Laura Taylor

Laura Taylor, senior director, procurement strategy and planning, Pitney Bowes Inc., accepts her award from Pamela Prince-Eason, president and CEO, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council.
Laura Taylor is the senior director, procurement strategy and planning, for Pitney Bowes Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut. Ms. Taylor provides strategic procurement leadership and is responsible for defining and implementing strategic objectives, policies, procedures and programs. Ms. Taylor and her team have global procurement accountability for the strategy and program management of spend analytics, project sourcing, controls and compliance and supplier risk. At Pitney Bowes, Ms. Taylor was twice awarded the company’s One Standard Excellence Award for results in business process improvement. As a former chair of the board of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, she leveraged her track record of creating innovative, business enhancing initiatives at Pitney Bowes to help strengthen the strategic direction of WBENC and its 14 regional partner organizations. She has also served as WBENC’s board first vice chair, where she campaigned to re-launch the organization’s Ambassador Program, reinforcing the quality of corporate membership. In other positions with WBENC committees, Ms. Taylor has tirelessly worked to expand membership and advance WBE competitiveness. Ms. Taylor has received WBENC’s most prestigious honor, the William J. Alcorn Leadership Award, and was named one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Corporate Supply Diversity by Women’s Enterprise USA in 2013. Believing that the seeds of collaboration and leadership are planted early in life, Ms. Taylor is an active volunteer in Girl Scouts and has served on the board of directors of the Southwestern Connecticut Girl Scouts Council.