Julia Formosa

Julia Formosa is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in leadership, collaboration, and innovation. She is recognized for her 4P transformational leadership principle focusing on People, Path, Process, and Passion, delivering bottom-line improvements to organizations. Julia has a reputation as a disruptor driving change, inspiring teams, and building strong relationships across industries like airport, consumer packaged goods, and food. Her expertise ranges from Directs, Commodities, to Indirect, Construction, and IT categories. Julia's educational background includes a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering (Chemical) from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Science from Acadia University, along with being a licensed Professional Engineer and a Certified Supply Chain Management Professional. Named one of the Top 100 most influential women in Supply Chain in Canada, she has held significant management roles at renowned companies like Cadbury, Mars Canada, Dawn Foods, and Parmalat Canada. Julia has a strong skill set encompassing leadership, business transformation, strategy development, team engagement, customer service, change management, operations, innovation, stakeholder management, financial performance, supply chain, strategic sourcing, project management, problem solving, and more. Outside of work, Julia enjoys reading food blogs and experimenting with new hot-sauce recipes.