Virtual Professional Development Meeting

Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Time: 6:00 pm (MST)

Location: Virtual

Cost: $0

*Registrants will receive a link the day before the Meeting

** Register by 10/13 at 5:00 pm (MST)

Topic: Tariffs, Technology, Transformation and Talent 

Speaker: Scott DeGroot

Tariffs, Technology, Transformation, and Talent - Leading through Supply Chain Disruption

In today’s business world we are experiencing a lot of change and disruption, we will discuss what is happening and some ideas to navigate the changing world of the supply chain.

Scott is currently the Managing Director, Adjunct Lecturer, and researcher at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business Global Supply Chain Institute. Prior to that, he was the Global Vice President of Planning and Distribution at Kimberly-Clark Corporation. In this role, Scott and his team were accountable for the results delivery of Planning, S&OP, Customer-facing Logistics, Physical Logistics Operating Excellence, On-Time In-Full and North American Transport. His team delivered our products to KC’s consumers efficiently and effectively, every day, every time, and everywhere. His team optimized overall logistic spend of $1.8B, $1.7B of inventory and delivered industry leading OTIF results. 

Scott was also the General Manager of Kimberly-Clark’s Eastern Grocery team in North America. Scott’s accountabilities included driving over $650MM in revenue through a highly engaged team that included Ahold, Wakefern, HEB, Publix, Delhaize and BiLo Holdings. During his 35+ years at Kimberly-Clark, Scott has held ever increasing areas of accountability and leadership including: Director of Supply Chain Strategy; Director of Consumer Planning; Director of Distribution Operations; Director of Transportation Procurement and Analysis; Director of Transportation Operations; and Regional Logistics Leader in Chester, PA, where he led all logistics operations at the largest site in the Kimberly-Clark network.

Schedule:

6:00 pm - Networking

6:30 pm - Chapter Announcements

6:45 pm - Speaker