Procurecon Europe 2014 (past event)
03 - 05 November, 2014
Hotel Palace Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Sustaining Value Creation to Continuously Contribute to the Top and Bottom Line
07:30 - 08:00 Efficio Exclusive German Breakfast Briefing (taking place in Salon Loire)
08:00 - 08:30 Welcome Coffee
08:30 - 08:45 Chairman's Welcome Address
Richard Beaumont
Chief Procurement OfficerCo-op Bank
08:45 - 09:30 Case Study Revolution – Long Term Value Creation through Procurement
• The emerging consumer and market dynamics requires a different strategies and approaches.
• Procurement long-term value creation becomes critical to ensure business success.
• Procurement will increasingly act as a “integrator” of the value chain.
• This new reality requires Procurement talent to develop new capabilities and skills.
09:30 - 10:00 Procurement Intelligence: Unlocking Real Value from Analytics
Attend this joint presentation from Evalueserve and BP on akey issue today – how to unlock value from analytics. You will be presentedwith two perspectives and one message and will learn new information about:
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The increasing importance of integrating internal data with market outlooks in a highly compliant and competitiveenvironment
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Challenges faced by organizations in deriving actionable insightsthrough data analytics
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and enablers for next generation initiatives
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Proven best practices followed by industry-leading companies
10:00 - 10:30 Procurement Journey - How Marks and Spencer Transformed to a Value Generating Procurement Organisation
• How Marks and Spencer improved stakeholder management and internal influence to establish a platform for value creation
• How to leverage internal reputation to build trust and belief externally
• Proven ways to make change stick you can adopt and use in your own organisation
Roger Davies
Group Head of ProcurementMarks and Spencer
10:30 - 10:50 Visionary Speech – What Will Procurement Look Like in The Future?
Attend this visionary session from Dr Vollmer to fi nd out how to take procurement to the
next level in performance and benefi t from changes taking place right now in terms of
efficiency so your procurement organisation continually evolves. Topics covered include:
» Building a strategic procurement function
» Transforming into a global procurement organization
» Innovative procurement solutions: mobile, shopping catalogs, data transparency and
business networks.
» Simplifi cation, Standardization and Automation of procurement processes for effi ciency
» How to leverage business networks for price and lead time
» Change Management and Transformation tips and advice
Marcell Vollmer
Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President Global Procurement OrgaSAP
10:50 - 11:00 Networking Activity 2 – How to Improve the Way you Communicate Across Cultures
11:00 - 11:45 Morning Networking Break
• Sign up to the roundtable of your choice (space is limited and on a first come first served basis)
• Sign up to the afternoon Drop-in clinic on Transformation with Guy Allen, Former CPO, Fujitsu
Transformation Clinic
Your chance for a one on one consultation with Guy Allen, Former VP Global Procurement, Fujitsu
With two 25-minute sessions available every day this is the perfect way to get one-on-one assistance with your transformation challenge from a former CPO!
Transforming your function can be challenging and it can be difficult to find someone to talk to who has had similar experiences to provide you with support and feedback. Guy has been there, leading or supporting the transformation of a number of procurement functions, all in well known companies. These clinics allow you to spend some time with Guy, going through the challenges you face and getting some guidance on your best next steps. You might want to talk about –
• Establishing a benchmark of where you are and where you want to get to
• Implementing the best organisation design for your company
• Setting realistic, engaging and challenging targets for the transformed function
• Aligning yourself to key stakeholder objectives
Stream A
11:45 - 12:45 Stream A : 360° Roundtable DiscussionsDuncan Brock Customer Relationships Director The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
James Pick Global Head of Procurement Infrastructure BP
Nicky Gray Lead, Procurement Operations Kellogg
Thomas Chaine Associate Director, EMEA and APAC, Logistics Sourcing, Global Procurement Bristol-My
How to Develop a Comprehensive Talent Strategy that Delivers Value to Your Business
Duncan Brock, Director of Client Relationships, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
Join Duncan Brock for this interactive discussion to understand how your peers are developing talent so you can improve your approach:
- How to become a customer of choice
- The key factors that talent look for from an organization today
- How the procurement function will evolve in the future
Roundtable 2
How to Create Value through Logistics Procurement
Thomas Chaine, Associate Director, EMEA and APAC, Logistics Sourcing, Global Procurement, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Roundtable 3
Capability Building for Sustainable Value Creation
Nicky Gray, Lead, Procurement Operations, Kellogg
Roundtable 4
How to Sustain Value Creation through Operational Efficiency
James Pick, Global Head of Procurement Infrastructure, BP
Duncan Brock
Customer Relationships DirectorThe Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
Nicky Gray
Lead, Procurement OperationsKellogg
Thomas Chaine
Associate Director, EMEA and APAC, Logistics Sourcing, Global ProcurementBristol-My
Stream A
11:45 - 12:45 Stream A : 360° Indirect RoundtablesEdzard Janssen Chief Procurement Officer Raiffeisen International
Alasdair Fraser Chief Procurement Officer British Library
Jorgen Zetterstrom Global Head of Indirect Sony Mobile
Thierry Bellon Chief Procurement Officer Air France
Bjorn Hofbauer Head of Procurement Germany Samsung Electronics
Adding Value to Your Business by Getting Control over Spend
Jorgen Zetterstrom, Global Head of Indirect, Sony Mobile
Visit www.procurecon.com soon to receive new information about this session
Roundtable 2
How to Improve Contract Management to Optimise Supplier Performance
Alasdair Fraser, CPO, British Library
Join Alasdair for this in-depth discussion around supplier engagement after the contract to drive better performance without compromising your partnership. In many ways this is a masterclass in contract management you can’t afford to miss. Benefits include:
• Discover the secrets of successful contract management with existing and new suppliers to get better results
• Receive help and advice from your peers to get better results from your current contract management strategy
• Meet new procurement leaders facing similar challenges to benchmark against
Roundtable 3
Supplier Innovation from an Indirect Perspective
Edzard Janssen, Chief Procurement Officer, Raffeissen Bank International
Generate new ideas about how to win more innovation from your supplier base during this interactive discussion:
• What does innovation mean to your business?
