that you can evolve with it”

In this week’s episode of Freight to the Point, Bethany Windsor, Interim Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Management at the CILT, joins Alex Hersham, CEO and Co-Founder at Zencargo to uncover how to attract talent for modern supply chains. 

Together they explore:

• How the role of supply chain management has evolved
• The challenges the industry faces with recruitment
• How to make supply chain more attractive for new talent
• The training resources that are available to grow careers in supply chain

Bethany Windsor

Bethany Windsor is Interim Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Management at CILT(UK). Bethany’s role centres around promoting the profession to underrepresented groups and securing the next generation of supply chain professionals through a wide range of programmes, including Generation Logistics. Her work with Women in Logistics won Bethany the 2015 Multimodal “Woman of the Year” award, followed by recognition as a finalist in the Everywoman in Logistics and Transport awards (2018) and securing the Talent in Logistics awards (2019), both for “Industry Champion”. As a former teacher, inspiring the next generation to choose the logistics sector is a personal and professional passion.

Resources

Working around labour shortages in supply chain

Episode 4: How to become a supply chain leader