877: Building Trust for Digital Supply Chain Success W/ Mohit Ahuja

"Visibility is not the end goal. The end goal is how does that visibility enable me to make a quick decision." - Mohit Ahuja, Strategy & Transformation Leader, Caterpillar

Business leaders can no longer afford to think about digital procurement as "plug and play." This is especially true in manufacturing, where the risks of disruption run deep. Legacy systems, change-weary teams, and rapid-fire market shifts all raise the stakes for today's CPOs.

In this episode, Mohit Ahuja, a strategy and transformation leader at Caterpillar, shares what it takes to navigate these challenges. Drawing on over 16 years across engineering, supply chain, and operations, Mohit offers candid stories and actionable strategies for moving the needle on digital transformation without leaving people behind.

Whether you're wrestling with technical debt, siloed teams, or cultural resistance, this episode delivers perspective for CPOs and procurement professionals trying to drive lasting impact.

In this episode, Mohit covers how procurement can:

-Move from reactive to proactive and enable real-time, predictive risk management

-Build trust on the shop floor by practicing adaptive leadership

-Focus on early, low-risk wins to build momentum for transformation

-Shift from cost minimization to resilience as a core procurement goal

Links:

Mohit Ahuja on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohit--ahuja/

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