LQ is pleased to announce Virginia Garbutt has accepted LQ’s invitation to join its Advisory Board
Virginia Garbutt has been working with Walmart Canada for over 11 years. As Director of Strategic Network Planning and Continuous Improvement, she is responsible for logistics network strategy, DC design, DC construction engineering and sustainability. Garbutt has led the design, build and implementation of Walmart Canada’s nine distribution centers, totalling 5.9 million square feet. She leads the team that designed and pioneered Walmart’s first sustainable distribution center in Balzac, Alta. The perishable distribution center features over 30 environmentally-friendly design features, including wind and solar technologies, smart refrigeration, LED lighting and hydrogen fuel cell technology. This facility is targeted to be 60 percent more energy-efficient than traditional centers.
Walmart Canada
Established in 1994 and headquartered in Mississauga, Ont., Walmart Canada operates 329 stores and serves more than one million customers each day. Walmart is one of Canada’s largest employers with 85,000 associates, and is recognized by Waterstone Human Capital as having one of Canada’s top 10 corporate cultures. Since 1994, Walmart raised and donated over $125 million to Canadian charities and not-for-profit organizations.
LQ’s Advisory Board
As a resource for logisticians, academics and executives in other disciplines in the United States and Canada, LQ offers ideas for leadership in logistics, supply chain management and transportation, and provides a unique bridge between business, academia and practitioners. LQ’s advisory board and contributors afford authoritative thinking on the complex and fast-changing work of the logistics and supply chain management business — with a unique focus on best practices in the United States and Canada. LQ’s board plays a pivotal role in providing direction for LQ Magazine and LQ’s bi-annual symposiums.
