Agenda
VP Global Supply Chain Transformation
Director Strategy – Freight
General Manager Supply Chain and Operations
Chief Executive Officer
Co-Chief Executive Officer
General Manager Supply Chain and
Operations
Head of Procurement and Supply
Chain
Supply Chain Analytics Specialist
Industry Process Consultant
Senior Manager
Panellists: Group GM of Product and Customer Strategy Solutions Lead
Supply Chain and Operations Manager
Managing Director
Head of Supply Chain and Operations
Chief Operating Officer
Head of Supply Chain
Head of Supply Chain Planning
Head of Distribution and Logistics
Director of Operations
National Supply Chain Manager
Demand and Customer Service Manager
Manager, Fleet Supply Chain
Strategic Agility: Sustainability & ESG: Customer-Centric Practices: Technology Innovation: Workforce Resilience: Join us at the end of day one for cocktails, canapes, and the opportunity to network with your peers, speakers, and sponsors.
Matt Sheedy
CochlearPanellists:
Darren McNamara
Transport for NSW
Amir Hashemi
Orora
Michael Hopkins
National Transport Commission
Matt Michalewicz
Complexica A
Amir Hashemi
Orora 
Haris Komarla
Hearing Australia
Chris Mousley
VirbacB
captures vast amounts of data to build
greater resilience across the supply chain
planning, inventory management, and
forecasting solutions
Dr. Debdeep Banerjee
Dassault Systemes
Claire Malcolmson
Netlogix
Paul Phillips
Automate-X
Liam French
Roland Corporation
David Sanders
BestraneC
new staff and graduates, from negative perceptions to the lack of visibility
technology
Anastasia Tan
Medical Devices International
Peter Bainbridge
Quad Lock
Sharn Weston
PGDelights
Oliver Gaillard
EldersPanellists
Craig Dunlop
PharmaCare Laboratories
Vasudha Jaiswal
Kenvue
Anna Walton
Holyoake
Rahul Mehta
Orora Group
Identify cost-saving opportunities, analyse spending patterns, and enhance supplier selection
Automate contract drafting, identify risks, and provide data-driven negotiation insights
intervention and minimise manual errors
Fady Awad
Sydney Trainsp 1
Equip supply chain leaders to navigate geopolitical crises, trade disruptions, cyber security risks, and economic volatility with proactive risk management2
Align supply chain operations with ESG standards and adopt circular economy principles to minimise environmental impact3
Optimise supply chain strategies to balance cost, quality, and ethics while using data analytics for personalised consumer experiences4
Drive supply chain efficiency and scalability with AI, robotics, digital twins, and advanced analytics5
Build a future-ready supply chain workforce by attracting, upskilling, and retaining talent in an era of rapid technological change
- How to build a comprehensive risk identification and assessment process across the full value chain—from sourcing to delivery.
- How to leverage risk insights to prioritize mitigation actions and allocate resources to the most critical vulnerabilities.
- How to drive resilience and agility through proactive, data-driven strategies that strengthen supply chain continuity and business performance.
Massimo Gianetto
Global Demand & Integrated Business Planning Director – Marine, Protective and Yacht Coatings
AkzoNobel
- Determining the strategic mix of digital optimisation and transformation
- Leveraging data and analytics to unlock greater value
- Collaborating with cross-functional business partners, suppliers and logistics partners
- The importance of process mapping and identifying opportunities to optimise and streamline processes
- ESG, sustainability regulations, product safety and quality, trade, labour and
- Risk mitigation and due diligence
- Questions to ask when navigating the evolving supply chain regulatory landscape
A
- Rapidly Responding to Market Changes: Discover how DDMRP empowers businesses to adjust quickly to fluctuations in demand and supply dynamics, enhancing overall responsiveness and customer satisfaction
- Reducing Working Capital and Boosting Logistics Performance: Learn how this bottling giant slashed working capital requirements while enhancing logistics efficiency, improving cash flow, and enabling better decision-making across the supply chain
- Simplicity that Drives Success: Learn how simplifying processes through DDMRP not only leads to significant flow through the supply chain but also reduces complexity in inventory management, whilst increasing team morale
Ueda Toshiro
Head of Operations Planning Group
Division
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan
David MacDonald
Director of Retail (Oceania)
DP World Logistics
- Determine whether hubs remain cost-effective or have become more attractive due to geopolitical stability and strong talent pools
- Assess the role of hubs in reducing risks related to single points of operation and fiscal failure
- Optimise hub performance by balancing tax, operational, strategic, financial, and environmental factors
