 Companies have come to the realization that supply chains are major contributors to their environmental footprint and social impact, as measured against ESG frameworks. Consumers are expecting greater transparency, regulators are requesting for compliance and reporting. Large companies have been investing heavily in automation, data analytics for their supply chain function, and looking at carbon reduction throughout their industry value chain. As global companies have started to shift their supply chain operation from China to countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Mexico, supply chain leaders are challenged to take out this transformation challenge, looking at their systems and people capability and rebuild a resilient global supply chain. India's supply chain infrastructure is still developing and the supply chain leader needs to ensure risk management strategies are in place to avoid these disruptions. The supply chain leader needs to have experience across various sub-sectors of the supply chain management function. This would include gaining experience in procurement, logistics, inventory planning, quality, etc. Think like a CEO of a company because supply chain touches every part of the business. Be a digital innovation catalyst, dedicate time to understand digitalization and new technologies such as AI, machine learning, RPA and data analytics which will allow your teams to automate many routine tasks and in turn freeing up time for value-added strategic activities.