WEBINAR | Tuesday September 30th

Build vs Buy: Manufacturing Talent Strategy in the Age of Automation, AI, and Reshoring

Speakers

Matthew Daniel

Sr. Principal, Talent Strategy

Guild

Crystal Stampley

Head of People & Organization -

Smart Infrastructure, Electrical Products, North America

Siemens

Toby

Toby Culshaw

VP of Strategy - Talent Intelligence

Lightcast

Key Topics

  • Shift from relying only on hiring talent to building talent from within

  • Make smarter Total Rewards and L&D investments based on real-time labor market signals

  • Mobilize internal pipelines that support business priorities like smart manufacturing, new product cycles, and supply chain agility

Manufacturers spend over $10 billion each year hiring talent they could be developing from within. Yet the forces of reshoring, automation, and retirements are stretching the labor pool thin - and traditional hiring isn’t closing the gaps. In this session, we’ll explore how leading employers are using Guild + Lightcast to:

  • Shift from relying only on hiring talent to building talent from within

  • Make smarter Total Rewards and L&D investments based on real-time labor market signals

  • Mobilize internal pipelines that support business priorities like smart manufacturing, new product cycles, and supply chain agility