Rutgers Business School Supply Chain Management Professor Don Klock was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 Procurement Leaders Global Awards. Klock was awarded by the Procurement Leaders Advisory Board for his time spent as long time proponent of procurement and a leader of the growth of the procurement function throughout his career.
Klock, was admittedly overwhelmed by the honor.
“It doesn’t get any better than being recognized by my peers at the end of my career,” he said.
Klock is retiring from working full-time for the Supply Chain Management Department and Center for Supply Chain Management at Rutgers to kick back and travel but he will continue to teach course in Rutgers Executive MBA and Executive Education programs.
“This is an extraordinary achievement,” said Lei Lei, Professor and Chair of the Department of Supply Chain Management. “Don was instrumental in making Rutgers Supply Chain Management become globally recognized as a leader in supply chain management,” said Lei. Rutgers Supply Chain Management undergraduate program was ranked #2 and the Supply Chain Management MBA program was ranked #3 in North America by Gartner Supply Chain Leaders
Klock was proud that Rutgers Supply Chain Management MBA students had a 100 percent placement for internships for the last seven years, and he believes Rutgers location near New York (and therefore, at the center of globalization) will keep Rutgers Business School relevant in the supply chain industry this century.
“The trend is clear – more globalization, more off shoring, more outsourcing – companies are going to require talent. And Rutgers Business School students will be prepared to meet these challenges.”
