Sankar Narayan S

Global Business Services India Site Head Smith and Nephew

Sankar Narayan is a senior executive with 30+ years experience working for Fortune 500 organizations with expertise around strategizing and executing Global business service models for large organizations. A seasoned executive who combines strategies and executes complex strategic plans across multi geography/Multi cultural matrixed environment. Sankar as managed globally diverse teams and has hands on leadership style and has significant exposure in setting up shared services grounds up, developing target operating models, building, and scaling digital operations and driving transformation across functions in multiple domains. Sankar started his career with L&T and has worked in startups, Large captives and large service provider organizations. Sankar is currently the India head for Smith and Nephew's Global Business Services division and a member on the board in the GBS entity.

Conference Day One - Wednesday, 17 April 2024

10:15 AM Panel Discussion: The Shared Services Generative AI Disruption: Hype or Here to Stay?

·      Understanding the capabilities and limitations of generative AI in shared services

·      Exploring AI’s potential in data integrity, knowledge management and enhanced efficiency

·      Leveraging digital twins for process optimisation

·      How can GCC’s focus on business value generation through Generative AI?

2:10 PM Panel Discussion:Deploying Advanced Analytics for Process Optimisation and Deliver Business Outcomes

·      Building a Culture of Analytics: Looking at data governance, skill development, organisational alignment

·      Discussing use cases such as predictive analytics and process mining to streamline workflows, and enhance efficiency

·      Sharing best practices and challenges   

Conference Day Two – Thursday, 18 April 2024

9:00 AM SSON’s India Advisory Board Takes the Stage! The Global Turmoil and The Future Priorities of the Shared Service Industry: How are Macroeconomics and Geopolitics Impacting Key Decisions in Asia?

Hear from our SSON India Advisory Board members debating the hottest issues that keep them awake at night, and how you can incorporate their lessons learnt into your own centre.   

·      Examining the new GCC/GBS Priorities in the context of global turmoil 

·      How are we making decisions around our next GCC & GBS locations? 

What are the key areas that centres need to focus on in this period of disruption? 

4:20 PM Panel Discussion: Creating a Positive Employee Experience to Drive Business Growth

Let’s connect the dots between engaged employees and good business results. Why is it important to have an engaged workforce and how can we create it?

•        Initiatives to create a positive work environment that promotes employee well-being, satisfaction, and productivity

•        Addressing the role of leadership, organisational culture, and communication in shaping employee experience and fostering a sense of belonging and purpose

•        How will Generative AI influence our future workplace and workforce? 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Sankar.

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