On June 6, 2016, during the gala dinner at the 5th Women in Logistics Forum, the winners of the prestigious “Woman in Logistics 2015” award were announced. The title was awarded to: as a logistics service recipient – Joanna Patera, Logistics and Customs Department Manager at Sanden Manufacturing Poland, and as a logistics service provider – Marta Tęsiorowska, Vice President, Marketing & Communications CEE, Pan-European Coordinator at Prologis.
The “Woman in Logistics of the Year” title is awarded by the Pracujwlogistyce.pl portal during the annual Women in Logistics Forum, a conference dedicated to female managers working on both the logistics service provider and recipient sides. The goal of the “Woman in Logistics of the Year” award is to promote women working in the broadly defined logistics sector, present their professional achievements and commitment to women’s professional development, and above all, to honor their successes and activities from the previous year. The author and organizer of the Women in Logistics Forum and the “Woman in Logistics of the Year” award is Beata Trochymiak, publisher and editor of the Pracujwlogistyce.pl portal. Candidates for the title are evaluated by an independent jury consisting of: Agnieszka Bilińska (founder of Vital Voices Poland / Managing Partner at Trusted Communication), Prof. Halina Brdulak (Warsaw School of Economics), Dr. Ireneusz Fechner (Poznań School of Logistics), and Beata Trochymiak.
Starting from this year’s 5th edition, the award is presented in two categories: “Woman in Logistics of the Year – Logistics Service Provider” and “Woman in Logistics of the Year – Logistics Service Recipient”.
On June 6, 2016, at the 5th Women in Logistics Forum during a gala dinner held in Wilga, Beata Trochymiak presented two statuettes and titles to: Joanna Patera for “Woman in Logistics 2015 – Service Recipient” and Marta Tęsiorowska for “Woman in Logistics 2015 – Service Provider”.
Joanna Patera, Logistics and Customs Department Manager at Sanden Manufacturing Poland, a company belonging to the Japanese corporation Sanden, a leading global manufacturer of automotive air conditioning compressors. She is the only woman in a logistics manager position within the Sanden corporation in Europe. Joanna has been with the company since 2006, where she climbed all career rungs, from warehouse worker to manager. At the Polkowice plant, she manages a team of about one hundred people, with a significant proportion of women. She is responsible for the entire supply chain of the Polkowice plant, from which deliveries are made to EU countries, Japan, the USA, and China. In 2014-2015, she worked at the Sanden branch in the UK as an advisor while simultaneously performing the duties of logistics manager in Poland. She advised her British colleagues on, among other things, logistics process optimization projects and improvements in customer cooperation processes. One of her greatest successes is her participation in preparing the “New Logistics Center in Poland” logistics process optimization project, thanks to which the Sanden board agreed to build a new logistics warehouse in Polkowice, where all shipments to European customers will be consolidated. It is worth mentioning that the board in Japan made such a decision for the first time and in a very short time, and Joanna became the leader of its implementation. She is a graduate of the College of Commerce in Wrocław and the College of Entrepreneurship and Technology. Joanna Patera is fascinated by logistics, loves what she does, and cannot imagine herself in any other department. Privately, she is interested in Japanese culture, as well as automotive and innovations in the automotive world.
Marta Tęsiorowska, Vice President, Marketing & Communications Prologis CEE, Pan-European Coordinator, a leading global owner, operator, and developer of distribution facilities in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Marta has been with the company continuously for 14 years. She built the Prologis marketing and communications department in Poland from scratch, initially responsible for four countries – Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, and since May 2016, for all of Europe. She sets strategic directions for communication activities, creates marketing plans, implements CSR projects, and is involved in the work of the Prologis European Research and Strategy Department. Since 2015, Marta has also been participating in five international expert projects led by the Prologis Corporate Marketing Team. She has also become a mentor and leader of the program supporting women’s professional development – Breakthrough Prologis in the Central and Eastern Europe region. Like other leaders, she encourages women to develop their careers during periodic meetings and as part of training programs. She is a charismatic woman, actively involved in the life of the logistics industry. She willingly shares her knowledge by participating in projects implemented both by Prologis and in ventures important for the entire TSL industry. She graduated from the Fryderyk Skarbek School of International Trade and Finance, as well as the Faculty of Administration, Law, and Diplomacy at the Private School of Business and Administration, and completed Postgraduate Studies in Public Relations at the Warsaw School of Economics. She is fluent in English and German, and loves opera and heavy metal music.