Supply Chain Career Growth: How to Build Community, AI Skills, and Confidence with Liz Raman, Supply Chain Gals Founder | Forbes 30 Under 30

Supply chain is no longer a hidden career path. It is where strategy, technology, operations, consumer behavior, product management, data analytics, and resilience meet. In this episode of the Supply Chain Revolution podcast, Sheri Hinish sits down with Liz Raman, founder and CEO of Supply Chain Gals, Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree (Transportation and Mobility, 2025), MIT and Georgia Tech alum, and senior product manager in tech. Liz built Supply Chain Gals because the community she needed early in her career did not exist. Starting as a transportation analyst, she navigated her way to becoming one of the youngest supply chain directors at Nike by age 26, ran a multibillion-dollar third-party sales division at Amazon, and founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional network that now connects over 20,000 women across career stages through workshops, mentorship circles, networking nights, case competitions, and a Slack-based membership with 120+ active members. Together, they explore why supply chain is the ultimate connector career for professionals who get bored easily and love learning new things, how Supply Chain Gals is building AI and technology fluency through hands-on workshops with leaders from Microsoft and Accenture, why community is career infrastructure (not just a nice-to-have), and how case competitions simulate executive-level decision-making that early-career professionals rarely get to experience. Liz closes with a lightning round that includes one of the most important career messages: go before you are ready. Chapter Markers: 0:00 Introduction: supply chain as the career 0:51 Meet Liz Raman: Forbes 30 Under 30, MIT, Georgia Tech, Supply Chain Gals 1:07 The gap: why Supply Chain Gals was built 2:48 Supply chain as a connector field: twenty careers in one domain 4:28 Every job is a sustainability job, every job is a technology job 5:08 Community as career infrastructure: workshops, mentorship circles, Slack 7:11 Building AI fluency: Microsoft and Accenture workshops 8:56 Case competitions as executive simulation 10:08 Lightning round: misconceptions, skills, talent, and going before you are ready 11:17 Where to find Liz and Supply Chain Gals Key Topics: Supply chain careers, women in supply chain, Supply Chain Gals, community building, career development, mentorship, Forbes 30 Under 30, AI literacy, technology fluency, supply chain talent, career infrastructure, case competitions, next generation leaders, supply chain education, professional networking, career growth Connect and Learn More: Liz Raman: @itsLizRaman on Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn Supply Chain Gals: supplychaingals.com Become a member and join the Slack community at supplychaingals.com Sheri Hinish (Supply Chain Queen): supplychainqueen.com Subscribe to Supply Chain Revolution on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you listen.