Donna Warton leads the global supply chain and sustainability for Microsoft Window + Devices responsible for managing the end-to-end supply chain operations and sustainability for software, gaming, and hardware product lines including Surface, Surface Hub, HoloLens, Xbox and PC Accessories. The supply chain ships 65M units annually serving 122 markets and supports over $50B in revenue across several Microsoft business units. Windows + Devices has become a core part of Microsoft’s strategy to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Donna held various executive positions at Dell, Mettler-Toledo, and Motorola where she took on leading significant transformations. During her time at Dell, she implemented the transformation of Dell’s famous configure to order supply chain to include fixed offers as well as created segmented supply chain models to match customer needs on cost, lead time and customization. At Motorola, she ran the supply chain that launched RAZR, which at its peak was shipping 100 million units a year. She accomplished many firsts for the mobile phone industry, including color product offers which started with the Pink RAZR, outsourced China manufacturing, and improved profitability from supply chain services, like direct to store delivery, to Operator and Retail customers.
Donna has a passion for business and building great teams. You can read about her leadership journey in the book, From Source to Sold, Stories of Leadership in Supply Chain. In 2019, Microsoft Devices Supply Chain won the Talent Diversity Champion Award from Gartner recognizing the team’s diversity of women and minorities. Donna currently sits on several advisory boards, including Gartner’s Chief Supply Chain Officer board, SAP Supply Chain Board, and Boom!, a global community for women in supply chain.