Digitizing your supply chain
84% of chief supply chain officers stated that lack of visibility across the supply chain is one of the biggest challenges they face. Digitizing the supply chain is not an option for enterprises—it's now survival. Watch experts, Todd Stohlmeyer, Vice President of Strategic Sourcing & Procurement at Cargill, Dr. Marcell Vollmer, Partner at Boston Consulting Group, and Kevin Frechette, VP of Engineering at Fairmarkit, as they discuss why digitizing your supply chain is crucial for thriving in the today's economy.
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Dr. Marcell Vollmer is a partner at Boston Consulting Group. He was previously the Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis where he supported go-to-market teams and customer and partner relationships through his expertise and executive sponsorship. Marcell is a 14-year SAP veteran who was Chief Digital Officer at SAP Ariba where he drove strategies to help the world’s leading companies to eliminate procurement and supply chain complexity. Before that, he was Chief Procurement Officer at SAP where he led over 200 professionals who managed billions in global spend.
Todd Stohlmeyer is responsible for the Cargill's $10B in annual spend and has a department of over 1100 people around the globe. He joined Cargill in February of 2017. Prior to Cargill, Mr. Stohlmeyer spent almost 25 years in a variety of roles at General Mills, where he more recently led the company's Planning, Logistics & Customer Service organization. Prior to that, he led General Mills Direct Materials Sourcing and Commodity Operations. In that role, he managed $5B in direct material spend, developed and implemented commodity hedging strategies across the globe, and was responsible for business relationships with all US retail businesses and Yoplait globally.
Kevin Frechette is the CEO and Co-Founder of Fairmarkit, the autonomous sourcing platform. Since starting Fairmarkit as a tail spend automation solution, he has met with and learned from thousands of supply chain and procurement executives to understand where technology can transform procurement. Kevin’s current focus is on exploring the possibilities for AI and automation across procurement and supply chain processes, most recently Generative AI. He notably has led Fairmarkit to being ranked 159th fastest growing company in America by Inc5000. Most importantly, he’s a girl dad to two “spirited” daughters and just expanded the family welcoming his son Grady :)