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Renee Ure
Speaker Bio
As Chief Operating Officer of Lenovo's Infrastructure Solutions Group, Renée is responsible for internal operations and efficiency, cost, expense, transformation, supply chain & procurement with a mission to become our customers’ most trusted smart infrastructure partner.
Renée joined Lenovo in June 2017 as the VP of Global Supply Chain within the Infrastructure Solutions Group. She has been instrumental in the transformation of the Data Center Group business by driving new technologies such as blockchain and AI into daily operations, placing supply chain at the forefront of cloud customer relationships and instilling a talent focused on a people first culture. In Renée's tenure as the leader, the Global Supply Chain organization has delivered a 26% efficiency to the bottom line, automated over 9,400 human actions, and has improved customer experience to an all-time high of 96% on time delivery.
Prior to joining Lenovo, Renée retired from IBM in June 2017 with more than 25+ years of executive leadership experience. She joined IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York and throughout her career she built skills in multiple areas of operations, procurement, demand planning, sales operations, manufacturing, fulfillment, and finance. She was key to driving the integration of pre and post sales execution operations for IBM, while driving operational excellence from quote to cash for IBM. As the Vice President of Global Operations for Enterprise Services, Renée led a global organization of over 7,500 employees, covering a quote to cash supply chain for software, hardware, services and solutions, in over 50 different countries and over $80B in revenue.
Outside of Lenovo, Renée is an executive board member of Supply Chain Leaders in Action (SCLA), an association of Distribution Business Management consisting of executive leaders seeking strategic ideas and thought leadership to improve supply chain and logistical operations. She is also a board member of Project 44, a world leading Advanced Visibility Platform™ for shippers and logistics service providers.
Renée holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She is happily married with two sons, and lives in Moneta, Virginia with her husband and two dogs, Oakley (Golden Retriever) and Maddie (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever).
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Renée joined Lenovo in June 2017 as the VP of Global Supply Chain within the Infrastructure Solutions Group. She has been instrumental in the transformation of the Data Center Group business by driving new technologies such as blockchain and AI into daily operations, placing supply chain at the forefront of cloud customer relationships and instilling a talent focused on a people first culture. In Renée's tenure as the leader, the Global Supply Chain organization has delivered a 26% efficiency to the bottom line, automated over 9,400 human actions, and has improved customer experience to an all-time high of 96% on time delivery.
Prior to joining Lenovo, Renée retired from IBM in June 2017 with more than 25+ years of executive leadership experience. She joined IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York and throughout her career she built skills in multiple areas of operations, procurement, demand planning, sales operations, manufacturing, fulfillment, and finance. She was key to driving the integration of pre and post sales execution operations for IBM, while driving operational excellence from quote to cash for IBM. As the Vice President of Global Operations for Enterprise Services, Renée led a global organization of over 7,500 employees, covering a quote to cash supply chain for software, hardware, services and solutions, in over 50 different countries and over $80B in revenue.
Outside of Lenovo, Renée is an executive board member of Supply Chain Leaders in Action (SCLA), an association of Distribution Business Management consisting of executive leaders seeking strategic ideas and thought leadership to improve supply chain and logistical operations. She is also a board member of Project 44, a world leading Advanced Visibility Platform™ for shippers and logistics service providers.
Renée holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She is happily married with two sons, and lives in Moneta, Virginia with her husband and two dogs, Oakley (Golden Retriever) and Maddie (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever).
Session
Tuesday, 20 May, 2025 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CEST
Panel: Risks and Opportunities in a Volatile Trade Environment
Halide Alagoz,
Chief Product and Merchandising Officer, Ralph Lauren Corporation
Stan Aronow,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Renee Ure,
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Hans-Peter Gai,
Chief Operating Officer, Südzucker AG, Mannheim
Our panelist will explore how they are navigating a volatile trade environment and its implications on supply network design and go-to-market strategies. Discussion will also focus on supply chain's enterprise role in ensuring profitable growth amid a VUCA environment.
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