Sandeep Seeripat

Global CIO, (North America, EMEA and Asia), driving a business transformation agenda that is premised on that, technology could drive growth and remove inefficiencies with the right size, right skilled and right engaged digital team. A digital strategy was developed with the purpose of Delivering WoW to the organisation. This simple tagline has rallied suppliers, stakeholders, my team, and vendors to enable the strategy.

The Product Supply and Manufacturing function was newly created within Kimberly-Clark IT, with a team of 100+ resources across the globe internal and multi outsourced relationships. Responsibilities: Functional accountability for new capabilities using SDLC of 650 applications in manufacturing, planning, warehousing, transportation, procurement and S&OP in 72 global sites; Global multi-vendor management; Driving cost transformation opportunities; Business and IT C-Level stakeholder management; Develop technology roadmaps and strategies in the digital landscape; IT Security, Risk and Compliance; Multimillion-dollar budget ($30 million capex)

Head of IT in EMEA managing a IT transformation program in the region. The focus was to help the organisation through transformation and prepare the organisation for the new way of working. Other responsibilities: IT P&L accountability ($55 million budget); Infrastructure, IT strategy development; Prioritisation of business demand and IT capability; Organisational Transformation in EMEA; IT Security, Risk and Compliance and GDPR evaluation

Head of IT in MEA providing strategic IT direction to the MEA business units while managing demand and execution of IT projects in the region. Accountable for the IT P&L decisions within MEA and managing and developing the IT teams.

Responsible for the IT department at Kimberly Clark for Sub Saharan Africa. Key areas of responsibility: infrastructure, regional IT Strategy development; Prioritisation of business demand and IT capability; management of operational and development vendors, P&L control

Responsible for the creation and implementation of supply chain strategies and systems within ABI.

The scope of the role covers the following business areas, sales forecasting, primary distribution, raw material and finished goods inventory, capacity planning and capital projects. The applications that are managed within this scope are: INFOR, SAP and bespoke Microsoft applications.

Member of the IT and Supply Chain Executive Management teams. The role was both operational and strategic