Volker Schmitz

Volker Schmitz

Global Head of Supply Chain Operation

HP

Volker has been working for HP for over 28 years. During that time he has held several leadership positions within HP such as Director Supply Chain Development and Director Supply Chain Operation within the EMEA region. He served for more than 5 years as the Vice-President of EMEA Supply Chain before taking on the role of Global Head of Logistics. In 2020 Volker was promoted to become the Senior Vice-President – Global Head of Supply Chain Operations at HP. In this role he has global responsibility for Supply Chain Operations for HP’s computing, printer and supplies business with more than 60B$ revenues. He oversees a team of more than 1800 employees spread across all continents. In addition he is the lead of the supply chain sustainability impact team driving sustainability within the SC forward at HP.