Kristyn Harkins
Senior Director, Medical Devices Logistics, Supply Chain Deliver at Johnson & Johnson
is a supply chain professional with 18 years of experience. In her career at Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Kristyn has worked across the Supply Chain pillars of Plan, Source, Make & Deliver and in multiple business sectors, including Consumer Products and Medical Devices. She has held leadership roles in Customer Logistics, Transportation, Analytics, Planning, Sourcing, External Manufacturing and Strategy Deployment.Harkins is currently the Vice President, Engineering & Property Services Americas & Global RE Governance at J&J. At the time this podcast was recorded, she held the role of Senior Director, Medical Devices Logistics, within the North America Supply Chain Deliver organization. She led a team responsible for integrating deliver within core end-to-end processes, driving deliver strategic and functional excellence, delivering on cost & investment portfolio objectives, and focusing on enhancing performance for medical devices customers.
Throughout her career, Kristyn has fostered a passion for developing future talent and currently participates on the J&J North America Supply Chain Talent Council. She has served as the liaison for J&J with the Penn State Center for Supply Chain Research® for the past two years and is honored to serve as an Advisory Board member for the upcoming term.
Harkins earned a bachelor's degree in business logistics from Penn State University and a masters in business administration from Rutgers University. She is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and was recognized in 2019 with a TWIN (Tribute to Women in Industry) Award. She lives in Flemington, NJ with her husband Tim (a fellow Penn State alumni) and their two sons, Aidan and Ryan.