Inside Supply Management Magazine

July/August 2021

Celebrating the Profession

July 02, 2021

Regarded as a role model and ‘go-to expert in the field,’ Sidney Johnson is the 2021 recipient of supply management’s highest honor, the J. Shipman Gold Medal Award.

By Sue Doerfler

Sidney Johnson is a three-D and a three-P kind of leader. “I’m a three-D guy with my team because we work to build a strategy,” he explains. “We’re going to debate, because I want to hear from everybody. Then, we’re going to decide — I’m a stickler about people not making decisions; it may not be perfect for everybody, but you have to make a decision. Then we’re going to go do something.” 

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