New England Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition

Lisa Martin, C.P.M.
Sr. VP, Worldwide Procurement

Lisa Martin, C.P.M., is senior vice president, worldwide procurement at Pfizer Inc. While leading her team, Martin works with pertinent business leaders to refine the Pfizer Procurement strategy in order to create an organization which effectively leverages Pfizer systems and purchasing power. Pfizer is a research-based, global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets leading prescription medicines for humans and animals, as well as many of the world's best-known consumer brands. With the Pharmacia merger, Pfizer's revenue for 2003 was more than $45 billion. Pfizer was named the world's most admired pharmaceutical company by Fortune and the world's most generous company by the The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

From October 1997 until June 2000, Martin was with the Warner-Lambert Co. in the capacity of vice president, global sourcing. Warner-Lambert's companywide productivity programs historically contributed savings of $50 million annually on a total spend base of approximately $6 billion. Martin's career includes management positions at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Entertainment and NBC. Most recently, Martin served as the senior procurement officer for Pfizer Inc.

Martin currently serves on The Conference Board Supply Chain and Procurement Executive Council, the National Minority Supplier Development Council Board, Rutgers University's Supply Chain Management Advisory Board, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI and the Corporate Executive Board Procurement Council. She was one of the youngest procurement professionals ever to serve as president of the Purchasing Management Association, Los Angeles and has been active in Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) for many years.

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2007 Conference Keynote
Building a World Class Procurement Organization