• How to create value with suppliers for win-win outcomes
• Pitfalls to avoid when building long term relationships with suppliers
Roundtable 4
Competitive Procurement Strategies for Indirect Buyers
Thierry Bellon, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Air France
Join this discussion with Deputy Deputy CPO Thierry Bellon to exchange thinking on how to create more value through Indirect procurement including:
• How to structure category management to create value
• Ways to generate relationships that yield more
• What to avoid when targeting value creation as a strategic objective
Roundtable 5
Sustaining Value Delivery in Fast Moving Sectors
Bjorn Hofbauer, Head of Procurement Germany, Samsung Electronics
Edzard Janssen
Chief Procurement OfficerRaiffeisen International
Jorgen Zetterstrom
Global Head of IndirectSony Mobile
Thierry Bellon
Chief Procurement OfficerAir France
Bjorn Hofbauer
Head of Procurement GermanySamsung Electronics
Stream C
11:45 - 12:45 Stream B : CPO Leadership Programme RoundtablesRoundtable 1
Supply Chain Finance: The Promise vs. Reality
John Luu, Executive Director, JP Morgan
Roundtable 2
How to Communicate and Measure Value Creation Internally to Strengthen the Procurement Mandate
Marco Goncalves, Group Head of Procurement, Nestle
Drawing on his vast experience in procurement and as a business leader Marco will host this CPO-only discussion to find useful ways to measure value creation and effective ways to communicate value creation inside your business. Benefits include:
• You will find a new way to demonstrate value delivery that is believable and sustainable
• You will receive effective strategies to communicate value inside and outside the business to reinforce the importance of procurement to the business
• You will learn about others’ experiences creating, measuring and communicating value to benchmark against as you improve your approach
Roundtable 3
Sustaining Value Creation by Simplification and Automation
Dr Marcel Vollmer, Chief Procurement Officer, SAP
Discover new ways to create value through efficiency during this discussion led by Dr Marcell Volmer:
• Why simple is often the fastest way to generate value
• How automation can lead to greater efficiency and value for your business
• Rethinking how to approach complex challenges
Marcell Vollmer
Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President Global Procurement OrgaSAP
John Luu
Executive DirectorJP Morgan
12:45 - 13:00 Roundtable Reports - 2-3 Leaders to Share 3 Key Take-Aways with the Audience
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Networking Break
• Sign up to the Drop-in clinic on Transformation with Guy Allen, Former CPO, Fujitsu
• Sign up for the networking dinner
Public Sector Perspectives on Sustaining Value Creation
14:00 - 14:30 Stream A : How to Achieve Operational Value / Lessons Learned Achieving Best Practice Category Management in Public Sector ProcurementChair: Thierry Bellon, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Air France
Attend this mixed format session with twopresentation case studies, group discussion and Q&A to dig deeper into howvalue is created by public sector procurement leaders today.
