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One on One with Ken Simpson

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When the Wal-Mart supplier community began taking on a multi-functional team approach, the value of the customer-supplier relationship grew dramatically. Having years of experience in working in the international supplier community, Ken Simpson explains the importance of nurturing and maintaining key relationships with the Wal-Mart International team as well as the supplier’s in-country teams while balancing these relationships and their expectations with the supplier’s corporate headquarters. This is usually accomplished by having a balanced joint business plan that each entity works from, creating cohesion and consistency in doing business well together, both domestically and internationally.

Listen as Ken describes 7 important aspects of a successful supplier relationship with Wal-Mart.

 
About the Moderator
 
Thomas Addington is the CEO of Brand Villages which advises senior leadership on complex strategic issues. 
 
Tom holds a Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University.  Prior to his consulting work he served on the faculties of Penn State and the University of Arkansas.
 
He divides his time between the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia, where clients  include Saatchi & Saatchi X, 8th & Walton, J.B. Hunt Transportation, Terral River Service and Keppel, among others.  Brand Villages also works with a host of non-profit organizations.
 
As part of his effort to understand how senior leaders think and work, Tom has regular face-to-face conversations with individuals like Peter Drucker, Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Harvard Business School professor), Horst Schulze (Ritz Carlton Hotel Company founder), Donald Trump, Patrick Lencioni and Larry Bossidy (Chairman, Honeywell Corporation).
 
Tom currently serves on the boards of Walton Bates (UK), Slumberland and Bethel University.

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