Her Story
About Rhonda
Rhonda Jeter serves as a compliance expert in temperature controlled packaging and healthcare logistics in Schiller Park, Illinois. She has been fully invested in cold chain packaging for the life sciences and biopharma industry for a little over two years since 2022, building on five to six years of earlier exposure while working as a warehouse manager and station manager in service parts logistics. Rhonda's main area of expertise is compliance, where she oversees trainings, reviews training matrices with off-site warehouse locations, and ensures protocols are followed in partnership with quality, safety, health, and environmental teams. She holds a GED and pursues continuous learning through LinkedIn certificates and a medical device installation certificate obtained from a Nation company class focused on supporting elderly independence. Rhonda is a member of the Women in Logistics (WILL Group). She attributes her success to transparency, integrity, and her genuine beliefs, which she shares with colleagues to foster team advancement. Rhonda advises keeping learning without settling and encourages young women in the male-dominated logistics field to be tougher, never give up, push to learn, and use their voice.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Rhonda
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to being transparent and having integrity along with my own beliefs. I don't put anything out there that I don't believe in. I see a genuine system, I believe in it, and I pass those beliefs on to my colleagues and other staff members. They help make things turn, so it's not just a one-person show here.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice for me was to just keep learning and never settle. Always dig deep within and keep moving. You have to sometimes move around to get ahead.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Tough, but you can be tougher, because the logistics industry is dominated by men. Never give up. Always push to learn. You don't have to have the loudest voice in the room, but you do have a voice. Never give up. Just keep pushing through.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenge is getting good people, people that have a fixed skin for this. Once you're in and you learn everything, you're pretty much here. Staffing can be challenging because the environment is complex, especially with healthcare. But I grab the challenges by the horn and work with colleagues to resolve issues.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Transparency and integrity are most important. Always being honest in what you do and never put out falsehoods. Be on the up and up about everything. I'm a pretty genuine person, I'm fair. If I'm right, I'm right. If I'm wrong, let's work it out. I do everything with a smile.
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