Current state and future potential

3 practical things you can do

- Risk Management mindset
- Buffer Management
- Contract Management

Jonathan Gibson
John Burdett
Clare Francis/Cerys Wyn-Davies

Biographies

Professor Jan Godsell joined WMG in October 2013 from her prior position of Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University School of Management.

Professor Godsell's career has been split between both industry and academia. She joined the faculty of Cranfield in 2001, following the completion of her Executive MBA there. She also completed her PhD at Cranfield, researching the development of a customer responsive supply chain.

Prior to her return to academia, Professor Godsell developed a successful career within industry, beginning at ICI/Zeneca Pharmaceuticals. Following this, she worked up to senior management level at Dyson, in both Supply Chain and Operations Management functions. At Dyson, she undertook a number of operational and process improvement roles within R&D, customer logistics, purchasing and manufacturing.

Professor Godsell is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the IMechE. She is on the board and scientific committee of EurOMA (European Operations Management Association), the cabinet of the UK roundtable of CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) and the manufacturing steering committee of the IMechE.She is on the editorial board of 3 journals, including the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, and she is an advocate for improving the uptake of STEM subjects by school children.

John Burdett is the Global Operations Director for Tata Consumer Products leading the end to end supply chain operations for our tea, coffee and water B-C businesses. We operate a network of more than 20 factories plus co-manufacturing partners across the world with a range of different routes to market and a team of more than 3,500 people working in our supply chain.

John Burdett has worked as an engineer for ICI in Malaysia and UK. He spent 14 years with Mars in manufacturing, NPD, S&OP and European supply chain roles. He was the Supply Chain Director for a private recycled plastic packaging business prior to joining Tata as the VP for Global Operations Planning in 2009.

Jonathan Gibson is Associate Director and Head of Logistics at Crimson & Co.

Jon started in 3rd Party Logistics, and then moved into supply chain consultancy with PWC. As Customer Service Director at Carlsberg UK Jon led the transformation of the in-house logistics function into a 3rd party supplier to both other breweries and pub groups. Following this he joined Shell, where in both Lubricants and Fuels he held global roles supporting the operation to drive through on-going cost and service improvement.

Since joining Crimson & Co 5 years ago he has led involved in a number of strategic and operational improvement projects across multiple sectors including FMCG, Retail, Life Sciences and Humanitarian Aid.

Cerys Wyn Davies is a Partner at Pinsent Masons, who specialises in intellectual property, information technology and information law and has extensive experience advising major public companies, banks, universities and government bodies.

Most recently Cerys has advised for large scale companies such as Microsoft, for the IP issues in respect of the sale of the rare games software business. In addition to this she has also been advising on the technology licensing issues of the use of a multimedia package in London taxicabs and gave her knowledgeable recommendations on intellectual property ownership and licensing in relation to smartcar.

Clare Francis, Pinsent Masons

Clare is a commercial law Partner specialising in business critical projects ranging from contractual joint ventures, business outsourcings to wholesale contract portfolio reviews. Having worked in-house, Clare has as an excellent appreciation of what drives legal functions and project teams, and is frequently called on to support clients throughout the strategy development and planning phases of a project - often providing innovative solutions to business critical projects. Clare regularly works with clients exploring routes to market, ensuring resilience in supply chains and putting in place and negotiating high value long term supply and purchasing arrangements. Her primary focus is within the manufacturing sector and working for authorities and bidders in public sector procurements. Clare has also been instrumental in innovating the firms Brexit Contracting Solutions technology solution. Helping clients understand their exposure, assess risk in the supply and chain and future-proof existing arrangements.

Clare Francis is a commercial law Partner at Pinsent Masons LLP. Clare is head of the Pinsent Masons Coronavirus Taskforce supporting clients in dealing with the unprecedented challenges posed to their business as a result of Covid-19. As a commercial law Partner Clare’s focus is on commercial contracts and supply chains and the clients she advises are at the forefront of dealing with these issues in the Covid-19 context. Clare regularly advises clients on business-critical projects ranging from contractual joint ventures, business outsourcings to wholesale contract portfolio review.