With geo-political instability in global markets and uncertainty around development of growth trends such as sustainability, effective decision making in highly uncertain environments is crucial today in the materials sector.
Paul Strzelec and I discuss why a planning mindset is critical to execute on growth, including:
* why planning is a crucial component of strong execution
* how to view planning in the face of dynamic and uncertain futures,
* what makes growth a unique challenge for planning teams, and
* what organizational capabilities are needed for effective decision-making.
Paul has over 30 years of global experience helping companies across a broad array of industries deploy growth-oriented, cross-functional planning capabilities and disciplines. He specializes in connecting commercial, finance, supply chain, and operations teams with processes and system capabilities to optimize segmented go-to-market strategies, reduce complexity, and leverage insight-driven practices.
He has held various senior leadership positions with companies that pioneered major advancements in integrated business planning, supply chain management, and network-centric technologies, including Manugistics (now Blue Yonder) and VeriSign. And he has extended that expertise to organizational and process competencies in the SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Kinaxis ecosystems.
Paul has helped some of the world’s most respected companies implement innovative business models and demand-driven strategies, including Church and Dwight, Darden, Dell, DuPont, FMC, Ford Motor Company, Ingevity, W.R. Grace, Microsoft, The Mosaic Company, Nalco Company, Procter & Gamble, Rolls Royce, Unilever, United States Department of Defense, Utz, Wegmans, and Xilinx.
Who should listen?
* Executives responsible for go-to-market execution, and customer satisfaction.
* Operational and Supply executives responsible for supply scenario development and decision-making
* Leaders involved in the coordination of operations, supply chain and commercial teams.
Topics covered included:
* Why Growth is particularly challenging to planning.
* The keys to avoiding “one size fits all” mandates to your planning implmentation.
* Assessing your organizational capability.
Show Notes
* NEW! Video Replay
* NEW! Slides used during the workshop
* NEW! Executive Summary of the webinar (2 min read)
* Executive Roundtable for Materials Growth website
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