DALLAS, Texas - Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that Cynthia Dautrich, global procurement officer, has been named to Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine's 12th annual listing of "Pros to Know" in the supply chain industry.
Dautrich was recognized as one of 32 individual "Practitioner Pros to Know," which honors exceptional corporate executives at manufacturing and non-manufacturing enterprises who are leading initiatives to help prepare their companies' supply chains for the significant challenges in the year ahead.
"I am honored to be named one of Supply and Demand Chain Executive's 2012 Pros to Know. This achievement recognizes Kimberly-Clark's commitment to leveraging the full strength of its global buying power across all areas of the company to generate sustainable value creation," said Dautrich.
As global procurement officer, Dautrich is responsible for managing billions of dollars worth of spending across the globe for Kimberly-Clark. With more than 20 years of experience leading large-scale, global operations, she has a strong track record for establishing new global procurement operations in decentralized, matrix-style organizations
Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark, Dautrich was chief procurement officer at GMAC, the financing arm of General Motors. While there, she created new global operations for procurement, real estate and facilities management. She also spearheaded a risk-based supplier management program, the first of its kind for GMAC.
Dautrich's experience spans industries like financial services, media, consumer packaged goods and consulting. She has held progressive executive management positions at Pillsbury, Procter & Gamble, AOL, Accenture and A.T. Kearney, as well as ran her own supply chain consultancies. Dautrich has also developed successful e-sourcing strategies and supplier diversity programs. In her early career at Procter & Gamble, she implemented lean manufacturing programs for several lines of business, including paper, health care and skin care businesses.
Dautrich holds an M.B.A. from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her two undergraduate degrees in chemical engineering and business administration are from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. Dautrich is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wydila of Mount Carmel, and is a graduate of Mount Carmel Area High School.