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Oct 2019
55m 38s

#56: Dr. Dirk Holbach Chief Supply Chain...

ALCOTT GLOBAL
About this episode

Dr. Dirk Holbach is currently the Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Laundry & Home Care at Henkel Global Supply Chain.

With more than 20 years of experience in supply chain, operations, purchasing and sales, Dirk has held various roles on a local, regional and global level at Henkel.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • Reducing energy consumption by more than 50%.
  • Using biodegradable packages for Henkel.
  • How Henkel keeps up with new tech in supply chain. Plus top-down and bottom-up approach to implementing it.
  • E-commerce ready products. 
  • How Henkel drives gender diversity in their operations.

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