Panellists:
Aleksander Debicki
Operations Director
Pierre Fabre
B
- Align cross-functional teams to work collaboratively, meeting customer demand and driving efficiency
- Integrate supply chain planning, financial analysis, and operational capacity to deliver goods on time and within budget
- Enhance agility and decision-making by leveraging data-driven insights and adapting to changing market conditions
Jay Dixit
Head of Supply Chain
Delonghi Australia and New Zealand
- Leverage segmentation and scenario analysis for holistic supply chain planning adopt AI enabled demand planning system to streamline processes and boost efficiency
- Demand sensing and KPI measurement to improve decision making and performance tracking
- Organisational design and talent development to prepare for the future of supply chains
Riaz Haque
Demand and Supply Planning Manager
AstraZeneca
- Identifying opportunities for efficiency, effectiveness and reliability across the supply chain from sourcing to warehousing and the last-mile
- Assessing the challenges and obstacles of AI integration from data privacy issues to reskilling
- Leveraging AI application to improve planning
- Understanding the problems of AI and how it relates to supply chain management
Panellists:
Akash Lagad
Head of Supply Chain, Logistics
& Analytics
Beach Energy Ltd
Fredy Delgado
Supply Chain Manager
Thales Australia
Aiden Heke
Advisor, IRIS
Argon & Co
C
- Understanding the challenges
- Integrating Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) with supply chain sustainability performance
- Identifying the essential resources for successful S&OP implementation
Uelen Oliviera
Director, S&OP Transformation – APAC
McCain Foods
- What are key factors to consider?
- Discussing the challenges and roadblocks
- The importance of partnerships and communications
- Addressing wins and lessons learned
Panellists
Kris Dempsey
Head of Procurement, RTS
Downer Group
Ahmed Orya
Head of Supply Chain
FreshFoods
- What are key factors to consider?
- Discussing the challenges and roadblocks
- The importance of partnerships and communications
- Addressing wins and lessons learned
- Develop a clear vision and roadmap: Align resource capacity and secure staff buy-in to drive transformation
- Design a modern supply chain model: Create competitive ecosystems to enhance efficiency and collaboration
- Establish innovative ways of working: Implement new practices to improve agility, performance, and adaptability
Simon Hinds
Senior Director, Site Supply Chain
CSL
Behring (Australia)
- The role of communication and relationships in building a robust and resilient network
- Managing employee turnover and change
- Ensuring your tech stack works for you and your partners – expensive, high tech isn’t always the best fit
- Wins, lessons learned and next steps
Colin Hallett
Supply Chain Manager Aus/NZ
Weber-Stephen Products Co.
- Use decision intelligence to visualise data, improving decision making and potentially
automating processes - Engage in ecosystems to identify trade-offs between costs and sustainability goals
- Simulate the impact of different supply chain configurations on carbon emissions
- Real-time Tracking: Monitor warehouse operations, transport routes, and delivery schedules to adjust for delays or bottlenecks as they happen
- Predictive Maintenance: Use data to identify and address potential equipment or infrastructure issues before they disrupt operations
- Scenario Testing: Simulate demand spikes, supplier changes, or new routes to implement efficient strategies without impacting the real-world network
Panellists:
Benjamin Wright
Head of Australian Logistics
Suntory Oceania
- How fleet transformation can optimise supply chain efficiency and embed resilience
- How building a strong relationship with your partners can strengthen your supply chain, particularly in the not-for-profit sector
- What is the key to effective strategic partnerships?
- Exploring fleet management innovation and how it can be integrated into the supply chain
Nick Hilliard
Head of Supply Chain
SecondBite
- What are key factors to consider?
- Discussing the challenges and roadblocks
- The importance of partnerships and communications
- Addressing wins and lessons learned
- Foster collaboration: Strengthen integrated planning and communication with partners
- Invest in flexibility: Implement adaptable transportation management solutions
- Diversify sourcing: Explore and adopt alternative sourcing strategies
Rina Dewson
Chief Operating Officer
Confoil Australia and New Zealand
.
- TIMING: What is “transformation” and when should it be applied over a continuous improvement approach?
- TALENT: The result of adding strategic capabilities to a workforce known for delivery.
- TENACITY: Understand how a digital reset has ignited end-to-end transformation across the supply chain (and business).
