Stephen Spoljaric
Corporate Manager of Global Logistics Bechtel Corporation
Stephen Spoljaric is the Corporate Manager of Global Logistics for Bechtel. In this role, he focuses on a collaborative, integrated, Engineered Logistics™ approach to increase predictability of deliveries and improve safety and sustainability in logistics. Prior to his current position, Spoljaric served as an area operations manager on a multi-billion-dollar petro-chemicals giga-project with oversight of the unionized craft labor for material handling and delivery to support Construction.
For more than a decade at Bechtel, Spoljaric’s leadership and forward-thinking ideas have focused on risk mitigation in consideration of cost and schedule. He has built positive customer relationships through engagement in problem-solving with the promotion of technology in the Supply Chain.
In 2022, he was appointed by the US Secretary of Transportation to serve on the Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Council (MTSNAC). He is currently President of the US Exporters Competitive Maritime Council (ECMC), a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Houston Supply Chain Logistics College of Technology and is a member of the Specialized Carrier & Rigging Association. He is an advisor to Breakbulk Magazine and the Journal of Commerce. Previously, he served on the Executive Board for the Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI), the Advisory Board for Penn State University (Beaver) and was a participant on the Scholarship Committee for the Pittsburgh Traffic Club. Spoljaric also serves in a leadership role for the Procurement Executives Group (PEG) on their Sustainability / Carbon Emissions working group.
Spoljaric has a Bechtel Certification in Logistics and has a Six Sigma Champion Certification. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Fordham University and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Clemson University. Spoljaric was selected as a Bechtel Distinguished Technical Specialist (BDTS), the first for Logistics in the company’s history.
Event Program Sessions
Standardising Carbon Emission Reporting in the Breakbulk Industry: Presenting the Plan
This session will present the work that has already been done by a cross section of the industry, in collaboration with Smart Freight Centre in developing a standard for reporting carbon emissions of cargo movements for the breakbulk sector. Following the success of a similar standard developed for the container sector, it is a key time to come together and formulate one clear way to report on emissions for efficiency across the board. Join this session to hear the thoughts of the industry so far, and have your say in how this should be taken forward before it is too late.
Thursday 29 September 12:25 - 12:45 Room 1
This session will present the work that has already been done by a cross section of the industry, in collaboration with Smart Freight Centre in developing a standard for reporting carbon emissions of cargo movements for the breakbulk sector. Following the success of a similar standard developed for the container sector, it is a key time to come together and formulate one clear way to report on emissions for efficiency across the board. Join this session to hear the thoughts of the industry so far, and have your say in how this should be taken forward before it is too late.
Breakbulk Main Stage
