Scott DeGroot joined the Global Supply Chain Institute in August 2024 after serving as the vice president of global distribution and planning at Kimberly-Clark Corporation. In that role, he and his team were accountable for planning, sales and operations planning, customer-facing logistics, physical logistics operating excellence, on-time in-full and North American transport.
Before this role, DeGroot was the general manager of Kimberly-Clark’s Eastern Grocery team in North America. His responsibilities included driving over $650 million in revenue while working with a highly engaged team that included Ahold, Wakefern, HEB, Publix, Delhaize and BiLo Holdings.

During his more than 30 years at Kimberly-Clark, DeGroot held roles of increasing responsibility and leadership, including director roles in supply chain strategy, consumer planning, distribution operations, transportation procurement and analysis and transportation operations. Further, he served as the company’s regional logistics leader in Chester, Pennsylvania, where he led logistics operations at the largest tissue site in the Kimberly-Clark network.