Commencement Ceremony 2015

On May 29, 2015, the 11th class of the MIT Zaragoza Master of Engineering in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (ZLOG), the 14th class of the Máster en Dirección de Supply Chain (MDSC) and 1 PhD will graduate at the University of Zaragoza Paraninfo Hall.

As the guest of honour, Mr. Ralph T. Keck, Director - Product Supply - GTM Innovation, Procter & Gamble (P&G), will be giving the traditional commencement speech.
 

Mr. Ralph T. Keck
Ralph has been with Procter & Gamble’s Product Supply organization for almost 19 years on different assignments in different locations. The current assignment in Geneva incorporates a newly established position leading innovation globally throughout the regionally-focused Go-To-Market Product Supply organizations. Driving innovation with increased scale from shelf to plant, combined with an even higher level of external partnering continues to be a strategic focus area for Procter & Gamble. On previous assignments, Ralph owned different roles in Procter & Gamble’s Product Supply Purchases organization in Germany, Switzerland and Singapore. In 2006, he assumed responsibility as Director of Global Business Service Purchases in CEEMEA, including a major reorganization of the entire Procurement and Indirect Strategic Purchases organization in the region. In 2008, Ralph took on the Strategic Purchases leadership for EMEA Media Sourcing and Global Marketing Materials & Services. The most recent move to a broader role on supply chain innovation for Product Supply happened in 2012. Since 2014, Ralph has taken on Global Operations & Innovation for Physical Distribution as well as Global Logistics Purchases.

Worldwide company serving 4.6 billion consumers to deliver a broad range of products including 50 leadership brands all over the world. P&G operates in 75.

P&G has also participated/is participating in FP7 projects: CAPIRE, SUPERGREEN, CO3, MODULUSHCA, SPECTRUM

About Procter & Gamble (P&G)
P&G serves nearly 5 billion people around the world with its brands. The Company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, Wella® and Whisper®.