383: Transform Your Supply Chain and Retail Planning, with RELEX Solutions
Guests Katie Malakhov, VP of Professional Services for the Americas, and Alex Jobin, Lead Solution Principal, represent RELEX Solutions. Katie, a recent "Women In Supply Chain" award winner, shares her career journey, her passion for problem-solving, and her experience navigating a male-dominated industry. She emphasizes the importance of mentorship and creating supportive cultures, detailing programs at RELEX that champion women. Alex discusses the technical capabilities of the RELEX platform, explaining how it helps clients achieve significant results in demand forecasting, waste reduction, and overall efficiency.
Today I’m joined by RELEX Solutions, an innovative tech brand who’s unified supply chain and retail planning platform helps retailers and consumer brands sell more and waste less.
RELEX helps retailers and consumer brands drive profitable growth across all sales and distribution channels, by maximizing customer satisfaction and minimizing operative costs. Its platform helps companies align and optimize demand, merchandise, supply chain, and operations planning across the end-to-end value chain.
Today Katie Malakhov, Vice President of Professional Services, joins me to talk all about her recent Women In Supply Chain™ award win; her experiences as a woman in the industry; and her career journey. Then she will be joined by Alex Jobin, Lead Solution Principal, to talk about RELEX and what they do; the current challenges in retail supply chain; and putting sustainability at the heart of everything they do.
Guest Bio:
With over a decade of dedicated experience driving successful supply chain implementations, Katie Malakhov is committed to excellence and results. Katie is a dynamic leader serving as the Vice President of Professional Services at RELEX Solutions, responsible for leading the Americas implementations. Prior to RELEX, she led implementations for CH Robinson for six years. Over the last decade, she has led over 75 successful implementations. Katie is passionate about diversity in supply chain and champions a Women at RELEX employee resource group and serves as a 1:1 mentor at RELEX, guiding women on how to advocate for yourself.
Guest Bio:
Alex Jobin is an accomplished Lead Solution Principal at RELEX Solutions, where he leads the solution principal team in the expansion of the company’s innovative supply chain solutions across the Americas. As a key member of the solution principal team, Alex is dedicated to enlightening prospective RELEX clients on the transformative potential of the company’s offerings, empowering them to enhance their day-to-day operations and achieve massive value. Alex began his career at Target’s Minneapolis headquarters where he built a solid foundation in supply chain management. His passion for optimizing supply chain processes led him to join RELEX Solutions, where he has successfully implemented cutting-edge solutions for a diverse range of clients.
An introduction to Alex and Katie.
Katie’s recent “Women In Supply Chain™” award, her experience of the awards event, and what it means to her to be honored.
Katie’s background, and how she found supply chain.
Katie’s experience as a woman in the industry.
From mentorship to a dedicated women’s program, the different ways that RELEX supports women and elevates their voices.
Alex’s experience of working with Katie, and benefitting from her mentorship.
Katie’s advice for women in the industry, and for organizations looking to create more supportive, diverse workplaces.
The landscape of retail supply chain, and the challenges that organizations are facing across the industry.
An introduction to RELEX and what they do.
A closer look at RELEX’s demand planning software, and how it’s creating impactful results for clients.
How RELEX’s fulfilment solution supports and enhances demand planning.
The ideal client for RELEX.
A case study showing how RELEX helped a large European grocer maintain stock availability and ease the burden for overworked staff, by achieving a 24% reduction in food waste and helping analysts to become 30% more efficient.
The environmental impact of retail supply chain, and the importance of sustainability.
The future for RELEX.
Resources & Links Mentioned
- Head over to RELEX’s website now to find out more and discover how they could help you too. You can also connect with RELEX and keep up to date with the latest over on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or X (Twitter) or you can connect with Katie or Alex on LinkedIn.
- If you want to hear more about retail supply chain, check out 365: Delivering the Amazon effect: how to increase your last mile delivery efficiency by 30% or 332: Make Fulfilment Easy and Sustainable, with Renewal Logistics.
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