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How Consumer Views on Convenience have Evolved and are Dictating the Future of Fulfillment
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How Consumer Views on Convenience have Evolved and are Dictating the Future of Fulfillment

Rajnish Kapur serves as senior vice president and chief sourcing and supply chain officer, leading a team of over 9,000 people located throughout the U.S., U.K. and Asia. In this role, he is responsible for delivering the owned brand portfolios of Walgreens, Boots and No7 Beauty Company as well as the retail supply chain and inventory management for Walgreens. Rajnish and his team play a vital role in bringing joy to patients and shoppers all over the world through quality, trustworthy and value-rooted products that are widely accessible.

Before joining WBA, Rajnish served as managing director of Wilko Asia. He also served as vice president and managing director at Walmart, leading the global home and hardline categories. Rajnish has worked with blue chip companies for over 25 years and aside from various leadership roles has led startups, business transformation, mergers and acquisitions.

Rajnish holds an MBA in finance and marketing from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, India, and has extensive experience in leading large global and diverse teams across the world, most notably in South Africa, India, America, China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; he thrives on the challenges of the future.

Outside of work, you’ll find Rajnish engrossed in cricket, his favorite sport, and following the progress of his two sons who aspire to play professionally.

Walgreens is included in the U. S. segment of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., and based in Deerfield, Ill.

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Leading an Organization that Attracts, Develops, Supports, and Retains a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce
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Leading an Organization that Attracts, Develops, Supports, and Retains a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

Tanja Dysli is currently the Chief Supply Chain Officer at IKEA US. She has worked in various roles with IKEA since 2003, with placements in Sweden, China, Germany, and Poland. Tanja has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services from the University of Applied Sciences in Olten, Switzerland.

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Welcome Day Panel: Inflation Impacts on Procurement and Sourcing
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Welcome Day Panel: Inflation Impacts on Procurement and Sourcing

How are organizations of different sizes and footprints dealing with the impacts of inflation on their procurement operations?
Taking lessons learned from past economic downcycles and applying them to today’s business landscape
Sharing the pain points and easing burdens: The power of rebalancing long-standing business relationships have fallen out of equity to strike new mutually beneficial arrangements
Exploring lean methodology and other solutions that can reduce costs and do more with less in difficult times

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Welcome Day Panel: The ROI on Women and Diversity in Operational Leadership has Never Been Higher
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Welcome Day Panel: The ROI on Women and Diversity in Operational Leadership has Never Been Higher

Creating a purpose-driven strategy that makes an impact as our organizations grows and nurtures a diverse workforce
Understanding the leader’s role as a force to shape and demonstrate corporate culture, and to serve as a catalyst for equality and inclusion
Sharing typical challenges faced by corporations when trying to promote diversity in the workforce
Illustrating the importance of today’s leaders building up and supporting the next generation our organizations will need for the future. What does that look like on a day-to-day basis?
Offering examples of strong and effective mentorship programs in onboarding, cross-training, job shadowing, and continuing education that make the difference

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How to Win through Delivering Value Transformation on Indirect Spend
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How to Win through Delivering Value Transformation on Indirect Spend

Jenny Harris is an experienced Procurement leader with a proven track record of driving strategic sourcing and supply chain optimization across global markets. Currently serving as Chief Procurement Officer at Duracell Inc., overseeing procurement sourcing strategies and function leadership since April 2023. Prior to this role, held pivotal positions at Procter & Gamble for 20 years, with the most recent being Senior Director of Purchases for Fabric & Home Care. A diverse and versatile set of leadership experience across multiple functions (commercial brand building, sales, and procurement) and various geographies (NA and Asia Pacific). With a career spanning 20 years at Procter & Gamble and ongoing leadership at Duracell, I bring deep expertise in procurement and strategic sourcing, coupled with a strong business acumen. I have experience in leading functional and organizational transformations, all underscored by a commitment to enhancing organizational performance and driving value.

