Jim Cafone

Jim started his career with Ford Motor Company as a Design Engineer (1988 – 1990).  He then moved to Coopers & Lybrand as a Senior Manufacturing Consultant (1990 – 1993). 

In 1993, Jim moved to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals as part of the manufacturing & operations analysis team.  From 1996 to 2004, he held several positons within the manufacturing, materials management, customer order management, physical distribution, and information technology functions.  In 2004, Jim relocated to the United Kingdom and was appointed V.P. EMEA Manufacturing & Supply Chain.  He was responsible for the regional manufacturing assets (4 plants) and the third party manufacturing network (55 thirds parties) and a member of the European Commercial Leadership Team.  In 2008, Jim relocated back to the United States and was appointed V.P. Global Logistics, responsible for all aspects of product movement, storage, and order management activities on a global basis.

In 2009, Jim came to Pfizer as V.P. Supply Network Services.  In this role he was responsible for designing and deploying supply chain “platform services” within Pfizer Global Supply.  This included logistics network design, transportation management, supply chain process and information management, customs compliance, logistics security, and EH&S regulatory compliance.   In 2014, Jim was appointed to his current role, V.P. Network Supply Operations.  Jim is responsible for the worldwide demand and supply planning, inventory management, performance measurement, supply chain processes, and global customs compliance for the Consumer Health, Vaccine, Oncology, Innovative, and Established business units.

Jim holds a B.S. Industrial Engineering, and a M.S. Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Rhode Island.  In addition, Jim holds an M.S. Technology Management, from the University of Pennsylvania, College of Engineering and the Wharton Business School.