Her Story
About Valerie
Valerie Greene serves as Category Manager for HR and Business Services, bringing more than 15 years of expertise in supply chain and indirect procurement. By degree, she is an industrial engineer who graduated from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her career path began in manufacturing and operational excellence before transitioning into third-party warehousing, logistics, and supply chain roles. She previously worked at Halliburton as a category specialist supporting travel and real estate, and at Logic Source where she gained exposure to IT software as a service, marketing technology, and corporate services. Greene has remained connected to professional services within the oil and gas industry throughout much of her career.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Valerie
01What do you attribute your success to?
I would probably say, you know, it goes back initially, kind of, to my parents and, like, historical educators throughout my career. Just having someone just from even a very young age, oh, you're good at math and science, maybe look into being an engineer, right? And just kind of having people kind of just give little nuggets. Try this. Try that. Seeing that potential in you and then they're like, might not see it in myself or understand, but... okay, I'll give it a try, thanks.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
I would say... being open. And having an open mind to try different things, right? It could be a growth opportunity, it could be something where maybe, you know, you still got a bit of imposter syndrome, but if given the opportunity, you just kind of try and go for it, right? Everyone fails at something that I can't accept not trying, so I always just want to try. If you try and it doesn't work out, okay, whatever, but it's the not trying.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
If you've got an opportunity, and maybe it's something that you never thought you would do or be interested in, just... just try, right? Just give it a shot. If you fail, that's okay, you'll probably learn something from it. Like, every failure, there's something to learn from that, so you can apply those skills and lessons in the future to something else. And everything is, you know, your path and your journey, and there's always pivots that you can take, but... just be open to the various experiences, because I think the one thing consistent in life is change.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Having the ability to kind of strike a balance, if that makes sense, right? Able to do everything all at once, like, that's, you know, you can have it all. Well, maybe not all at the same time all at once. So, what I've actually... find, you know, moments of joy, or moments of balance, or understanding that this is just a temporary peak in one area, and then it'll eventually, like, everything kind of balances out in the end.
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