Seventeen percent of chief supply-chain officers are now women, an annual Gartner Inc. survey found, up from 11% in 2019 and the highest proportion since the survey’s first edition in 2016. The 2020 Women in Supply Chain Survey, released Tuesday, gathered data from 177 shippers and supply-chain providers with more than $100 million in revenue. Although women in 2019 accounted for 28% of supply-chain vice presidents or senior directors—increasing the pool of women who could be promoted into top roles—that share fell to 21% this year, the survey found. Overall, women accounted for 39% of the total supply-chain workforce, the same as in 2019, according to Gartner. Last year, men supply-chain professionals earned on average 22.6% more than women, according to an Institute for Supply Management survey that found gender pay disparities across job titles, including C-suite roles.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 21, 2020 17:37 UTC