Day: 20 September 2021

Luc Beerens is the Global Sustainable Sourcing Director at Mars Incorporated. Luc joined Mars in 1993 following his graduation from Eindhoven University, where he completed his master’s in Industrial Engineering & Management Science. He has since worked in a number of different divisions within the company including procurement, quality management, logistics, and sustainability. As well as this Luc also serves on the SAI Platform Executive Committee.

On this week’s episode Luc and Maria discuss: 

• Mars’ bold step towards scope-3 emission reduction.
• How the Mars, McCormick, and PepsiCo Supplier LoCT coalition works.
• Why it’s essential to look beyond your own four walls to drive the sustainability initiative forward.

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Kelley Hinds is the Procurement Sustainability & Compliance Officer at Roche, the world’s most sustainable pharmaceutical company. Kelley has over 20 years of multi-sector experience in compliance, governance, and risk. Prior to joining Roche, she worked in the healthcare, legal, and financial industries. In 2017, Kelley led the development of Roche’s Human Rights algorithm and enhanced Roche’s supplier audit program. Kelley has a BA in Legal Studies and the Rhetoric of Genocide from the University of California at Berkeley.

On this week’s episode Kelley and Maria discuss: 

• How operationalizing sustainability objectives have been pivotal in identifying and mitigating supply chain risks.
• Why sustainable and responsible procurement is both an ethical and economic imperative.

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Joseph Walden is a retired Army Colonel. Joseph has over 40 years of experience in leadership, warehousing, distribution, operations, and supply chain management. He has dedicated 26 years to the supply chain organisation of the US Army and notably designed and operated a multi-million square foot distribution centre in Kuwait to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. He’s the author of three books on supply chain leadership, four textbooks on supply chain and operations management, and committed to bringing up the next generation of supply chain leaders through his undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Kansas.

On this week’s episode Joseph and Maria discuss: 

• The type of leader needed to eradicate ‘motivational dysfunction’.
• The three unteachable qualities the best leaders embody.
• Tips on how to navigate leadership in the new normal.

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Chris Holmes is the SVP Global Sourcing at life sciences company, Avantor. Chris has held various leadership positions in the procurement organisation with responsibilities in developing, implementing, and leading the supplier performance and innovation team, transforming the procurement function into one procurement team, and leading the global procurement strategy. As a passionate advocate of sustainable procurement and the circular economy, Chris joined ‘The Sustainable Procurement Pledge’ as a Sustainable Procurement Ambassador in 2019.

On this week’s episode Chris and Maria discuss: 

• The untapped value that can be gained by redefining procurement as an innovation hub. 
• How supplier-led innovation goes hand in hand with building long-term resilience and achieving sustainability goals.
• Why procurement is in a lucrative position to drive both.

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Frances Edmonds is the Head of Sustainable Impact at HP. As the Head of Sustainable Impact, she is responsible for setting the sustainability strategy, implementing it, and driving business value. Her passion for sustainability and the circular economy, coupled with her relentless drive in furthering this agenda, has been instrumental to HP’s success, with HP Canada now recognized as Canada’s most sustainable technology company.

On this week’s episode Frances and Maria discuss: 

• Why sustainability is an environmental and business imperative.
• How HP Canada’s relentless pursuit for it is paying off.

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Arjun Bhowmik is the VP Integrated Supply Chain for Western Europe at the Carlsberg Group. Prior to joining Carlsberg, Arjun held several leadership positions in some of the world’s largest companies, including Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, Cadbury, and Mondelez. Arjun’s specialties lie in managing turnarounds and culture change in large organisations, major restructuring, and reorganisations, spearheading large-scale and complex projects, and multi-category and multi-country supply chain management.

On this week’s episode Arjun and Maria discuss: 

• How leadership has moved away from the traditional ‘command and control’ role to a more empowering position. 
• The critical traits of a successful leader. 
• The practical management tips leaders should leverage for highly effective and engaged teams. 

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Pierre Mille is the Former Director of Plan & Deliver at FrieslandCampina. Pierre has spent his career working in various supply chain operations roles in the FMCG, Food and Beverage, Dairy, and Fashion/Medical Retail industry, for some of the world’s most well-known brands, including Unilever, Carlsberg Group, GrandVision, and most recently, FrieslandCampina. Pierre’s specialisms include setting global customer-centric supply chain operations and operating business models, implementing advanced planning systems, and managing large-scale supply chain transformation projects for growth, EBITA, and cash generation.

On this week’s episode Pierre and Maria discuss: 

• Why it’s time to take a customer-centric approach when redesigning and rebuilding your supply chains.
• How he successfully designed and delivered a customer-centric supply chain strategy at FrieslandCampina.

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This week we are joined by Bronwyn Williams and Theo Priestley. Bronwyn is a partner at Flux Trends and has over a decade’s experience in strategic management, trend research, and foresight, consulting clients in the public and private sector across the African continent. Theo is a globally recognized futurist and authority on the future of business, technology, and society. Theo has published more than 100 articles on IoT, AI, fintech, smart cities, education, healthcare, marketing, digital transformation, and VR for Forbes, The European, WIRED, Huffington Post, VentureBeat, GigaOM, and The Times Raconteur. The pair recently joined forces to co-author, The Future Starts Now, which provides insights and guidance on the ways society and business will transform in the years to come.

On this week’s episode Bronwyn, Theo and Maria discuss: 

• The implications of technology advancement and adoption to business and society.
• The dangers and opportunities of relying on an increasingly tech-driven way of living.

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This week we are joined by Dunc Lowe and James Absalom. Dunc has over 25 years of leadership experience running supply chain operations for international FMCG businesses. As the Head of Global Supply Chain for the  Campari Group, Dunc is responsible for the end-to-end supply chain. James is the Group CEO and Founder of global executive search and human capital advisory firm, Walter James (WJ). James is responsible for leading and developing the group companies’ global strategic growth, value, and performance. In addition to this role, James is the CEO of Euromedica, a life sciences executive search firm acquired by WJ in 2016, and the Chairman of Balwin Boyes, a board and executive search advisory firm acquired by WJ in 2020.

On this week’s episode Dunc, James and Maria discuss: 

• Why the demand for digital transformation is greater now than ever before. 
• How a fixation on the ‘digital’ in ‘digital transformation’ is distracting chief supply chain officers from the most critical component of transformation, change management.

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Stephanie Holt has over 15 years experience in executive leadership positions in STEM. She is also a passionate advocate of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As such she has spent the majority of her professional career mentoring women to help advance their careers. In March 2020, Stephanie decided to pursue her passion full-time by launching the ‘STEM Leadership Collective,’ a supportive network for women in STEM which helps women advance their careers through training and coaching.

On this week’s episode Stephanie and Maria discuss: 

• Why meaningful action on diversity is long overdue.
• What leaders can do to penetrate the glass ceiling they’re responsible for constructing. 

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