Jill Zunshine, SLCR & CPSM, is a Corporate Real Estate, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Operations Executive, an MBA and Engineer with over 20 years in IT, Financial Services, Telecom, Manufacturing, and Consumer Products.
As Head of Global Real Estate at Hewlett-Packard Company, Jill was responsible for all corporate real estate functions at HP worldwide, including developing and implementing real estate and energy strategies as well as selecting, designing, building, and managing all HP facilities including offices, manufacturing plants, warehouses, labs, and data centers totaling 60 million square feet for HP's workforce of 300,000. Jill completed aggressive goals for fiscal 2014, and earned praise from Meg Whitman, HP’s CEO. In her regular, post-earnings (Q4 2014) appearance on CNBC, Meg mentioned Global Real Estate by name among the two divisions that contributed the most to HP’s improved margin. (See the Nov. 26, 2014 CNBC transcript of Meg’s interview at http:/www.cnbc.com/id/102220191, Meg’s answer to question No. 3.)
During her tenure as Head of Global Real Estate, in 2012 Jill was named HP’s Chief Negotiator for the General Motors in-sourcing deal. GM was bringing its IT work in-house worth upwards of $600 million a year to HP. After the 6-month negotiations, Jill achieved great results, securing a sizable project services commitment from GM as well as much better margins for HP. To do the work in-house GM hired 3,000 of HP’s employees, and also bought software, one of the biggest deals for HP Software at the time.
Previously, Jill was the Vice President of HP Global Procurement for the Americas, leading all procurement activities and teams for the Americas region. Prior to joining HP, Jill held executive roles in procurement, supply chain, and operations at Deutsche Bank and Lucent Technologies. In her earlier career first with AT&T and then Lucent, Jill held positions in every part of the supply chain, including strategy, planning, manufacturing, procurement, and logistics.
Jill earned her BS and MS Degrees in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA Degree from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis.
An active participant in industry associations, Jill serves on the Board of Directors at ISM-New York as Director of Professional Development. She is also the Vice Chairman, Technology, Advertising, Media, and Information Industry Group at CoreNet Global New York City Chapter. Finally, she is the Finance Chairman, CoreNet Global Eastern Regional Symposium Host Committee.