Transform Talks: The Supply Chain Transformation Podcast

#134 - How to Minimise Supply-Side Disruptions in Preparation for the Next Crisis, with Stephan Gotthardt

Stephan Gotthardt is the SVP Europe Supply Chain at Teva Pharmaceuticals. Stephan has a strong international portfolio of end-to-end supply chain, operations and general management experience, with proven performance in global, strategic and cross-functional projects.
On this week's episode Stephan and Maria discuss: 
How the supply chain has fared amid all the disruptions brought about by Covid-19.
The importance of creating robust risk management strategies to address future sourcing and production issues.
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About the Speaker:
Stephan Gotthardt is a senior executive with a strong international portfolio of (end-to-end) supply chain, operations, and general management experience, with proven performance in global, strategic, and cross-functional projects. He has demonstrated success in several change management initiatives on a local and global scale, fundamental re-design of product launch and life cycle processes, restructuring of supply chains, the establishment of a customer-centric mindset. In his current role as SVP Europe Supply Chain for Teva Pharmaceuticals, Stephan is responsible for product supply from the European manufacturing network to Europe, U.S., and International Markets as well as 3rd Party Customers

#133 - The Promise of Digital Twin Technology: A Mars Wrigley Case Study with Kristen Daihes

Kristen Daihes is the Global VP Supply Chain of Mars Wrigley. Kristen is leading an investment program to digitize and transform the supply chain within Mars. She has a unique blend of both industry and start-up experience as she lead supply chains in industry, created supply chain solutions for global organizations through start-up, Opex Analytics, and recently pivoted back to industry. Kristen spent the first 20 years of her career as a supply chain practitioner for P&G, Unilever, Wrigley/Mars, SC Johnson and has a breadth of experience in supply chain strategy, transformation, innovation, supply chain planning, and engineering roles.
On this week's episode Kristen and Maria discuss: 
The digital lighthouse pilot underway at Mars Wrigley's Illinois factory.
The challenges she faced on this journey, and her key learnings from the experience.
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#132 - From Customer-Centricity to Customer-Intimacy & Why IBP Is Essential To Both with Ana Oliviera

Ana Oliveira is the Latin America Supply Chain Process Manager - COE at Cargill. Ana is responsible for supporting the Latin American and Mexican businesses in increasing supply chain maturity (order management, demand & supply planning, warehouse, IBP, S&OP, and inventory management). She joined Cargill as FIBI LEAD – Leadership Excellence & Accelerated Development Program for 2 years and as part of this rotational managerial role, she was also Supply Chain Project Manager (network design and optimization) in Sao Paulo. She’s had various supply chain management roles over the last 12 years in warehousing, distribution, customer service, transportation, and planning in the food and beverage and pharmaceuticals industries.
On this week's episode Ana and Maria discuss: 
The biggest lessons she learned from the pandemic.
How the pandemic encouraged Cargill to fixate on predicting the unpredictable to better serve customers.
What to consider when implementing IBP.
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#131 - Have Pre-Pandemic Management Skills Gone Extinct? The New Management Rulebook for 2022 and Beyond with Antoinette Irvine

Antoinette Irvine is the Vice President HR Global Supply Chain at Unilever. Antoinette is responsible for all HR-related strategic agenda for supply chain including the delivery of the HR Strategy to support the business, remuneration, talent management, change management programs, learning and development, building the desired culture, IR/ER, and diversity and inclusion. Antoinette is a champion of diversity and inclusion and has successfully shifted gender transformation from 19-42% at management levels in last 4 years. Recognizing the power of people in transformation, Antoinette leads Unilever’s global manufacturing excellence program for the People Development pillar with a membership of 250 owned Unilever manufacturing sites globally.
On this week's episode Antoinette and Maria discuss: 
Why pre-pandemic management styles are bound to go extinct.
How Unilever adapted its upskilling initiatives when working from home became a necessity.
How they increased their workforce well-being scores by 10%.
The key skills managers require to retain talent while boosting productivity and effectiveness for greater ROI.
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#130 - The Most Overlooked Determinant Of Transformation Success, with Jay Koganti