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The Strategy to Deliver a Supply Chain’s Long-Term Vision — A Conversation with John Mau of Ocean Spray Cranberries
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The Strategy to Deliver a Supply Chain’s Long-Term Vision — A Conversation with John Mau of Ocean Spray Cranberries

In the run-up to the 2024 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit we spoke with John Mau, the Director of Operations & Supply Chain Strategy, about the power and importance of long-term visions for supply chains, and the strategies involved in delivering on those far-reaching objectives. John will be hosting a focus group on this topic as NASCES24. What are some of the ideas he wants to share? What does he hope other people will contribute to the discussion? How should supply chain executives be thinking proactively in an Age of Disruption, and how can some of the principles of Lean thinking and a Culture of Continuous Improvement contribute to a supply chain organization that is getting incrementally better all the time, building towards truly impressive achievements one step at a time? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Striking the Balance Between Risk, Cost, and Control — A Conversation with Pieter de Wit of BCI Global
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Striking the Balance Between Risk, Cost, and Control — A Conversation with Pieter de Wit of BCI Global

Pieter de Wit studied Supply Chain Management at the Transport Academy in Venlo and the TIAS (MBA) in Tilburg, the Netherlands and has been associated with BCI Global since 2021.

Pieter has fulfilled various leadership roles for decades at large logistics service providers both nationally and internationally (particularly in Asia: Hong Kong 5 years, Shanghai 5 years and Singapore 5 years). He is an expert in supply chain optimization and logistics outsourcing in various sectors, both up-stream (mostly control towers) and down-stream (with many e-fulfillment solutions recently).

Over the years, Pieter has led dozens of projects and operations. Examples are: Amazon, L’Oréal, LVMH, FastRetail, Lego, SC Johnson, JnJ, 3M, Honeywell, Kärcher, Bosch, Schneider Electric, Samsung, Ericsson, Nokia, Cisco, Yamaha Music, Belkin, Baxter, BD, Sanofi, Airbus.

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Join Our Discussion to Explore How AI is Enabling Intelligent and Targeted Risk Response to Your Supply Chain
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Join Our Discussion to Explore How AI is Enabling Intelligent and Targeted Risk Response to Your Supply Chain

Don’t boil the ocean – focus your resources on specific and prioritized challenges. You don’t have enough resources to manage everything. — David PetrucciManaging Director, Global Supply Chain & Operations PracticeProtiviti David Petrucci is a managing director with global consulting firm Protiviti and leader of its Global Supply Chain and Operations practice. He has 30 years of experience in supply chain and operational improvement and innovation in technology, consulting and industry roles. David has assisted companies in a variety of industry sectors, including retail, manufacturing and distribution, energy and defense, to reimagine their supply chains and balance efficiency with flexibility…

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Paving the Way for Supply Chain Teams to Thrive: Engaging Leader Behaviors Foster a Culture of Belonging and Allyship
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Paving the Way for Supply Chain Teams to Thrive: Engaging Leader Behaviors Foster a Culture of Belonging and Allyship

— Paul GallagherChief Supply Chain OfficerGeneral Mills Paul Gallagher is the Chief Supply Chain Officer at General Mills. He is responsible for all facets of supply chain strategy & execution, including Sourcing, Planning, Manufacturing & Engineering, Logistics & Customer Operations, and Healthy, Safety & Environment. Paul joined General Mills in 2019 as VP of North America Supply Chain, where he was accountable for operations in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. with 30+ sites and 10,000 employees. His responsibilities for North America – and his focus on transforming the network to drive competitive advantage for the business – continue in his…

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Ensuring a Balanced and Successful Business Transformation
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Ensuring a Balanced and Successful Business Transformation

—Natasha GurevichFormer Chief Global Procurement OfficerNike Natasha is a Procurement, Sourcing and Supply Chain professional with 25 years of experience across multiple industries.  Her career spans from beginning as a temporary employee at The Gap in 1999 to becoming the CPO of Nike in 2021.  In the Procurement field, she is known as a transformation expert, enhancing the commercial value and improving the financial standing of the companies she serves. Among her teammates, she is known as caring and mindful, a leader with integrity, intention and authenticity. Natasha has been driving tangible, measurable results for Fortune 200 companies by designing processes that bring…

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Achieving Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Supply Chains
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Achieving Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Supply Chains

Sasha R. Pailet Koff is the Senior Vice President of Digital Supply Chain at Dell Technologies. In this role, Sasha leads the Data, Analytics and Automation organization within Dell’s Global Operations and Supply Chain business. The teams under Sasha are focused on enabling Dell’s Supply Chain to make better decisions through predictive analytics, streamlining business processes to drive productivity through automation, and enabling full data transparency across the organization with the aim of establishing the industry-leading autonomous supply chain.

