Join Halide Alagöz, Chief Product and Merchandising Officer at Ralph Lauren, as she delves into the dynamic evolution of supply chain leadership. She discusses how leaders are expanding their roles to create value and the importance of organizational structure in fostering collaboration. Halide highlights talent management strategies that prioritize strategic problem solvers and emphasizes a culture of curiosity and innovation. With actionable advice for future supply chain leaders, this conversation is both insightful and inspiring for anyone in the field.
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Supply Chain Leaders Expand Remit
Supply chain leaders can expand their roles beyond traditional boundaries to cover end-to-end value chains.
Halide Alagöz's remit includes everything from creative design to product delivery and customer experience at Ralph Lauren.
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Value of Breaking Silos
Breaking silos and connecting value chain functions unlocks great value for companies and consumers.
CSCOs have a unique opportunity to drive systemic and collaborative solutions across the value chain.
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Structure Follows Strategy
Design organizational structure based on strategic intent to enable agile and efficient execution.
Empower teams with clear accountability, reduce hierarchy, and foster trust for faster decision-making.
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Expanding remits for supply chain leaders and the value they deliver. (1:17)
How organizational structure underpins these new remits, and Ralph Lauren’s philosophy on this structure. (5:08)
Talent opportunities borne from expanded remits for supply chain talent and leadership. (8:35)
Technology’s role in expanding supply chain’s remit. (11:44)
Actionable advice for supply chain leaders of tomorrow. (16:33)
Supply Chain Podcast host Thomas O’Connor discusses the evolving role supply chain leaders play in their businesses with Halide Alagöz, chief product and merchandising officer (including supply chain) for Ralph Lauren. They explore Halide’s unique career path and role at Ralph Lauren offer insight into changing expectations and growth opportunities for supply chain leaders, as well as how Ralph Lauren’s organizational approaches to talent and technology helped uncover them. Thomas and Halide close the show with recommendations for supply chain leaders of the future, and how they can use these lesions to evolve.
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Halide Alagöz is the Chief Product and Merchandising Officer of Ralph Lauren Corporation. She is responsible for the end-to-end product life cycle as leader of the company’s Polo, RRL and Lauren brand teams and the Brand Image and Purple Label Merchandising teams. Halide additionally drives innovation and execution – from development through sourcing – of all products across the Ralph Lauren portfolio.
Prior to joining Ralph Lauren, Halide was with H&M Corporation for 18 years, most recently in Hong Kong as the Head of Purchasing. During her tenure with H&M, Halide was responsible for various regional and global supply chain operations in Hong Kong, China, Bangladesh, and in her native country, Turkey.
Halide also serves on the board of directors of the American Apparel & Footwear Association since April 2018 and was confirmed as its vice chair for its 2024-2025 term in March 2024. Halide earned both her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and her master’s degree in engineering management from Istanbul Technical University.
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