Carol Danoff is the Chief Procurement Officer of Novartis Pharmaceutical - Global.   She brings extensive experience in global strategic sourcing, supplier and category management, process improvement, and organizational transformation for the procurement of both indirect and direct goods and services.  She has held management positions of increasing responsibility at Mattel, Colgate-Palmolive, Pitney Bowes, and Motorola.
 
Carol holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration and an MBA from Florida Atlantic University.  She received her CPM certification from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) in 1995 and was re-certified in 1998 and she has her CPIM from APICS.  Carol was a member of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) in 2004 and 2005 where she chaired the Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Committee.  She is a member of the ProcureCon USA Advisory Board and serves on The Conference Board Supply Chain and Procurement Executive Council.