Hyster-Yale executive honored as a trailblazer in supply chain industry

Nancy Pinto recognized for more than three decades of leadership and innovation in global planning

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling announces that Nancy Pinto, the company’s Director of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), has been selected as a Trailblazer in the 2025 Women in Supply Chain awards, presented by Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Food Logistics. The Trailblazer distinction recognizes women leaders with over 10 years of supply chain and logistics experience who continue to shape the future of these industries.

This award honors Pinto for her 30-year career in supply chain leadership, most recently for building Hyster-Yale’s global S&OP department and designing a global strategic planning framework that helps guide business decisions amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty. Over the past two years, she has been focused on unifying and streamlining planning processes across the company’s four global regions. Pinto and her team have worked diligently to implement tools and systems needed to foster cross-functional collaboration, enabling early risk detection and delivering actionable insights that help leadership safeguard customer deliveries and achieve financial targets.

“Nancy is a passionate, results-driven leader whose influence resonates throughout our organization — from the strategic insights her team delivers, to the rising talent she mentors,” said Chuck Pascarelli, President, Americas, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling. “Throughout her career, she’s proven she thrives under pressure, whether navigating complex trade policy shifts or managing production and order flow during the pandemic. Nancy is a true supply chain visionary, and this recognition is a well-earned testament to her expertise and impact.”

Before stepping into her current role, Pinto led Hyster-Yale’s demand and order management team through the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic — a period marked by record-breaking lift truck bookings and widespread global supply chain disruptions. In response, she restructured the team and introduced automated processes that enhanced agility, optimized production scheduling and strengthened order visibility status — critical advancements that helped the company maintain performance and customer commitments during a time of intense industry pressure.

Pinto holds a bachelor’s degree in business management and organizational development from Mount Olive College, along with a CPSM certification from the Institute of Supply Management. She also played a key role in launching the Hyster-Yale Girls Mentoring Program, which offers monthly sessions designed to inspire and guide the next generation of female leaders in the local community.