Nicholas Little
Assistant Director
Departments
- Executive Development Programs
Contact
3535 Forest Road, Lansing, MI 48910
(517) 353-8711
Curriculum vitae
Bio
Nick Little is Assistant Director of Executive Development Programs at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Nick has extensive industry and international experience in Supply and Supply Chain Management.
After completion of British Rail’s prestigious Supplies Management Training Scheme, he worked within the UK Railway industry and its subsidiaries in Derby and London. He then moved to the UK Post Office where he established a regional and business unit supply management organization and led a complete review of both internal and external Post Office supply chains reducing annual operating costs by 25% in two years and achieving a recurrent annual saving over £10 million ($16 million). Nick also was involved in internal education and development.
Nick has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Studies from Ealing CHE in England and, professionally, is qualified MCIPS (UK Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply) and CPSM from ISM (US)
Since joining MSU in 1995, Nick has led work on a number of benchmarking/research projects, including Supply Chain Performance, Procurement Strategy Development/Implementation, and Indirect Purchases. In addition Nick compiled a Strategy Focus Report on Services Purchasing.
Nick is currently chair of the Supply-Chain Council’s North America Leadership Team, is chair for Supply Chain World – North America Conference & Exposition (Baltimore, MD, May 2011) and chaired tracks at their annual conferences in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Nick is an elected member of the APICS Education & Research Board with current role as Treasurer and Company Secretary.
Nick is passionate about people development and their role in delivering competitive advantage for their employers. A founding member of the global Supply Chain Talent Academic Initiative, he is working globally with industry, academia and professional bodies to close the gap in supply chain talent supply and demand in terms of quantity and quality.
Throughout his career, Nick has designed, developed and delivered training at managerial and executive levels for purchasing and other operational and administrative staff groups. Nick brings that valuable industry-based expertise to complement the academic strengths of Michigan State University faculty as a key member of its Executive Development Programs group, specializing in customized programs and client relationships covering supply chain management globally.
