Jounal Shaikh

Executive Director, Cell Therapy End-to-End Planning & Materials Management Bristol-Myers Squibb

Building the Future-Ready Pharma Supply Chain

4:00 PM Panel: From Strategy to Shop Floor: Turning Supply Chain Transformation into Measurable Execution

As pharma organizations invest heavily in digital tools, network redesign, and advanced analytics, many still struggle to translate transformation strategies into consistent, day-to-day execution. This panel focuses on how operational leaders are closing the gap between ambition and reality—ensuring new processes, technologies, and governance models actually work at the plant, warehouse, and distribution levels. Senior supply chain and operations leaders will share how they are driving adoption, managing change, aligning KPIs, and embedding continuous improvement across manufacturing, logistics, and quality teams—without slowing execution or overwhelming the organization.

Key Takeaways

Convert transformation roadmaps into executable operating plans with clear ownership and metrics
Drive adoption on the front lines through change management, capability building, and realistic timelines
Balance standardization and flexibility across sites, regions, and partners to improve performance at scale

Operationalizing Innovation: Delivering Future-Ready, Responsible, and High-Performing Supply Chains

4:15 PM Panel – The Road Ahead: How Pharma Supply Chain Leaders Are Preparing for the Next Five Years of Innovation, Complexity & Change

Pharma supply chains are entering their most transformative era yet, defined by advanced therapies, digital acceleration, evolving global regulations, shifting manufacturing footprints, new cold chain demands, and the rapid emergence of AI-driven decision-making. This closing Day 2 panel brings together senior leaders from across the industry to reflect on the most important insights from Day 2 and share their perspectives on what the next five years will require from organizations, partners, technology, talent, and leadership. Panelists will discuss the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, the capabilities they are investing in now, and how they envision supply chains evolving to support a more personalized, data-driven, and globally dynamic healthcare environment. This session ties together the day’s key themes and leaves attendees with a clear, strategic view of how to future-proof their supply chains.

Identify the capabilities, technologies, and operating models that will define the next generation of pharma supply chain excellence
Navigate increasing complexity by balancing innovation with resilience, cost with agility, and automation with the human talent needed to enable it
Prepare your organization for continued disruption by adopting long-term strategies that support flexibility, partnership, and patient-centric delivery

4:45 PM Pitch Your Problem - (A Highly Interactive Session)

Have a challenge you’re wrestling with and need a fresh perspective? This session is your chance to tap into the collective expertise of your peers.

Sit down with fellow leaders, pitch your problem, and pressure-test solutions to your toughest operational, digital, and strategic pain points.

Whether you’re trying to strengthen end-to-end visibility, navigate network complexity, integrate AI and automation, meet rising compliance demands, improve demand planning, or accelerate digital transformation, this is a rare opportunity to crowdsource insights from experts who’ve been in the trenches. Expect candid conversations, practical guidance, and new ways of thinking.

Don’t miss the chance to walk away with actionable solutions you can put to work immediately.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Jounal.

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