Speaking to Barbara Bergmeier at JLR’s global headquarters and technology campus in Gaydon, UK, her enthusiasm for the carmaker is infectious. She’s thrilled to lead operations during the carmaker’s ambitious transformation plans, which will include an overhaul of its production plants for electrification and an upgrade of IT systems. Bergmeier is smitten with the company’s products as well as its culture – something the Bavarian executive first encountered more than 25 years ago when she worked at BMW, which owned Land Rover at the time.

And she is particularly delighted to talk about the carmaker’s supply chain management…