Leaders in Supply Chain Talent

Paula Landmann, Chief Talent & Development Officer at Novartis, joins Fei Yu to discuss what it takes to build future-ready talent and leadership in an AI-driven world. From upskilling and leadership development to the role of AI in everyday work, Paula shares how Novartis is preparing people and organizations for what comes next.

In the conversation, she reflects on how her leadership style has evolved, why creating space for others matters more than having all the answers, and how internal Novartis tools like Coach Mira help employees learn, reflect, and grow. She also explains why empathy, judgment, and continuous learning will remain essential in the future of work.

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Ashley Herd has trained over 250,000 managers, led HR and legal at McKinsey and Yum! Brands, and built a global following with her practical leadership tools. In this episode, we dig into the real lever of workplace performance, the manager. Ashley shares the mindset shifts and frameworks that help supply chain leaders manage with empathy, structure, and trust even under pressure. We explore “cozy joggers” leadership, psychological clarity, and the ripple effects managers create at work and beyond.

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In this episode, I sat down with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist-turned-founder of Ness Labs, whose work reshapes how we think about decision-making, burnout, and clarity under pressure. Anne-Laure breaks down the psychology behind why we chase certainty and how tiny experiments can lead to growth, especially in high-stakes supply chain environments. We explore liminal spaces, career scripts, time anxiety, and the power of self-anthropology in leadership. This is a practical guide to staying curious, even when the pressure is on.

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Marina Guimarães helps lead Microsoft’s $168.9 billion Cloud Supply Chain, an invisible but essential infrastructure powering AI, data centers, and global digital services. I spoke with Marina about the strategy behind hyper-scale operations, the surprising pace of sustainability-led innovation, and how a people-first mindset anchors the entire transformation. We unpacked leadership in the AI era, the power of cross-industry agility, and what top talent looks like in a world shaped by complexity, collaboration, and conviction.

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Pete Baker is the Vice President for Human Resources and Communications at Amcor Rigid Packaging. 

Amcor is a world leader in manufacturing packaging for food, beverage, spirits, personal care, home care, and healthcare industries with 61 facilities in 12 countries.

Pete previously held senior HR roles at First Abu Dhabi Bank, AP Moller Maersk, and Procter &Gamble.  A native of Australia, Pete has lived in 9 countries throughout his career. Pete's passion for business is driving team effectiveness and leadership transformation. Pete started his career in sales before moving into HR and worked as a standup comedian for several years.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Pete progressed from a commercial position to become a leader in the field of HR
• Amcor’s biggest challenges in developing sustainable packaging designs
• Empowering individuals and management to effectively handle certain difficulties within Amcor
• The biggest challenge that supply chains in the packaging sector will face in the next 10 years
• Advice for professionals wanting to make a career in supply chain and operations

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Pauline Tay brings with her over 25 years of HR experience across diverse industries in industrial consumer goods, and hospitality, and extensive regional and global experience.

Pauline has lived and worked in the US and led regional teams across the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Americas. With core expertise in change management and transformation, organizational design and development, strategic workforce planning, and transition and integration. Currently, she is VP of HR, Asia Pacific at Griffith Foods Ltd., where she leads HR to serve the company's purpose of blending care and creativity to nourish the world.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Pauline navigated through different industries
• Being more involved in the business and becoming an interim MD
• Helping employees through purpose-driven programs
• Investing in the development of people
• How can we take HR to the next level

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Sarita Das is the co-founder and CHRO of 3SC Analytics, an eight-year-old supply chain tech company led by professionals all across the globe. Earlier in her career, she has been a human resource professional in various MNCs including Visteon, Bayer, Nunhems, Zimmer Biomet, and Electa. Here at 3SC, Sarita has been working closely with the IT executives to help work on their in-house tools.

Creating and building 3SC has been one of the greatest achievements of her life. And here she is today with 250 plus team members, with footprints in India, Southeast Asia, and Europe, and growing. She desires to make 3SC one of the most admired solution providers in the world.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Sarita started her journey in supply chain and involvement in 3SC 
• Supporting and enabling growth inside 3SC
• Biggest challenges for attracting and retaining talent
• Creating a culture for 3SC - focusing on communication and change management 
• How 3SC are managing inter-department transfers inside the organization
• The importance of change and patience in joining a scale-up

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Radu Palamariu recently spoke with Deb Crowe on the topic of changing careers of functions, hard and soft skills to have as a supply chain professional, and establishing connections and having the right mentor in the company.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Radu’s accidental choice of recruitment and supply chain as a career
• How to embrace what you "suck" at
• Secret sauce to find the right C-Level candidate
• Advice for all the people in these times of disruption
• "Heart centered leadership" is…

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Rushit comes with 20 Year of Executive Search and Selection with 8 years of Supply Chain Consulting service within APAC. Have worked for more than 40 countries with diversified industries and functionality.

In his current role at Alcott Global, he is managing Supply Chain Management (SCM), Logistics, Procurement, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Quality and Operations functions and catering to Pharma, Packaging, FMCG, food and beverage, Industrial Equipment and Medical Device industries in the Asia Pacific.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Being an executive recruiter during the pandemic
• Hiring and retaining top talents
• How the whole diversity and inclusion agenda is being practiced
• How can a job seeker and professionals non-supply chain and logistics background make sure to position themselves correctly
• Technical or soft skills for a professional to get into senior level leadership roles 

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Jim serves as Vice President Human Resources for the Communications Solutions Segment, Channel Business, and Enterprise Functions at TE Connectivity and is based in the United States.

In this role, Jim is responsible for leading the development and execution of the organizations’ talent, culture, and organizational effectiveness strategies to drive high performance and business growth.

Prior to joining TE Connectivity, Jim worked in positions of increasing responsibility mainly focusing on Organizational Performance, Employee Engagement, and Strategic Talent Initiatives.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Jim’s career journey at TE connectivity for 14 years
• Practical tips where HR and talent can be a maximizer of business instead of being a back end function
• Using feedback from ground up and data to bring about organizational transformation
• Addressing the confidence gap of 1000+ female leaders in his organization 
• 1 thing that had the most impact on Jim’s career

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