Sasha has over two decades of experience spanning a series of leadership positions helping organizations solve complex business challenges. Prior to joining Dell in 2022, Sasha spent 20 years with Johnson & Johnson, most recently serving as Vice President of Supply Chain Technology for Consumer Health. In this role, she led all supply chain technology activities for data science, planning, procurement, quality, manufacturing, delivery, and cybersecurity. Before Johnson & Johnson, she worked with Rohm & Haas (now Dow), Accenture, and at the White House.

Sasha is a purpose-driven leader who invests in the career development of her teams and is known for her strong cross-functional partnership in delivering business outcomes in service to external customers. She holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from The George Washington University, an MBA from Columbia University, and professional designations of CPA, CGMA, and PMP.

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Leveraging Adaptive Planning for Agile Supply Chain Management
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Leveraging Adaptive Planning for Agile Supply Chain Management

Thomas J. Goldsby is the Dee and Jimmy Haslam Chair in Logistics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business. He is also the co-executive director of the Global Supply Chain Institute. He holds a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Evansville, an MBA from the University of Kentucky and a doctorate in marketing and logistics from Michigan State University.

Goldsby serves as co-executive director of the Global Supply Chain Institute. He is a former co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Business Logistics and Transportation Journal. His research interests include logistics strategy, supply chain integration and the theory and practice of lean and agile supply chain strategies. He has published more than 90 articles in academic and professional journals and is a frequent speaker at academic conferences, executive education seminars and professional meetings.

Goldsby is co-author of five books: Logistics Management: Enhancing Competitiveness and Customer Value, The Definitive Guide to Transportation, Global Macrotrends and Their Impact on Supply Chain Management, Lean Six Sigma Logistics: Strategic Development to Operational Success ( and The Design and Management of Sustainable Supply Chains.

A recipient of multiple best paper awards, Goldsby has been recognized for excellence in teaching at UT, The Ohio State University, the University of Kentucky and Iowa State University. In 2019, he was named a Rainmaker by DC Velocity and received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from Supply Chain Leaders in Action (SCLA). Goldsby delivered a course on business operations for The Great Courses’ Critical Business Skills series in 2015, which continues to rate as a bestselling nonfiction/business title at Audible.com and was ranked by Newsweek as No. 27 on its list of Top 50 bestsellers (#27) among all audiobooks for summer 2020.

Goldsby has supervised more than 100 Lean/Six Sigma supply chain projects with industry partners, chaired eight doctoral dissertations and served as an investigator on multiple federally funded research projects exceeding $3.5 million in grant proceeds.

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Navigating Sustainability Challenges in Supply Chains Amid Rising Energy Costs, Hiring Struggles, and Inflation
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Navigating Sustainability Challenges in Supply Chains Amid Rising Energy Costs, Hiring Struggles, and Inflation

Escalating Energy Costs: Managing the impact of soaring energy prices on supply chain operations and transportation expenses
Hiring and Retention Hurdles: Addressing talent shortages and labor turnover rates within the supply chain workforce, exacerbating operational inefficiencies
Inflationary Pressures: Mitigating the effects of inflation on procurement costs, production expenses, and overall supply chain expenditures
Sustainable Practices Amidst Challenges: Balancing sustainability initiatives with the financial constraints posed by energy, labor, and inflationary challenges

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Building New and Improved Supply Networks
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Building New and Improved Supply Networks

Patricia Covington currently serves as the Executive Director of Global Integrated Aftermarket Supply Chain for Cummins, Inc. Over her 26-year career at Cummins, Patricia has effectively led and supported various parts of the business across multiple functions including Planning, Marketing and Operations.

