Meri Stevens - the COO

[anonymous]

It’s honestly infuriating how the COO seems more focused on keeping her inner circle around than actually running the company properly. Favoritism is everywhere—she’s keeping people she likes, even if they’re completely incompetent, while pushing out talented employees who don’t fit into her little clique. It’s killing morale and making the company weaker in the long run. Shouldn’t leadership be about fairness and rewarding actual performance, not personal relationships? What’s worse is that she’s the one who created this bloated mess in the first place with her bad decisions, and now that things are falling apart, it’s the employees who are paying the price. Meanwhile, she’s still sitting comfortably in her position, untouched. How is that fair? The lack of accountability is staggering, and it’s clear the real problem starts at the top. If this doesn’t change, Kenvue’s future is in serious trouble.

 

[anonymous]

Interesting. For those of us not in Supply Chain, we barely know who she is. Had to Google her. Is the SC organization that bad?

 

[anonymous]

Yes supply chain is objectively terrible - look at how many days of inventory we carry compared to better run competitors.
At lease Meri is out. She is being replaced after the Summit move is complete.
Leadership knows she is worthless.

 

[anonymous]

Yes supply chain is objectively terrible - look at how many days of inventory we carry compared to better run competitors.
At lease Meri is out. She is being replaced after the Summit move is complete.
Leadership knows she is worthless.

The Summit move is not complete until 2026. It seems like a weird milestone for a key executive to leave the company.

 

[anonymous]

Yes supply chain is objectively terrible - look at how many days of inventory we carry compared to better run competitors.
At lease Meri is out. She is being replaced after the Summit move is complete.
Leadership knows she is worthless.

Layers of VPs with vague job descriptions who do a lot of talking about “transformation” and spend their time making PowerPoints. Meri endorses them, so it’s her failure.

 

[anonymous]

The Summit move is not complete until 2026. It seems like a weird milestone for a key executive to leave the company.

yes I thought that also, I think she sold it when she knew she was about to be out, as stabilizing the new org location etc to get her another six months. Shes already 63 I dont know why she is still there either.