Mourad Tamoud joined Schneider Electric in 1997 as Supply Chain & Logistics Manager. In 2012 he became Senior VP of Global Supply Chain China, a post in which he had oversight of manufacturing and distribution operations for the region, and was responsible for safety, quality, customer satisfaction, procurement, and supply chain.

Mourad was first appointed to the position of Executive Vice President of Global Supply Chain Operations for Schneider Electric in June 2016. As of January 2019, Mourad added Procurement to his responsibilities and served as Chief Supply Chain Officer overseeing the end-to-end supply chain: including Procurement, Industrial Operations, Logistics & Network Design, and Planning, as well as driving the strategic agenda for the entire Supply Chain organization. He is also a member of the Schneider Electric Executive Committee.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• From engineering school to supply chain and logistics
• Challenges Schneider Electric faced during the pandemic and how they addressed it
• STRIVE and the Zero Carbon Project
• Thoughts about artificial intelligence
• How to hire right and key advice for the future

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Tim Drury is the Chief Supply Chain Officer of Americana Foods, which he joined in 2021. Prior to that, Tim had spent 20+ years with Unilever. During his long journey there, he spent time managing their supply chains across Europe, Asia, and Africa. In his last role there, he had leadership responsibility for more than 30,000 employees across the Middle East and Africa. 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Career journey- 25 years with Unilever and transition to Americana Foods
• Americana Food’s KPI-driven assessment process
• Working with suppliers for sustainable packaging solutions
• Five key skills and competencies for supply chain: Empathy, Decisiveness, Enthusiasm, Creativity, and Drive
• Finding the balance between being a supply chain leader and being an athlete

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Harald Emberger joined Beiersdorf AG in 2015 as Chief Supply Chain Officer and a member of the Executive Committee. In this role, Harald has overall responsibility for the end-to-end supply chain globally.

Prior to joining Beiersdorf, Harald held a variety of supply chain leadership roles with Unilever and Mars Inc. Harald’s background and experience present a truly global image. Throughout his career, he has lived in five different countries in three world regions.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Harald’s fascination with factories sparking his interest in supply chain
• Inflection points in Harald’s career
• Beiersdorf’s agile supply chain strategy and growth
• Key skills at board-level for supply chain executives 
• How Harald achieved 50/50 in terms of diversity in his teams
• Advice to young professionals

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David Prchala is currently the COO of Bugaboo, since 2019. He brings along over 20 years of experience from consumer goods and juvenile industries like LEGO and Procter & Gamble. He has designed and led major strategic supply chain transformations. David is highly curious and passionate, and he loves to resolve complex operational challenges that brought him to different countries and continents.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Inflection points in David’s career- from consulting to operations and supply chain
• Making the complicated uncomplicated through Bugaboo’s product design
• The history of Bugaboo and their mission
• Product expansion and innovation
• Ensuring sustainability and environmental responsibility - working toward B Corp Certification

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As the CEO of the US Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Cynthia Hutchison leads efforts to engage the national manufacturing ecosystem through local, national, and international projects and activities that accelerate the transition toward advanced manufacturing. She directs programming that helps shape the global agenda on the future of production, strengthens the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector in the United States, and marries new technology and processes with valuable, tried manufacturing practices.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How was Automation Alley introduced to the World Economic Forum
• Building out the executive committee and establishing a national center
• The three pillars of USC4AM- innovation, sustainability, and inclusion- and their ongoing projects
• Workforce challenges in manufacturing, specifically in the USA
• Supporting companies and how to help them face challenges
• Valuing authenticity and accelerating opportunities

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Brian White is the Head of Supply Chain Management and MD for Swarovski AG. Prior to Swarovski, Brian worked in consulting for 18 years with PwC and EY helping global retail consumer and industrial companies transform their business through end-to-end integration of supply chains and operations.

Brian started his leadership journey in production and supply chain roles for Tate & Lyle, the sugars and sweeteners company.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Communicate effectively with stakeholders
• Create effective and flexible supply chain strategies
• Understand P&L and what the business needs
• Build a customer-centric supply chain
• Be curious and use a ‘walk in my shoes’ approach

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Alexander Streif is the Vice President for Supply Chain Management at Northvolt.

Northvolt is a Swedish battery manufacturer and developer specializing in lithium technology for electric vehicles. They're also very much focused on manufacturing with clean energy with a clear mission to deliver batteries with an 80% low carbon footprint compared to those made using coal energy. Alexander has been a long-standing professional in supply chain and has done a multitude of roles has worked in Semicon for many, many years, then he joined Siemens, then he had about six years also with McKinsey on their operations practice. In the last two years, he's been with Northvolt.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Inflection points in Alexander’s career- understanding how important data is and prioritizing family
• How to set up the supply chain in a hyper-scaling environment
• How to grow from a few hundred to thousands of employees in a short time span
• Northvolt’s mission and prioritizing supply chain
• Factors in attracting good talents and career advice

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Alexandre Baubert is currently the CSCO, Head of Supply Chain at Signify.

He joined Signify at the end of 2019 and immediately started to transform the supply chain function with a verticalization, specialization, and simplification strategy to bring improved customer satisfaction and long-term sustainable performance, driven by a renewed, talented, and ambitious workforce.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Alexandre’s career in supply chain begun
• Sustainability angle of Signify
• LiFi - internet via light
• Main challenges that Alexandre foresees 
• Hiring for skills vs hiring for attitude
• Advice for young professionals that are stepping into their careers

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Recently the pair, Radu Palamariu and Knut Alicke who co-authored, From Source to Sold, a book which features a collection of stories from some of the most successful global operations and supply chain business leaders was interviewed by Maria Villablanca on Transform Talks.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• What inspired Radu and Knut to write a book
• How we can increase the number of CEOs with a background in Supply Chain
• How writing the book changed the way they view the Supply Chain

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Ashish Sood is the Chief Supply Chain Officer leading Landmark Retail’s end-to-end supply chain across the stores and e-commerce sectors across GCC, a role he has held since July 2021.

With over two decades of expertise in Supply Chain Management, Ashish has extensive experience in building effective supply chain strategies and has been instrumental in defining the supply chain vision for Landmark Retail. He is focused on driving initiatives to transform the customer experience through digitization and continuous improvement with methodologies such as KATA and other people development initiatives.

Having completed his Bachelor’s in engineering from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India, Ashish also holds a Master of Business Administration majoring in Operations and Finance from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Supply Chain Function and Vision within Landmark
• Building customer centricity
• New disruptions and innovations
• The biggest challenge for supply chains in the next 10 years
• Building sustainability for future growth plans
• Key messages for professionals wanting to start a career in supply chain

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