2015 New England Supply Chain Conference and Exhibition - Rose
Kelly-Falls Bio
Rose Kelly-Falls, MSM, CPSM Senior VP and Head of Supplier Risk, Rapid Ratings
International Inc.
Rose Kelly-Falls is currently the Senior Vice President and Head of Supplier
Risk at Rapid Ratings International Inc. She has worked with multiple supply
chain entities, as they develop, implement, and grow their risk management
initiatives, sharing best practices, and collaborating on process improvement.
As a supply chain professional and industry practitioner, she has extensive
management experience within small divisional start-ups and global corporations,
including Ford Motor Company, and Rolls-Royce North America.
Her areas
of expertise include: Supply chain risk management, Supply chain
strategic planning, Contract management, and Global sourcing.
Widely diverse companies have benefited from Rose's expertise and experience
in Risk Management, which include implementation and training on financial risk
management and mitigation, and developing and implementing supply chain risk
management strategies.
She has worked with: Manufacturing,
Utility, Consumer products, Oil & gas, High tech and
Aerospace and defense companies –just to name a few.
She has
delivered professional presentations for: ISM, Supply Chain
Management Review, The Conference Board, My Purchasing Center
–and her thought leadership has been quoted in multiple industry publications.
She was named: "Pro to Know," in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015,
2013 Top 5 Female "Pro to Know," and a Top Female Supply Chain Executive
by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine.
Kelly-Falls holds a Master
of Science degree in Management from Purdue University Krannert Graduate School
of Management, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Butler University. She is the
Past Chair of the ISM Supply Chain Risk Management Group, and serves on the ISM
International Conference Leadership Committee (CLC). And she earned the CPSM
certification from ISM (Certified Professional in Supply Mgt).
In addition to her
work with ISM, she serves on the: Board of Alumni for the Krannert School
of Management-Purdue University, Board of Directors for Indiana Arts for
Learning (an affiliate of Young Audiences, International) and Teaches at
the University of Indianapolis Graduate School of Business.
Rose resides
in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband Steve, and children Robbie and
Eleanor.
Presentation:
Assessing Supply Risk: There's no need to run in the other direction!
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