Matt Sheedy
VP Global Supply Chain Transformation
Cochlear
- Opportunities to boost resilience: skills and workforce, land use planning, productivity, and interoperability
- Establishing accountability and governance arrangements to drive better outcomes
- Exploring the proposed national priority action areas: decarbonisation, productivity, resilience, and data
Panellists:
Darren McNamara
Director Strategy – Freight
Transport for NSW
Amir Hashemi
General Manager Supply Chain and Operations
Orora
Michael Hopkins
Chief Executive Officer
National Transport Commission
- Leverage end-to-end supply chain integration to streamline operations and reduce inefficiencies
- Capitalise on AI/ML investments to enhance core metrics such as labour costs, asset utilization, inventory working capital requirements, and more
- Improve demand forecast accuracy and agility in downstream and upstream operations
- Implement a holistic approach to optimise both cost reduction and value creation across the supply chain
Matt Michalewicz
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Complexica
- Reviewing the positive strides and lessons learned since the aftermath of the pandemic
- Exploring resilience boosting activities from transparency, digitalisation, data enrichment, upskilling amongst others
- Addressing common myths and misconceptions
- Questions to ask your when building your roadmap to greater supply chain resilience
A
- Identify the characteristics of the supply chain
- Analyse the characteristics of each segment
- Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of each segment
Amir Hashemi
General Manager Supply Chain and
Operations
Orora
- Meet your supply, supplier, and procurement requirements
- Mitigate the risk of supplier source diversification and ensure resilience across your diverse supplier base
- Ensure inventory flexibility and efficiency through access to data and document automation
Haris Komarla
Head of Procurement and Supply
Chain
Hearing Australia
- Third-Party Vulnerabilities: Conduct thorough due diligence and regular security audits to reduce third-party vulnerabilities
- Employee Awareness Training: Foster a culture of scepticism and teach employees how to identify suspicious communications to reduce the risk of social engineering attacks
- Data Breaches: Implement encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments to safeguard sensitive information and mitigate the risk of ransomware
Chris Mousley
Supply Chain Analytics Specialist
Virbac
B
- Address shared challenges and promote economic growth through collaborative, transparent, and productive engagement with stakeholders
- Create an ecosystem and develop adaptable business models that respond effectively to evolving customer and regulatory environments
- Implement priority capabilities and technologies to reduce supply chain costs while driving revenue growth
- Explore how QR code-based traceability
captures vast amounts of data to build
greater resilience across the supply chain - Examine how GenAI will optimise demand
planning, inventory management, and
forecasting solutions - Obtain actionable insights to drive greater efficiencies across business operations
Dr. Debdeep Banerjee
Industry Process Consultant
Senior Manager
Dassault Systemes
- Process mapping and identifying areas for improvement
- Seamlessly connect internal business systems, such as ERP, to external trading partners
- Drive innovation across the entire supply chain to enhance performance, partner outcomes and customer satisfaction
- Enhance visibility across the supply chain by implementing end-to-end automation solutions that provide real-time data on inventory levels and order statuses, allowing for informed decision-making
Panellists:
Claire Malcolmson
Group GM of Product and Customer Strategy
Netlogix
Paul Phillips
Solutions Lead
Automate-X
Liam French
Supply Chain and Operations Manager
Roland Corporation
David Sanders
Managing Director
Bestrane
C
- Unpacking the biggest challenges in attracting
new staff and graduates, from negative perceptions to the lack of visibility - How do you reframe supply chain as a profession for new graduates
- Skills-gap postmortem: what are the underlying factors and how can they be addressed
- Upskilling staff to stay ahead of evolving
technology - Rethinking the supply chain workplace
Anastasia Tan
Head of Supply Chain and Operations
Medical Devices International
- Addressing the Skills Gap & Evolving Job Requirements in Supply Chain
- Strategies for Talent Attraction and Retention in light of the perception of Supply Chain as a career
- How to develop sustainable career pathways in Supply Chain
Peter Bainbridge
Chief Operating Officer
Quad Lock
- Planning for interruptions and disruptions extreme weather and other unforeseen events
