Debbie Keehn

Debbie Keehn, Director, Global Supply Chain, Celanese

Debbie Keehn is a transformational change leader with significant experience in large scale change projects.

As a business change manager, she has tackled projects with a high degree of organizational change, change management and cultural barriers. Through this presentation you will learn how you can execute buy-in to break the infamous mindset of doing things
“as they’ve always been done.”
• What kind of culture should we be creating to achieve supply chain optimization?
• Increasing project practices across your entire supply network to provide clear standards and ensure performance goals are met with enthusiasm
• Examining user-friendly systems that can easily link your company together and increase visibility at point of sale and back through your supply chain

Debbie Keehn, Director, Global Supply Chain, Celanese
Emmett Harrigan, Director, Supply Chain, SABIC Innovative Products
Elliott M. Wolf, Lead, Production & Supply Risk Management - North America, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
Siva Narayanan, Director, International Operations & Warehousing, Solvay

Supply chain talent is in high demand. As chemical manufacturers watch Baby Boomer employees with decades of experience walk out the door, there’s not a ready supply of mid-career talent to replace them. At the entry level, recent college graduates are highly sought after and often gravitate toward supply chain roles in other industries that are perceived as more exciting. There is also the issue of chemical manufacturers expanding into geographies where there is no local talent base to draw upon. What should be the industry approach in addressing these
shortages? This panel will also address:
• Identifying necessary supply chain roles & responsibilities
• Identifying the competencies, leadership behaviors, skills, experiences, education and performance requirements for supply chain roles and assessing current talent against them
• Identifying and committing to actionable plans for development and career planning, including the rollout of individual development plans
• Supporting and sustaining your talent development process through leadership education, coaching, meaningful conversations and recognition