Jay Koganti is the VP Supply Chain COE at Estee Lauder Companies. Jay has more than 24 years of experience in leading and transforming complex supply chains. His core focus is developing global supply chain strategies, solving complex supply chain problems by leveraging cutting-edge technology innovations with process excellence and a value creation mindset. Jay has ample experience in consumer goods supply chains and has dedicated 12 years to leading supply chain planning, distribution, IBP, analytics & intelligence, and executed transformations for Fortune 100 companies. In his current role as VP Supply Chain COE at Estee Lauder Companies, Jay leads end-to-end planning transformation to create next-generation enterprise planning capabilities and an operating model to support growth and value creation. 
On this week's episode Jay and Maria discuss: 
The one determinant of digital transformation success and process innovation that’s often overlooked.
The importance of structurally-enabled innovation for supply chain excellence.
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Best of 2021

In this special end of year episode Maria looks back at the very best moments from 2021. 
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#127 - How to Really Make ‘Digital‘ a Success, with Dr. Alexandros Skandalakis

Dr. Alexandros Skandalakis is the Former Director of Global Manufacturing Capacity Footprint and CAPEX at Philip Morris International. Dr. Alexandros has extensive experience in various operations leadership positions, including manufacturing, supply chain, strategy and planning at an affiliate, regional and global level. He is recognized as an empathetic servant leader, passionate about transformation and change management with a strong focus on results delivery, value creation and people activation.
On this week's episode Dr. Alexandros and Maria discuss: 
The dos and don'ts of implementing solutions.
The 2 W's that can help prevent digital transformation failure. 
How to drive excellence in the long run while solving short-term problems.
How important change management bears to digital transformation success.
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#126 - Sustainable Procurement: The Key to Sustainable Supply Chain Management with Daniela Osio

Daniela Osio is the Founder & CEO of Kloopify, a SaaS solution that makes it easy for companies to integrate sustainable sourcing. Formerly at DuPont, Daniela was the Global Risk Management Leader who created, developed, and implemented a Risk Management organization for the $4.0 billion Electronics and Imaging (E&I) Business Unit. She led the warehousing, barge, tank & transloading categories through the DOW and DuPont merger, and in 2019 was named a 30 under 30 Supply Chain Star by the Institute of Supply Chain Management. In 2021 she was awarded the Young Transform Award by the Future Insight Network. 
On this week's episode Daniela and Maria discuss: 
How and why she joined the supply chain industry.
Why she founded Kloopify.
How business leaders can foster a culture that celebrates the inclusion of those who come from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds in supply chain.
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#125 - Why Digital Transformations Still Fail with Nico Nuerbchen

Nico Nuerbchen is the SVP Global Supply Chain Management at Olympus Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Nico’s career in supply chain management began in 2009 at Hartmann Group where he was a Manager of Group Logistics Management. He then rose through the ranks to become Director Supply Chain Network, Replenishment & Transportation in 2013, before moving to Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe to become the General Manager of Global Supply Chain Management.
On this week's episode Nico and Maria discuss: 
Why digital transformations fail.
How businesses can become more data-driven.
How Olympus is attracting Gen Z talent to help fast-track digital transformations.
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#124 - Creating a ‘Digital First‘ Organization with Bhavin Patel

Bhavin Patel is the Director of Analytics & Innovation at Johnson & Johnson. Bhavin specialises in digital, strategy, & people leadership. He currently manages an organisation poised to drive digital transformation in the supply chain as a competitive advantage. He’s curious to unlock data science, intelligent automation, and process and task mining to advance the way we work. At Johnson & Johnson, Bhavin has acquired experiences through consumer-packaged goods, medical devices, and pharmaceutical industries. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Information Technology from Rutgers University.
On this week's episode Bhavin and Maria discuss: 
How Johnson & Johnson is trying to become a ‘digital first’ organisation. 
The challenges of implementing data science within supply chain processes. 
The importance of building a data roadmap for successful digital transformation.
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