Dupre Jones

Regional Category Manager, Logistics & Warehousing CSL

Dupre is a 20+ year veteran in the global procurement, government contracts and vendor management space. Starting out, he managed 17 subcontractors deployed to Iraq in 2003 (after fall of Saddam Hussein) under a USAID funded program to teach principles of democracy and civil society across 17 of the 18 Iraqi governorates. Switching to the corporate world, Dupre led post-merger and post-spinoff transformations in aerospace, retail, technology, medical devices and now pharma through in house procurement roles and consulting across multiple categories. Having been on the sales /advisory and sourcing sides of the negotiation table, he's seen how buyer / sales engagements work well and not so well. Additionally, Dupre remains active in ISM as President of the ISM Carolinas-Virginia chapter as well as ISM’s Report on Business survey committee. Dupre holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University, an MBA in Global Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management and holds a Six Sigma Green Belt and the CSPM and CPSD credentials from ISM.