Understand the future of your industry and benchmark your place within it

12 - 13 January, 2021  |  Digital Conference

Samir Bagri

GBS Expert ADM
Mr. Samir Bagri is Director, Global Business Services (GBS) at Aptiv; where he manages Order to Cash, Purchase to Pay and Record to Report services through shared services centers located around the globe. Aptiv is a high-technology company that develops safer, greener and connected solutions, which enable the future of mobility. Aptiv’s team and technology helped complete the first coast to coast autonomous vehicle drive – traveling nearly 3,400 miles from San Francisco to New York City, in March 2015. Samir started his career at Westinghouse as an engineer. He has also held leadership positions at Thermo Fisher Scientific and KPMG; in the areas of Finance, Supply Chain and Information Technology. Mr. Bagri has served as Adjunct Faculty at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University and speaks at various business forums focused on shared services, automation and globalization. He has an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Day Two - 13 January 2021

9:00 AM Gig, Remote, Digital & Highly Skilled: The Big Talent Conversation

Despite the rise of automation in the last 5 years, humans have become no less important to the success of shared services. Therefore the future of shared services is inevitably wrapped up in the future of talent. Shifting from packed, call-center type environments to remote and digitally enabled skilled workers is the future, and it’s vital we learn from those who’ve already transformed. In this session we discuss:

·        What is the future of work for shared services?

·        Hiring, onboarding and planning for remote talent

·        What skills are required for shared services of the future?

·        The growth of GIG workers and understanding if they fit to your workforce model