- Ensuring your supply chain is agile and set up to respond to disruptions
- Challenges and lessons learned
Sharn Weston
Head of Supply Chain
PGDelights
- Leveraging data and insights to identify and unlock greater value
- Addressing change resistance in a 185 year old, public traded organisation
- Exploring the benefits of automation, decision integration
Oliver Gaillard
Head of Supply Chain Planning
Elders
- Developing innovative risk mitigation strategies
- Providing an intuitive interface for understanding risks
- Reshaping the management of increasingly frequent and severe supply chain risks
- Define service levels: Explore as-a-service models to enhance flexibility and scalability
- Integrate agility: Embed agility into the design, sourcing, manufacturing, and transportation of products
- Prioritise value creation: Focus on creating value with suppliers, rather than solely reducing costs, to achieve shared goals
Panellists
Craig Dunlop
Head of Distribution and Logistics
PharmaCare Laboratories
Vasudha Jaiswal
Director of Operations
Kenvue
Anna Walton
National Supply Chain Manager
Holyoake
- Why now: understanding the driving forces behind the transformation
- From excel sheets to fully automated ERP/SCM: Implementation to uptake
- Understanding the journey and how they were able to achieve implementation in 3 months
- Uptake: next steps
Rahul Mehta
Demand and Customer Service Manager
Orora Group
- Implementing advanced warehouse management systems (WMS) to optimise= operations and reduce errors
- Using real-time tracking and IoT solutions to enhance supply chain visibility and transparency
- Leveraging automation and AI driven analytics to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and support decision making
- Strategic Sourcing and Spend Analysis:
Identify cost-saving opportunities, analyse spending patterns, and enhance supplier selection - Contract Management and Negotiation:
Automate contract drafting, identify risks, and provide data-driven negotiation insights - Operational Processes: Accelerate invoice processing, optimise inventory management, and improve demand forecasting for greater efficiency and accuracy
- Demonstrating Strategic Value: Highlight how supply chain efficiency drives profitability, resilience, and customer satisfaction
- Leveraging Data Insights: Use analytics and performance metrics to communicate supply chain contributions to business success
- Collaborating with Commercial Teams: Align supply chain initiatives with commercial goals to maintain relevance in executive-level discussions
- Automate repetitive and physically demanding activities associated with shop floors, warehousing, and delivery
- Streamline processes to reduce human
intervention and minimise manual errors - Increase efficiency while freeing up staff to focus on more complex tasks
- What is the best way to approach upskilling and training?
- What is the key to a future-ready workforce: addressing cross-functional skills, leadership and emotional intelligence
- Highlighting the importance of communication and the human connection
- Understanding emerging workforce risks and discussing how to mitigate them
- Empowering the next generation of leaders
Fady Awad
Manager, Fleet Supply Chain
Sydney Trainsp
1
Strategic Agility:
Equip supply chain leaders to navigate geopolitical crises, trade disruptions, cyber security risks, and economic volatility with proactive risk management
2
Sustainability & ESG:
Align supply chain operations with ESG standards and adopt circular economy principles to minimise environmental impact
3
Customer-Centric Practices:
Optimise supply chain strategies to balance cost, quality, and ethics while using data analytics for personalised consumer experiences
4
Technology Innovation:
Drive supply chain efficiency and scalability with AI, robotics, digital twins, and advanced analytics
5
Workforce Resilience:
Build a future-ready supply chain workforce by attracting, upskilling, and retaining talent in an era of rapid technological change
- Discussing and identifying supply chain disruptions and risks: from geopolitical to talent shortages
- Exploring the weakest links
- Looking to the past and investigating new technology solutions
- The importance of strengthening relationships with your partners
Join us at the end of day one for cocktails, canapes, and the opportunity to network with your peers, speakers, and sponsors.
- How to build a comprehensive risk identification and assessment process across the full value chain—from sourcing to delivery.
- How to leverage risk insights to prioritize mitigation actions and allocate resources to the most critical vulnerabilities.
- How to drive resilience and agility through proactive, data-driven strategies that strengthen supply chain continuity and business performance.
