The Digital Supply Chain Challenge

The Digital Supply Chain Challenge – Breaking Through

Richard Markoff has an extensive and varied supply chain background. His career includes 22 years with L’Oréal, starting in Canada in manufacturing before stints in Paris and New York, with ever-increasing supply chain responsibilities and scope. He completed his adventure at L’Oréal as the company’s first global supply chain standards director, defining and promoting best practices in customer collaboration, distribution, demand planning and production planning. Throughout his career, Richard has been a constant agent of change and innovation in supply chain. He has been a pioneer of supply chain digitalization, for which he was cited in the Wall Street Journal, among other publications. He continues this spirit of innovation today as a supply chain strategy advisor, professor, author and board member based in Geneva, Switzerland. Richard is also a co-founder and partner of the venture capital firm Innovobot, where he advises startups on their road to success. Richard holds a PhD in supply chain management from ESCP-La Sorbonne (France), where his research shed light on supply chain governance and its articulation with finance; an MBA specialized in supply chain from Northeastern University (US); and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from McGill University (Canada).

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