Larry Smith

Larry Smith is a Supply Chain and Operations Executive with over 30 years’ experience in Clinical Diagnostics and Medical Device companies. Currently, he is Vice President, Global Supply Chain at Becton Dickinson and Company (BD), a $12 billion medical device, biosciences and diagnostics company headquartered in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

Prior to joining BD in 2001, Larry was Vice President of Global Supply Chain Management for Dade Behring, a $1.5 billion clinical diagnostics company. From 1996-1998, he was Vice President of Business Operations. Prior to joining Dade Behring, Larry held many assignments of increasing responsibility during an 18 year career at DuPont. His broad business background includes significant leadership assignments in manufacturing, business/general management, sales, marketing, product development, and customer service.

Larry and his Teams have won numerous honors, including two corporate level Marketing Excellence Awards, a Sales District of the Year Award, a Business Achievement Award, and company-wide recognition at DuPont for Transformation of the North American Product Distribution System. At BD, Larry’s team won the top level Becton Quality Award for the transformation of the USA Distribution Network to a “best in class” operation and two special recognition Becton Quality Awards for Trans-Atlantic Shipment Quality Improvements and Implementation of Intra-Company Finished Product Distribution Collaboration Initiatives. In 2008 and again in 2010 BD was awarded the Aberdeen Group’s Supply Chain Achievement Award for overall Supply Chain Management Performance Excellence. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 BD was the #1 rated manufacturer on Gartner’s top 25 Healthcare Supply Chain list.