Ted Olshefski (Past Speaker)

Ted T. Olshefski is a results-driven procurement and supply chain leader and as Senior Procurement Leader he is focused exclusively in leading Panasonic North America (PNA) Direct Procurement organization. He has 12+ years of procurement and supply chain management experience leading teams both as a daily practitioner and practice line leader.  Ted’s expertise in business process transformation, cost reduction, strategic sourcing, demand management, organization re-design and technology enablement.  Ted was most recently with GEP (formerly Global eProcure) in Clark NJ as a Global Business Development Leader responsible for GEP’s Procurement Services line of business which included Procurement Advisory Services, End-to-End (E2E) Services (indirect & direct procurement/sourcing), Technology and Sourcing Support Services. Prior to GEP, Ted led RGP’s (former division of Deloitte & Touché) supply chain and procurement (SCP) practice for the TriState market and was responsible for expanding market opportunities for the SCP practice and building client relationships resulting in revenue growth and client penetration. In addition, he has held procurement and supply chain operations roles focusing on areas such as spend/savings analysis, strategic sourcing, business process transformation, cost reduction, and technology enablement across multiple industries that included both public sector and private sector customers. Ted resides in Northern New Jersey.