Inside Home Depot’s Supply Chain Strategy at MODEX 2026

Keynote: Lessons Gained From the Supply Chain Cutting Edge
Richard McPhail, CFO, The Home Depot
Monday, April 13|9:00 AM ET

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International supply chains are running within of consistent change. Changing profession plans, progressing sourcing approaches, and climbing client assumptions have actually made strength and versatility more vital than ever before. This year at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, you’ll listen to straight from a leader that browses these obstacles at a substantial range. Richard McPhail, Exec Vice Head Of State and Principal Financial Police Officer of The Home Depot, will certainly supply a keynote entitled “Instructions Picked up from the Supply Chain Cutting Edge.”

Meet Richard McPhail

As CFO of Home Depot, the globe’s biggest home enhancement merchant, McPhail looks after monetary approach for a company that runs greater than 2,300 shops. In his long time function with the business, he has actually assisted assist the business with durations of development and functional adjustment.

McPhail gained a master’s level in organization management from the Fuqua College of Service at Battle Each Other College. He formerly helped the Marconi Firm, Wachovia Stocks and Arthur Anderson prior to signing up with The Home Depot in 2005.

Branching Out the Supply Base

Recently, moving tolls have actually checked worldwide sourcing approaches throughout retail. The Home Depot has actually resolved this obstacle partly with a lasting concentrate on vendor diversity. In a May 2025 interview with CNBC’s “Closing Bell Overtime,” McPhail attributed his business’s decade-long initiative to expand its supply base as a crucial aspect for handling tariff-related stress.

McPhail anticipated that by May 2026, “we anticipate that no solitary nation outside the USA will certainly stand for greater than 10% of the items we buy.”

Attending To the Proficient Labor Void

The supply chain market is not distinct in dealing with labor force obstacles. Home Depot has actually additionally identified that a lot of its specialist service provider consumers battle to locate sufficient competent labor to finish work. In action, The Home Depot introduced its Path to Pro program in 2018. The campaign supplies cost-free training for people looking for to get in building and construction and profession professions.

The program has actually obtained purposeful grip. McPhail informed CNBC that “we have actually educated and accredited and put over 300,000 pros right into the building and construction market.” Course to Pro uses an instance of just how business can play a positive function in attending to labor spaces that impact their consumers and the sectors they offer.

Join us in Atlanta, April 13-16

For supply chain specialists seeking to comprehend just how business handle sourcing danger, labor force obstacles, and long-lasting functional preparation, Richard McPhail’s MODEX 2026 keynote will certainly provide an executive-level point of view. Do not miss his ideas on nearshoring, digitization, and strength.

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