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Brant Matthews, MS

Adjunct Instructor
Academic AreaOperations Management & Business Analytics

Brant has over 30 years of Supply Chain experience in the Food, Consumer Good, and Healthcare Industry in the United States and Europe, including senior-level roles with Johnson and Johnson and McCormick.

Brant Matthews is currently Vice President of Global Strategic Procurement for McCormick & Company, responsible for maximizing value through creation and implementation of enterprise-wide procurement strategies and programs. His global team is responsible for driving McCormick’s strategic growth agenda, optimizing and protecting the external supply chain, ensuring a sustainable and continuous supply of materials, and leveraging external capabilities.

Before joining McCormick, Brant had a 20+ year career with Johnson & Johnson which included positions in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, External Manufacturing, Supply Chain Strategy, and Procurement.

Education

  • BS, Industrial Engineering, Lehigh University
  • MS, Industrial Engineering, Lehigh University

Teaching

Current

  • Operations Management

Impact and engagement

Business

Professional Public Speaking

  • Global SCM: Procurement Success Summit 2017
    • Keynote: Digital Innovation: The Big Procurement Transformation
    • November 15, 2017: Shanghai, China
  • CSCMP EDGE Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition
    • Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
    • The Power of People: McCormick’s Procurement Transformation
    • September 15, 2017; Atlanta, Georgia

Community

Service on non-profit boards

  • Member Board of Directors & Executive Committee: World Trade Center Institute (wtci.org), 2015 - present

  •  Member Board of Directors: B&O Railroad Museum (borail.org), Greater Baltimore Area  2016 - 2021

University Advisory Boards

  • Elizabethtown College International Business, 2019 to present

  • Loyola University (Maryland) Information Systems, Law, and Operations, 2022 to present

In the media

  • Reuters Events Supply Chain - COVID-19: Supply Chain Risk Management, May 26, 2020 (virtual)
  • Stanford Graduate School of Business - Executive Workshop: Value Chains in a Post-Covid World. Sourcing with Purpose for the Future of Flavor, June 3, 2021 (virtual)
  • Carey Business School’s Distinguished Speaker Series - Supply Chain Crisis, November 29, 2021 (virtual)
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