Southwest Airlines promotes Stacy Malphurs to VP, Supply Chain Management

Southwest Airlines promotes Stacy Malphurs to VP, Supply Chain Management:

15 July 2019: Southwest Airlines has promoted Stacy Malphurs to Vice President, Supply Chain Management. Malphurs will replace Bill Tiffany.

Stacy joined Southwest in 2011 and since then has served various roles, most recently as Senior Director Supply Chain Management. She and her team was responsible for strategic planning, contract performance and spend analytics, supplier performance management, process optimisation and automation, policy development, technology platform facilitation and management of the Company's Supplier Diversity Programme. She also led a team in the airline's Technical Operations and Maintenance Department for three years where she was responsible for strategic direction-setting and analytics.

"Stacy brings a vast array of knowledge, experience, and compassion to her new Senior Leadership role," said Southwest's Senior Vice President, Finance, Chris Monroe. "We're fortunate to have such a talented Leader in our ranks to step into this role. We thank Bill for his stewardship of the Supply Chain Management function over the past eight years and wish him the best in his future endeavours."

Before joining Southwest, Malphurs has worked in management consulting, where she was an Engagement Manager in Oliver Wyman's aviation practice.