Joyce Eggers

Joyce Eggers, Associate Director, Supplier Diversity, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International CoJoyce Eggers
Associate Director, Supplier Diversity
Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co

Joyce E. Eriksen Eggers, Lead of Supplier Diversity for Takeda Pharmaceuticals International is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. As Takeda’s Supplier Diversity Lead within Takeda’s Global Procurement Group, Joyce is an advocate, mentor, and coach of Small and Diverse suppliers. As a champion for inclusion and diversity within Takeda, Joyce educates internal business stakeholders on supplier diversity and promotes diverse suppliers to Takeda’s Procurement and internal Business Leaders to develop and maintain partnerships with Small and Diverse Suppliers who meet Takeda requirements for excellence and innovation and are competitive in their offerings.

Joyce currently represents Takeda with various diversity advocacy groups: as a board member and active member of Diversity Alliance for Science; a Corporate Advisory Board Member of Disability:IN) and Procurement Council member, Founding Sponsor of MA LBBT Chamber of Commerce, and former board member and active member of the Greater New England Supplier Development Council, a member of NMSDC Healthcare Industry Group, member of NGLCC Procurement Council, Member of WEConnect International, and active member and 2012-2014 Co-Chair of the ISM Supplier Diversity Pharmaceutical Forum (now HELIX). Takeda is also a Corporate Member and participates in events of WBENC, CWE, Diversity Alliance for Science, GMEMSDC, NGLCC, WEConnect International, and participates various other local and national advocacy events. Joyce has been with Takeda for 17 years, previously as Associate Director, Contracts and Supplier Diversity, and prior to that, as Contracts Manager in various industries, including Telco, Software, and Banking. Joyce earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Simmons University in Business Management.