Influential Woman · Supply chain consulting
salome munyaka
Consultant, DBA Consulting
Addison, TX
Her Story
About salome
I graduated with a bachelor's in Sustainable Urban Development, initially wanting to help people get housing and build policy supporting affordable housing. When government positions weren't hiring, I took a job with Enterprise's Management Trainee Program in 2019, which taught me how to run a business, develop people, manage fleet, and build customer relationships. I fell in love with the industry and moved up to branch manager within 2 years. Amazon recruited me during their expansion to launch their delivery service partner business line, where I interviewed and qualified business owners, helped them set up their operations with Amazon's resources, and managed relationships with 12 delivery service partners at my station. I transitioned to employee relations for delivery service partners to get ahead of unionization issues, ensuring drivers were happy and had competitive pay and benefits. A former colleague recruited me to Walmart to launch their next-generation fulfillment building in Dallas, competing with Amazon's technology level. After successfully launching and hiring everyone on time and hitting first-year targets despite Walmart's bureaucracy, I realized I was tired of launching and getting stuck after the launch was complete. I wanted exposure to more industries and the ability to move on when my job was done without leaving the company. A colleague connected me with DVNA Consulting, which works with different industries for 8-9 month engagements. I just completed 7 months with a steel tube manufacturer and am starting a 9-month project with Lockheed Martin in Atlanta, analyzing and solving their aircraft delivery issues. What makes me happy is that after 9 months, my job is done and I can move to another industry. I wanted something fulfilling that challenges me every single day.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with salome
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say you have to be receptive to feedback. Always take every opportunity as a learning moment, and surround yourself with people who've been doing it longer than you have. That has really helped me. Build good networks and good friendships. My biggest one is everything you do, do it with excellence, even if your job is just to greet people. It speaks volumes to your character, and a lot of people give people opportunities based on character. If people feel you have good character and you have integrity, they feel they can teach skill. They can't teach character. Anybody is willing to take a chance on you if they feel you have good character, you're teachable, you have a coachable spirit, and you have good integrity. It doesn't matter what you don't know how to do. Someone's gonna be willing to teach you.
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