Lora Cecere Research Director, Consumer Products AMR Research, Inc.

Lora Cecere is a research director in AMR Research's Value Chain Strategies Service. She is responsible for the research and analysis of market trends and developments in consumer products and retail. Prior to her current role, Lora was a research director on AMR Research's supply chain team.

Before joining AMR Research, Lora held progressive roles in corporate marketing, product marketing, and sales at Manugistics and Descartes Systems Group. Prior to her tenure in the software industry, Lora worked in logistics, engineering project management, procurement, new product launch, and manufacturing operations for Procter & Gamble, Kraft General Foods, Clorox, and Dreyer's Ice Cream. She also spent two years at Gartner, where she was a supply chain analyst.

Lora is currently serving a two-year term on the SCOR board for the Supply Chain Council and she sits on the advisory board of Consumer Goods Technology. She is a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, APICS, and the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Lora is also a frequent speaker for the Institute of Supply Management.

Lora received her BS in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee and her MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She has also completed postgraduate studies in organizational development at Georgetown University.