Grounded in Planning and Logistics, Patricia is a key global leader for Cummins. With a successful track record in Integrated Supply Chain, Patricia shares her career journey as an example for underrepresented employees to know they can flourish in and contribute to building and nurturing the right environment. Over her career, Patricia has effectively contributed to leading and supporting various parts of the business across multiple functions remaining focused on attracting and cultivating the best and most diverse talent. She continues to focus on recruiting and developing talent in and outside of the Supply Chain field currently serving as the executive leader for Memphis chapter of the Cummins Black Network and engagement lead for the Howard University Supply Chain Centers of Excellence Advisory Board.

Patricia obtained a bachelor’s degree in accounting from The University of Memphis, a master’s degree in human resources management from Webster University, and an Executive MBA in Global Supply Chain from the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Patricia is passionate about giving back to the community through volunteering and supporting the less fortunate and youth. With the commitment of serving others, Patricia has served on the Board of Trustees for LeMoyne-Owen College and the University of Memphis’ Multi-cultural Affairs Advisory Board. She has spent a great deal of time working with other organizations such as the Juvenile Intervention and Faith-Based Follow Up (JIFF) as well as the One Step Initiative which is a non-profit organization focusing on education beyond borders aiming to bring global education opportunities to the nation’s most underserved high school students. She also holds a seat on the Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce Chairman’s Circle continuing to support opportunities in and around the Memphis, TN area.

Patricia is also a 28-year member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. currently serving in the Shelby County (TN) Alumnae Chapter.

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How We Collaborate to Improve Customer Satisfaction and Reduce Costs
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How We Collaborate to Improve Customer Satisfaction and Reduce Costs

Sidra is a mechanical engineer and a supply chain enthusiast with 18 years of experience in manufacturing and planning across multiple geographies including Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

After starting her career in manufacturing with Unilever, Sidra joined Philip Morris International in 2017. Since, she has held various positions in operations and supply chain, thereby proactively contributing to achieving the company’s vision of delivering a smoke-free future. In response to global supply chain disruptions, she has been involved in supply chain transformation projects, the deployment of SC solutions, and associated change management.

In her current role as Director Operations Customer Services Americas (Supply Chain), Sidra’s main focus area is ensuring service superiority in markets with high innovation portfolios. Her key focus areas are: planning and response, loss elimination across the value chain (B2B & B2C) and in-market customer collaboration programs at the same time driving efficiencies through cost to serve.

Sidra is passionate about working in dynamic business environments and companies geared towards transformation that drive strong execution strategies. Her areas of expertise are strategic manufacturing, setting new processing support downstream supply chain programs like customer collaboration. She is also a coach in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and World Class Manufacturing (WCM) with expertise in loss elimination and cost and cash deployment.

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Collaborative Forecasting: Best Practices for Better Business Outcomes
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Collaborative Forecasting: Best Practices for Better Business Outcomes

Diane Sherwood is a dynamic leader with a distinguished career spanning over two decades in merchandising, inventory operations, demand planning, and omni-channel management. Currently serving as SVP of Global Services at Algo, Diane is known for her strategic vision and ability to drive high-performing teams toward exceptional results. Her experience includes leading transformational initiatives, optimizing operational efficiency, and fostering a customer-centric approach in diverse settings, from her executive roles at CarParts.com and ThreeFiveOne to her extensive tenure at Best Buy. Diane’s commitment to innovation, collaboration, and strategic growth has made her a respected leader in her field, poised to make impactful decisions that elevate service standards and business outcomes.

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Ash Grove’s Shift: From Traditional Network Design to Value Chain Optimization
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Ash Grove’s Shift: From Traditional Network Design to Value Chain Optimization

Join Jose de la Garza, North America’s Vice President of Supply Chain at Ash Grove, and Carlos Centurion, President of River Logic, as they explore how Ash Grove, a leader in sustainable construction materials, used River Logic’s Value Chain Optimization (VCO) solution to transform its network design and tackle the industry complexity. Jose will share real-world use cases highlighting the cement industry’s evolution, the move towards sustainability, and integrating financial and environmental goals into supply chain strategies. Discover actionable insights and learn how Ash Grove’s innovative approach sets a new standard in network strategy.

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