This year, Rutgers is enhancing its major with the official launch of the Road to Supply Chain Leadership Program.
The genesis of the program came over the summer when Jeff Hermann, president and CEO of Hermann Services, and Art Certosimo, senior adviser at Broadridge, both graduates of Rutgers Business School and members of the business school’s Board of Advisors, discussed the need for a special program that would help undergraduate business students find good jobs and have successful supply chain careers.
Building on Rutgers Business School’s established Road to Success programs that include pathways to Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and consulting, a new Road to Supply Chain program was conceived. By the Fall, Sundar (Sandy) Raman, assistant professor of professional practice, and Lian Qi, professor and chair of the supply chain management department, put together a program outline and secured sponsorships from nine different companies, including Hermann Services, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Colgate, Estee Lauder, Panasonic, Pfizer, Shiseido, and Unilever.
“The program will benefit students in a number of different ways,” said Raman. “First, it will broaden their thinking and outlook from learning about the supply chain to how to apply what they learn to solve “real-world” business problems and challenges.”
“With the help of RBS and industry mentors,” he said, “it will help them conduct a self-assessment of their capabilities and areas for improvement for a successful career in the supply chain.”
A key element of this program is continuous assessment of the progress each student is making towards achieving the program’s objectives.
