Join supply chain leaders at Supply Chain VIC 2026 to explore ways to drive successful supply chain strategies, uplift operational excellence and evolve planning capabilities
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Building future resilience across end-to-end supply chain
The Supply Chain Summit VIC 2026 will bring together senior supply chain leaders to explore leading strategies for achieving supply chain excellence.
As the pace of change accelerates, the role of supply chain leadership is evolving. Supply Chains play a greater role in ensuring overall business agility, resilience, and forward-thinking than ever before. Organisations must navigate ongoing disruption in the current geopolitical pressures, shifting demand and evolving customer expectations with increasing uncertainty while continuing to drive performance and growth.
At Supply Chain Summit VIC 2026, Australia’s leading organisations will share how they are embedding continuous improvement, identifying success factors that drive better decision-making, and strengthening forward planning capabilities to ensure business continuity.
Meet our Speakers
GM Supply Chain
GM Supply Chain
GM Supply Chain & Business Integration
GM Supply Chain & Southern Operations
Head of Product Operations
Group Chief Supply Chain Officer
Supply Chain Director ANZ
Head of Planning
Featured Topics for the Day
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8:30 am
Registration & Refreshments
9:00 am
Opening remarks
9:10 am
Navigating Global Disruption: The Strategic Role of Supply Chain Leadership
9:40 am
Supply Chain Success Factors That Drive Better Decision Making
Navigating external pressures in response to current geopolitical landscape
Aligning supply chain strategy with wider business objectives
Identifying key areas for improvement on a transformation journey
Exploring the evolving role of supply chain leadership to ensure business continuity
Mauricio Rendon
General Manager Supply Chain & Business Integration
Hazeldene’s
Amir Hashemi
General Manager Supply Chain & Southern Operations
Orora
Alicia Perry
General Manager Supply Chain
GPC Asia Pacific
Rakesh Solanki
General Manager Supply Chain
Powerlink QLD
10:20 am
Beyond Cost to Serve: The Future of Supply Chain Productivity
10:40 am
Morning Tea & Networking
11:10 am
Supply Chain Resilience Test: Scenario Planning
11:40 am
Ensuring Upstream & Downstream Synergy in Supply Chain, Operations and Logistics
Continous journey towards operational excellence & customer success
Driving better external engagement with 3PL’s, freight forwarders and suppliers
Reducing risk and building capability for long-term business resilience
Effective strategies for cross-functional collaboration in supply chain
Vinayak Shenoy
Head of Product Operations
T2
Effie Gorringe
Supply Chain Director ANZ
McCain Foods
12:20 pm
Freight That Thinks For Itself: The Agentic Shift Coming to Enterprise Logistics
12:40 pm
Lunch & Networking
1:20 pm
Roundtable Discussions
Future-Ready IBP: Strategies for Building Organisational Resilience
AI-Powered Demand Planning: Elevating Strategic Decision-Making
AI-Driven Transport Management: Unlocking Logistics Excellence
The Future of Warehouse Automation Across Australia and New Zealand
Optimising Network Design: Balancing Cost Efficiency and Reliability
Rethinking Supplier Management & Sourcing in a Volatile World
2:10 pm
Evolving Demand and Supply Planning Strategies to Support Business Resilience
Discussing the importance of building credibility and influence with key stakeholders
Aligning People, Process and Systems for Data-Driven Decision Making
Less Complexity, More Value: Defining the Future of Supply Chain Planning
Leading Change and Alignment and Championing Structure and Process
Brian Okoth
Head of Planning
Heineken
Mona Gayed
Director Supply Chain Planning
STERIS Life Sciences
Frederick Benny
Head of Inventory
ASC Pty Ltd
2:50 pm
Sustainability in Supply Chain: What’s achievable and what’s next on the horizon?
3:10 pm
Afternoon Tea & Networking
3:30 pm
AI Transformation as a Future Skillset for Supply Chain Executives: Global Examples
Lyle Brady
Group Chief Supply Chain Officer
The Warehouse Group NZ
