Developing the Next Generation Supply Chain Skills Within Your Team

The supply chain professional is a valuable asset to every corporation, one that requires continuous development in order to keep ahead of the dynamic nature of the marketplace.  The new SCM leader needs to: 

- Be a bold advocate for Supply Chain solutions
- Understand the complexities of the enterprise

- Bring innovative solutions that speed product development, reduce total cost, and improve quality, service and delivery. 

This role is not a dramatic departure of our current activity, but one that due to our growing impact has become front and center, and is expected to show increasing value. 

SCM leaders need to define the skills, and create programs that develop those skills internally and externally to the organization.  We have shown that collaboration with internal customers, and our first tier suppliers, can create significant synergy to benefit the enterprise.  We need to use all of the available solutions to exceed the expectations of the CFO, business heads, and the CEO.  The SCM team will be:

- Embedded within the organization
- Work on virtual teams to inculcate best procurement practices
- Extend the capabilities of the team, using the full resources of the Supply Chain

The SCM leadership will need to:

- Integrate rotational programs
- Build relationships with Universities that generate SCM graduates
- Create mentoring solutions across all levels of the enterprise and within the supplier base

The teams that can create a comprehensive resource plan, and deliver results driven teams, will be fully recognized.

Roy Anderson

As an Executive Vice President at MetaProcure, Roy Anderson collaborates with customers to provide comprehensive procurement services in support of internal procurement organizations in order to increase supply chain efficiency and effectiveness. Providing spend analytics, procure to pay, strategic sourcing, supplier management and with category expertise, he enables high performance procurement operations the opportunity to partner with internal customers to optimize spend results.

Roy is the former Chief Procurement Officer for State Street Bank, and Vice President of Global Procurement for MetLife. Prior to joining MetLife, he worked as a director of purchasing at John Hancock Financial Services, and was also the director of purchasing operations for Fidelity Investments. He has worked as Purchasing Manager in commercial and military manufacturing facilities, for Textron Corp. and Raytheon Company.

Roy has built data driven, high performing global sourcing teams in the US, India, Korea and Mexico. He has fourteen years of experience working supply chain, within commercial and military manufacturing, sourcing electrical, mechanical and subassembly components. He has nineteen years of experience driving Procurement in Financial Institutions, working areas including Legal, Variable Workforce, Marketing, Print, IT, Facilities and Professional Services. He has designed, and integrated global travel programs, driving demand management, and improved associate safety. Roy has built multi-tiered staff training and coaching, incorporated into individual experiential development plans. He has been successful at implementing e-procurement, supplier risk management, and supplier performance and governance programs as well as building green initiatives, supplier diversity programs and change management initiatives. Roy holds a BS and MBA from Babson College of Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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