Our Speaker
Stephen “Spo” Spoljaric, Corporate Manager of Global Logistics for Bechtel
Stephen Spoljaric is the Corporate Manager of Global Logistics for Bechtel. In this role, he focuses on a collaborative, integrated, Engineered Logistics™ approach to increase predictability of deliveries and improve safety and sustainability in logistics. Prior to his current position, Spoljaric served as an area operations manager on a multi-billion-dollar petro-chemicals giga-project with oversight of the unionized labor for material handling to support Construction.
For more than a decade at Bechtel, Spoljaric’s leadership and forward-thinking ideas have focused on risk mitigation in consideration of cost and schedule. He has built positive customer relationships through engagement in problem-solving with the promotion of technology in the Supply Chain.
In 2022, he was appointed by the US Secretary of Transportation to serve on the Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Council (MTSNAC). He is currently Chairman of the Executive Board for the US Exporters Competitive Maritime Council (ECMC), a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Houston Supply Chain Logistics College of Technology and is a member of the Specialized Carrier & Rigging Association. He is an advisor to Breakbulk Magazine and the Journal of Commerce. Previously, he served on the Executive Board for the Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI), the Advisory Board for Penn State University (Beaver) and was active on the Scholarship Committee for the Pittsburgh Traffic Club. Spoljaric also serves in a leadership role for the Procurement Executives Group (PEG) on their Sustainability / Carbon Emissions working group.
Spoljaric has a Bechtel Certification in Logistics and has a Six Sigma Champion Certification. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Fordham University and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Clemson University. Spoljaric was selected as a Bechtel Distinguished Technical Specialist (BDTS), the first for Logistics in the company’s more than 125-year history.