Massimo Gianetto
Global Demand & Integrated Business Planning Director – Marine, Protective and Yacht Coatings
AkzoNobel
- Determining the strategic mix of digital optimisation and transformation
- Leveraging data and analytics to unlock greater value
- Collaborating with cross-functional business partners, suppliers and logistics partners
- The importance of process mapping and identifying opportunities to optimise and streamline processes
- ESG, sustainability regulations, product safety and quality, trade, labour and
- Risk mitigation and due diligence
- Questions to ask when navigating the evolving supply chain regulatory landscape
A
- Rapidly Responding to Market Changes: Discover how DDMRP empowers businesses to adjust quickly to fluctuations in demand and supply dynamics, enhancing overall responsiveness and customer satisfaction
- Reducing Working Capital and Boosting Logistics Performance: Learn how this bottling giant slashed working capital requirements while enhancing logistics efficiency, improving cash flow, and enabling better decision-making across the supply chain
- Simplicity that Drives Success: Learn how simplifying processes through DDMRP not only leads to significant flow through the supply chain but also reduces complexity in inventory management, whilst increasing team morale
Ueda Toshiro
Head of Operations Planning Group
Division
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan
David MacDonald
Director of Retail (Oceania)
DP World Logistics
- Determine whether hubs remain cost-effective or have become more attractive due to geopolitical stability and strong talent pools
- Assess the role of hubs in reducing risks related to single points of operation and fiscal failure
- Optimise hub performance by balancing tax, operational, strategic, financial, and environmental factors
Panellists:
Aleksander Debicki
Operations Director
Pierre Fabre
B
- Align cross-functional teams to work collaboratively, meeting customer demand and driving efficiency
- Integrate supply chain planning, financial analysis, and operational capacity to deliver goods on time and within budget
- Enhance agility and decision-making by leveraging data-driven insights and adapting to changing market conditions
Jay Dixit
Head of Supply Chain
Delonghi Australia and New Zealand
- Leverage segmentation and scenario analysis for holistic supply chain planning adopt AI enabled demand planning system to streamline processes and boost efficiency
- Demand sensing and KPI measurement to improve decision making and performance tracking
- Organisational design and talent development to prepare for the future of supply chains
Riaz Haque
Demand and Supply Planning Manager
AstraZeneca
- Identifying opportunities for efficiency, effectiveness and reliability across the supply chain from sourcing to warehousing and the last-mile
- Assessing the challenges and obstacles of AI integration from data privacy issues to reskilling
- Leveraging AI application to improve planning
- Understanding the problems of AI and how it relates to supply chain management
Panellists:
Akash Lagad
Head of Supply Chain, Logistics
& Analytics
Beach Energy Ltd
Fredy Delgado
Supply Chain Manager
Thales Australia
Aiden Heke
Advisor, IRIS
Argon & Co
C
- Understanding the challenges
- Integrating Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) with supply chain sustainability performance
- Identifying the essential resources for successful S&OP implementation
Uelen Oliviera
Director, S&OP Transformation – APAC
McCain Foods
- What are key factors to consider?
- Discussing the challenges and roadblocks
- The importance of partnerships and communications
- Addressing wins and lessons learned
Panellists
Kris Dempsey
Head of Procurement, RTS
Downer Group
Ahmed Orya
Head of Supply Chain
FreshFoods
- What are key factors to consider?
- Discussing the challenges and roadblocks
- The importance of partnerships and communications
- Addressing wins and lessons learned
- Develop a clear vision and roadmap: Align resource capacity and secure staff buy-in to drive transformation
- Design a modern supply chain model: Create competitive ecosystems to enhance efficiency and collaboration
- Establish innovative ways of working: Implement new practices to improve agility, performance, and adaptability
Simon Hinds
Senior Director, Site Supply Chain
CSL
Behring (Australia)
- The role of communication and relationships in building a robust and resilient network
- Managing employee turnover and change
- Ensuring your tech stack works for you and your partners – expensive, high tech isn’t always the best fit
- Wins, lessons learned and next steps
Colin Hallett
Supply Chain Manager Aus/NZ
Weber-Stephen Products Co.
- Use decision intelligence to visualise data, improving decision making and potentially
automating processes - Engage in ecosystems to identify trade-offs between costs and sustainability goals
- Simulate the impact of different supply chain configurations on carbon emissions
- Real-time Tracking: Monitor warehouse operations, transport routes, and delivery schedules to adjust for delays or bottlenecks as they happen
- Predictive Maintenance: Use data to identify and address potential equipment or infrastructure issues before they disrupt operations
- Scenario Testing: Simulate demand spikes, supplier changes, or new routes to implement efficient strategies without impacting the real-world network
Panellists:
Benjamin Wright
Head of Australian Logistics
Suntory Oceania
- How fleet transformation can optimise supply chain efficiency and embed resilience
- How building a strong relationship with your partners can strengthen your supply chain, particularly in the not-for-profit sector
- What is the key to effective strategic partnerships?
- Exploring fleet management innovation and how it can be integrated into the supply chain
Nick Hilliard
Head of Supply Chain
SecondBite
- What are key factors to consider?
- Discussing the challenges and roadblocks
- The importance of partnerships and communications
- Addressing wins and lessons learned
- Foster collaboration: Strengthen integrated planning and communication with partners
- Invest in flexibility: Implement adaptable transportation management solutions
- Diversify sourcing: Explore and adopt alternative sourcing strategies
Rina Dewson
Chief Operating Officer
Confoil Australia and New Zealand
.
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