Positive influence and momentum clinches Terence Lee, CPO, GEODIS the CIPS Leader of The Year Award

The Leader of The Year Winner - Terence Lee, Chief Procurement Officer, GSCO, Asia Pacific at Geodis

The Leader of The Year Award recognises the most influential procurement leader who is pushing procurement and supply boundaries and making a positive contribution to the reputation of the profession, through the value they deliver to their organisations and the ways they’re raising the wider profile of the profession.

This year’s winner - Terence Lee, Chief Procurement Officer, GSCO, Asia Pacific at Geodis impressed judges with his outstanding track record in leading major transformation projects for P&G, DHL, Philips, Essentra and Geodis as well as his philanthropic activities in offering advice to Governments and Associations on how to drive industry change and raise awareness for important issues such as sustainability, supply chain resilience and talent acquisition. Terence seeks to support and grow the next generation of Procurement Leaders through his different engagements which include mentorship, keynotes, seminars and conferences.

Why The Judges Awarded Terence Leader of the Year:

Terence Lee is an active member of the Procurement industry community with an entrepreneurial flair and a passion for inspiring leaders towards transformation. He’s proven himself as a resourceful and creative supply chain expert having led organizational change and transformation management projects, M&A, and business start-ups and developed pioneering niche processes over the last three decades.

Terence Lee’s hunger for positive change was obvious to judges upon reading the testimonials given by those who have worked alongside him or those whom he has mentored. The impact Terence Lee made on both the community and the organisation's transformation is a testament to his passion for creating positive procurement influence and momentum.

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“Terence was instrumental in the preparation of the community for mid to long-term disruption management. With his leadership and partnership with all the Geodis executives, we are now are now monitoring our supply base deeper and more regularly than before. This has given us a solid structure of backup systems and contingencies which we share and communicate live with our business partners in real-time to enable proactive pilotage of the businesses for our customers. This is important as Geodis’ mission to enable the success of our customers by overcoming their logistics constraints so that they may be able to grow in their respective fields" - Philippe Mahler, Global COO & CPO for Geodis Supply Chain Optimization

As Chief Procurement Officer for Geodis, Terence Lee has led the transformational changes in the Asia Pacific region and collaboratively driven up the top-line and bottom-line contributions through the introduction of innovative Supply Chain Solutions and Smart Procurement Advisory services. Through his leadership, these initiatives have proven to be a huge success among customers while also supporting the growth of next-gen supply base players through close partnerships and strategic inter-locks that address unmet SCM and procurement needs.

Key achievements:

  • Increased savings with an average up from $0.15m to $0.7m per customer by reorganising the category management and applying a ‘strategic sourcing approach.
  • Developed the ‘Procurement Policy Handbook’ and ‘Procurement Guideline Handbook’ that was deployed globally which has increased global compliance and standards for this business.
  • Drove supplier change from 1 to 11% which increased supplier engagement, increasing innovation from outside-in opportunities.
  • Delivered $10m in savings within 8 months Completed a major transformation project for Essentra in six months and drove 26m GBR savings
  • Completed a major transformation project for Essentra in six months and drove 26m GBR savings

“Terence is a very knowledgeable and resourceful person, willing to share and carries a strong entrepreneurial spirit. In the topics related to procurement transformation, talent development, and the global pandemic impact to supply chain - he demonstrates strong strategic thinking and forward-looking leadership. His focus, his dedication and his vision will certainly bring his organisation to the next level!” - Julia Wu, Senior Director, Global Category Lead, Sales & Distributor Services and Marketing Operations, Johnson & Johnson




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