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Cultural Transformation

Frontline Empowerment as a Competitive Advantage: MOTOR – PepsiCo Cultural Transformation
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Frontline Empowerment as a Competitive Advantage: MOTOR – PepsiCo Cultural Transformation

Adriana Serna is the Manufacturing Vice-President for Pepsico Mexico Foods, the largest international market for Pepsico. She is a supply chain professional with nearly 30 years of experience acquired in multinational consumer goods companies in 5 different countries, with expertise in manufacturing, engineering, innovation, continuous improvement, supply network optimization and quality assurance. Prior to this role, Adriana has held various roles leading country and regional supply chain teams for Kellogg Company (7 years) and Procter & Gamble (21 years).

Driven, passionate and strategic leader who builds strong foundations in operational excellence to deliver stability while shaping flexibility and agility. Coach/mentor and talent developer. Lead for equity, diversity, inclusion, and female talent development.

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Navigating Cultural Transformation
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Navigating Cultural Transformation

Daniela leads our operations team, including all U.S. manufacturing and quality programs. She has nearly 30 years of experience in the food industry with expertise in supply chain management, engineering, manufacturing, R&D, and business operations. The majority of Daniela’s career has been spent in supply chain leadership roles with Campbell’s including Vice President Manufacturing and Vice President Americas Supply Chain Business Development roles. She most recently served as Vice President Operations with Shearer’s Foods and Vice President Manufacturing for Weston Foods, where she directed multiple manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Canada. She also managed delivery of safety, quality, cost, volume, and service results for all U.S. and Canadian customers. Daniela is a graduate of University of Toronto.

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Paul Gallagher of General Mills: The People-Centric Approach to AI
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Paul Gallagher of General Mills: The People-Centric Approach to AI

At the 2024 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Paul Gallagher, the Chief Supply Chain Officer of General Mills, to talk about how making Artificial Intelligence work for a company revolves around people at all stages of the journey. General Mills is already almost five years into a transformation that incorporates AI tools, and while the use cases and real-world examples are compelling, perhaps the most interesting part of their story is how its tens of thousands of employees are engaging with the technology in the day-to-day. For every leader who wants to see what this exciting next generation of technologies is really going to do when it starts delivering on its promises, give this episode a listen!

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Transforming from Within: Fostering a Purpose-Filled Culture
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Transforming from Within: Fostering a Purpose-Filled Culture

Developing a strong cultural foundation in direct alignment with our external brand Aligning organizational goals with individual goals to drive performance and purpose in employees Differentiating your organization by making employee experience your competitive advantage Willie Grant VP, Human Resources, Enabling Functions Bristol Myers Squibb Willie S. Grant has 25+ years of global Human Resources experience across multiple industries and cultures. He has a proven track record in HR strategy development, driving organizational performance and building and leading globally diverse teams. Mr. Grant is Vice President, Human Resources, Enabling Functions for Bristol-Myers Squibb. He leads strategic Human Resources efforts across…

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An Ecosystem-Based Approach to Transitioning to Advanced MFG
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An Ecosystem-Based Approach to Transitioning to Advanced MFG

Nissan is on a journey to create an ecosystem for equipment and quality visibility Technology building blocks are implemented to create this ecosystem based on plant needs with positive ROI These building blocks are being driven from the shop floor to ensure the right technology is deployed at the right time making the transition to advance manufacturing smoother Once complete the building blocks are tied together, higher-level data analysis possible providing greater insight to process than ever thought possible — David Johnson VP, Production Engineering & New Model Quality Nissan Group of North America David Johnson is vice president, Production Engineering…

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The Evolving Role of the HR Executive: in Developing the Future of an Organization and Embracing Transformation
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The Evolving Role of the HR Executive: in Developing the Future of an Organization and Embracing Transformation

How have the responsibilities of HR professionals grown and changed in the 21st Century, and why transformation is important for the HR function Talking about the importance of flexibility, agility, and adaptability as we engage with the new and ongoing challenges and opportunities we all face in our working lives Illustrating how HR Transformation drives alignment with business strategy Discussing what more we can do in our capacity as leaders to advance the goals, projects, and corporate culture of our senior management and of our workforce What should we be doing right now as a community of Human Resources executives…

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BMWS20 – Opening Chairs’ Remarks and Keynote: Reinventing a Biopharma Company for the 21st Century
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BMWS20 – Opening Chairs’ Remarks and Keynote: Reinventing a Biopharma Company for the 21st Century

Bristol Myers Squibb is a company that has undergone an extensive transformation and as a result, has reinvented itself Once a company consisting of multiple and vastly different business units, it is now the largest diversified specialty global biopharma company Its mission and focus is to utilize innovation to advance the treatment of serious disease and significant unmet medical need This organizational evolution required substantial change for the product development and manufacturing arms of the company Technology, systems, processes, people and culture all needed to be re-evaluated through a “new lens” The presentation will cover this journey including approach, successes,…

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Key Insights from the Journey of Cultural Transformation
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Key Insights from the Journey of Cultural Transformation

Beyond the buzzwords: Sharing lessons learned from a multi-year, global, culture transformation journey Discussing the role of upper management in shifting the culture of an organization Exploring the role of HR and evolution of HR practices to impact organizational culture — Fenella Chisholm SVP, Global People & Organization Novartis Fenella Chisholm is SVP and Global Head People & Organization for the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR). In this role, Fenella partners with leadership across the 6000 strong global early discovery science unit to operationalize the Novartis People strategy in service of the vision to Reimagine Medicine and deliver better…

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