Shanon Weber, group VP, operations and co-owner and leader of Kenco Operating System, Kenco, was named a recipient of the 2025 Women in Supply Chain Forum™ award, presented by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive, and sponsored by Let’s Talk Supply Chain, in the Trailblazers category.
Weber is a resourceful operations and business excellence leader with expertise in continuous improvement, strategic planning, and best-in-class results. She creates company value by realizing growth opportunities, enhancing employee engagement, and implementing improvements that accelerate transformation, increase innovation, and secure Kenco’s place as an industry leader.
Since joining Kenco 23 years ago, Weber has moved the needle for Kenco operations. She started as a general manager over a multi-client facility, developing core operations expertise, team-building skills and key customer relationships.
Fast forward to today, and she serves as the group VP for Kenco’s industrial chemical vertical, overseeing 20 distribution centers. She also maintains a decade of experience in the omnichannel vertical within both B2B and B2C, and has worked on some of the most highly complex projects for Kenco, including food and chemical regulated sites with some as large as 1 million square feet, 400-plus associates and 65,000 SKUs.
For instance, about 10 years ago, Weber worked on a $2.3 million automated e-commerce pick tower automation project with a leading beverage brewing provider for its New Jersey e-commerce and omni-channel facility. This supported a massive warehousing scale-up from 30,000 square feet account to a 2 million square feet, 5-site network, making it Kenco’s largest customer at the time.
More recently, she led the charge for Kenco’s first AutoStore installation, a $6 million investment, gaining buy-in from Kenco’s board and the customer in 2020/21 and installing/implementing the solution in 2021/22. This technology resulted in flexible space efficiency with a 40–60% reduction in space requirements, and a 300% improvement in pick performance. Weber also played a crucial role in the development of Kenco’s Operating System (Kenco O/S) over the past 6 years, which, while under her leadership, enabled Kenco to deploy the system across all 140-plus Kenco sites as well as the company’s material handling division, transportation division, and corporate office itself. Also under Weber’s leadership, Kenco’s Net Promoter score in the industrial vertical in 2024 was 78.9 with an average rating of 9.2/10, which significantly exceeds the score considered “excellent” in the industry (greater than 35).
Weber sat down with Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief of Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive and co-founder of the Women in Supply Chain Forum™, to share her secret behind working on some of the company's most highly complex projects. LISTEN HERE.
CLICK HERE to learn more about this year's Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award winners, presented by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
This series would not be possible without the collaboration and partnership between Food Logistics, Supply & Demand Chain Executive and the Women in Supply Chain Forum™ with Let's Talk Supply Chain and Blended Pledge. This partnership celebrates the transformative impact women leaders have on the supply chain industry, driving innovation, resilience, and inclusivity. These awards shine a spotlight on trailblazers who are breaking barriers and shaping the future of supply chain management. And the Forum fosters meaningful conversations, networking, and collaboration to empower the next generation of leaders. By recognizing and amplifying these achievements, this initiative inspires progress across the industry. Join us in celebrating these extraordinary women and championing diversity—nominate a leader, attend the forum, and be part of this powerful movement shaping the future of supply chains.
