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Supply Chain Talent

Webinar: August 5, 2014


Our Panelists

Lora Cecere CEO and Founder of Supply Chain Insights

Jacqueline FaselerGlobal Director - Supply Chain Technology Center at The Dow Chemical Company

Keith Holiday Director- Supply Chain at Sonoco Products


• Our Global Supply Chain:

• 6,000 products manufactured @200 sites in 36 countries

• ~ 3,500 SC employees globally

• > $4 billion in supply chain logistics and freight costs

• 40,000 shipments/week totaling 60 million MT of product/yr outbound to 45,000 customer sites in 180 countries

• 100 billion pounds inbound from 4,000 suppliers

• 80% non-hazardous / 1% highly hazardous

• Staging at ~450 warehouses and ~150 terminals, worldwide

• 1,650 transportation service providers, operating in 160 countries

• Largest bulk chemical shipper in US, 7th largest US exporter

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Dow Delivers Technology-Based Solutions

About Dow• $57 billion annual sales • 53,000 employees worldwide• Integrated Value Chain aligned to high growth sector such as packaging, water, electronics, coatings and agriculture


Enhance & Grow SC Talent & Expertise:

Dow “Extended” SC Organization

Dow SC

P&SC

BPSC

SC Intern

SC Rotation AcademicAlliances

ProfessionalAssociations

Research Partners

Other Dow Functions

SC Rotational Program Other Dow Functions

(Manufacturing, Customer Service, Purchasing, etc.) Experienced Hires

Campus Recruiting

Intern Program

• Multiple Roles• Training• Feedback • Mentoring

• Develop Top Talent• Brand Program• Succession Planning

Strategy

Transition

2 - 3 Assignments

Pipeline

Dow SC Rotational Program:• Global program, regionally managed• Develop talent for function/businesses

Primary Sources of Dow SC Talent


Sonoco is a Global Packaging Company

• Founded in 1899, Sonoco is a $4.8 billion global provider of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging and packaging supply chain services.

• With more than 19,600 employees working in more than 340 operations in 34 countries, we serve some of the world’s best-known brands in some 85 nations.

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2012 2013Sales $1,912 $1,894Base EBIT $177 $187

2012 2013

Sales $478 $523Base EBIT $19 $24

2012 2013

Sales $1,841 $1,859Base EBIT $141 $138

2012 2013

Sales $555 $572Base EBIT $39 $37


Sonoco Supply Chain Talent

• Corporate team developing supply chain roles… who is in scope?

– Probably 5 major roles… Corp SC VP/Director, Division SC Manager/ Director, SC Excellence Leader, Supply Chain Analyst, Plant Planner/ Scheduler

– Logistics variations for each of these

– Standard Job descriptions, deliverables, metrics across Sonoco

• Since 2008, have been conducting APICS CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional) class on company time

– Probably 50 people now certified including CSRs, Sales, Logistics, Procurement, and SC professionals

– Considering how to better develop the plant level planners and schedulers… CPIM?

• Selective use of developmental assignments

– SC Logistics, SC Procurement, Div SC SC Excellence, Div Div

• Hiring in young, analytical, systems savvy talent to start

– Scenario modeling, increasing hunger for information and analytics among business leaders

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Study Overview


Most Companies Are Manufacturers; Companies Have an Average of 13K Employees


Respondents Are Primarily in a Supply Chain Role,Have 16 Years in Supply Chain on Average

and Are Based in the US or Canada


44% Consider Supply Chain Talent to BeOne of Their Top 3 Elements of Business Pain


Two in Five Report Their Company Is Worse Than itsPeers at Managing Supply Chain Talent


Companies Performing Worse Than Peers Due toa Lack of Support, Poor Staff Development and Poor Recruiting


Internal Support Is Top Supply Chain Talent Issue: Hard to Embrace New Ways, Lack of Career Path

and Lack of Executive Understanding


Challenges


Turnover


Shortage of Supply Chain Talent


Greatest Gap in Entry-Level Skills vs. Importance:Creative Thinking, Written and Analytical


Skill Gaps: College Recruits


Greatest Opportunity to Improve Talent


Succession Planning


Best Sources for Middle-Management


Training


Metrics That Matter

• Lora Cecere’s 2nd book: Metrics That Matter

• To publish in Fall 2014

http://tinyurl.com/metricsthatmatter

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About Lora Cecere

• Founder of Supply Chain Insights

• Invited to be a “LinkedIn Influencer”

• Invited to write a guest blog for Forbes

• Author of 2 books: Bricks Matter (2012) and Metrics That Matter (to publish Fall of 2014)

• Partner at Altimeter Group (leader in open research)

• 7 years of Management Experience leading Analyst Teams at Gartner and AMR Research

• 8 years Experience in Marketing and Selling Supply Chain Software at Descartes Systems Group and Manugistics (now JDA)

• 15 Years Leading teams in Manufacturing and Distribution operations for Clorox, Kraft/General Foods, Nestle/Dreyers Grand Ice Cream and Procter & Gamble.

Contact Information: • Email: [email protected]• Blog: www.supplychainshaman.com (6000 pageviews/month)• Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/search/?q=lora+cecere• Twitter: lcecere (4800 followers)• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/lora-cecere/0/196/573 (7000 in the network)

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