20 minute presentations followed by 10 minute group discussion
How to Achieve Operational Value - Alasdair Fraser, CPO, British Library
Join Alasdair, Head of Procurement and part of the British Library's Senior Leadership team who reports to the ChiefFinancial Officer to understand how he approaches building value. Responsiblefor Procurement strategy and compliance for £50 million spend on goods andservices with additional project and capital spend Alasdair’s will share histhoughts on how to drive value for money and supplier performance in a range ofindustry sectors including:
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· How to achieve collaborativeworking relationships
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· What the benefits of earlyengagement with all stakeholders can bring to your organisation
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· Best procurement practice inthe public sector
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· How to achieve contractmanagement for optimal supplier performance
Lessons Learned Achieving Best PracticeCategory Management in Public Sector Procurement
Lars Johan Froyland, CPO, West Health Authority, Norway
Learn from Lars’ experiences at one of Norway’s biggest employers building an award winning category managementstrategy that consistently delivers results. During this session you willdiscover how technology played a key role, how training and development ofstaff was a key enabler and receive more details about the specific challengesto overcome in the public sector when implementing category management.Benefits include:
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· A closer look at how categorymanagement can be highly effective in the public sector
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· What it takes to implementcategory management in a complex stakeholder environment
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· How to drive change and createvalue through technology, people and process
Indirect Case Studies in Sustaining Value Creation
14:00 - 14:30 Stream B : CPO Live Interview – Value Creation in Emerging Markets – Procurement in Central Eastern EuropeInterviewer - Duncan Brock, Director of Client Relationships, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
Benefit from this exclusive live interview with the head of one of Europe’s biggest banks, Edzard Janssen, who has 12 years experience in senior management positions including at Deutsche Telekom Group and now Raffeissen Bank International. As the current Group Chief Procurement Officer and Head of Group Cost Management, reporting to the board member for Retail, IT and Operations, Edzard is perfectly placed to help you:
• Understand how the maturity of supply markets in Eastern Europe - in this context from Albania to Poland and Kosovo to Russia, EU vs. Non-EU - represents a challenge to the procurement function
• Get to grip with the challenges to procurement when operating in these regions including staffing, training, language barriers, perception of procurement, processes & systems and supplier readiness, and heterogenous supply market maturity
• Benefit from the lessons learned by RFI Bank International in CEE so you can quickly operate successfully in the region
Edzard Janssen
Chief Procurement OfficerRaiffeisen International
Duncan Brock
Customer Relationships DirectorThe Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
CPO Leadership Programme
14:00 - 14:30 Stream C : Interactive Workshop - How to Create More Profitable Supplier Relationships• Provide you with a presentation on new thinking on innovation based on recent research with suppliers and clients
• Allow you to explore new ways of creating innovation in groups during an interactive session
• Exchange ideas in a dedicated group reporting session to harness the best ideas and take them back to your office
John Henke
Professor of Marketing in the School of Business Administration & PresidentOakland University
Stream A
14:30 - 14:50 Stream A continuedIndirect Case Studies in Sustaining Value Creation
14:30 - 14:50 Stream B : Getting Full Control Over Marketing Spend in Fast Moving Dynamic SectorsJoin Jorgen, current head of indirect for Sony’s mobile division, as he explains how his team is getting on top of the fastest-growing spend area for them right now, marketing and digital, so you can improve your own approach in your organization. During this session. Jorgen will focus on 3 key areas:
» Successful ways to operate in a fast and agile environment
» The operating principles you need to adopt and the challenges you will need to overcome
» How to improve your value contribution through spend control especially in the
marketing segment
Jorgen Zetterstrom
Global Head of IndirectSony Mobile
Stream C
14:30 - 14:50 Stream C continuedPublic Sector Perspectives on Sustaining Value Creation
14:50 - 15:00 Stream A : The Big Discussion – How to Sustain Value Creation by Improving Operational EfficiencyJoin this session to learn how experts on operational efficiency and performance from 3 of the biggest businesses in the world approach value creation from the perspective of tools, technology and process. During this interactive session you will be able to ask questions at any point to understand better how to drive efficiency through investment in new software, infrastructure and governance to deliver new and more value to your organization. Don’t miss it!
Eugene Daly
Procurement LeadDownstream Joint Ventures, Shell International
Nicky Gray
Lead, Procurement OperationsKellogg
Thierry Bellon
Chief Procurement OfficerAir France
Stream B
14:50 - 15:00 Stream B ContinuedStream C
14:50 - 15:00 Stream C ContinuedStream A
15:00 - 15:30 Stream A ContinuedIndirect Case Studies in Sustaining Value Creation
15:00 - 15:30 Stream B : Working Better Together: How Companies Collaborate with Trading Partners and the Opportunities for ImprovementStream C
15:00 - 15:30 Stream C Continued15:30 - 16:00 Afternoon Networking Break
Use this time to make new contacts, share thoughts about the morning’s sessions and visit exhibitors in our new executive lounge. Plus don’t forget to:
• Sign up for Procurement Collaboration Focus Day on November 5th
16:00 - 16:30 Risk Management for Intelligent Sourcing
In the last decade the procurement process has changed due to the need to create more competitive businesses. Supplier evaluation and risk identification have become a main topic in procurement professionals’ agendas. Although efforts have been made to build more secure supply chains, the challenge is how to implement them. Risk management is a key tool in intelligent sourcing. In order to buy without risks, companies need to know and prevent main failures such as bankruptcy, supplier’s delays and products loss. Join Gatewit at ProcureCon Europe and find out:
How methods such as communicating, exchanging and accessing risk information regarding your supply chain can help
How to gain greater visibility into your supply chain with intelligent sourcing
How to perform best practice supplier evaluation and risk identification
16:30 - 17:15 Fix, Win, Grow Case Study Revolution - - How Procurement Continuously Creates Value within a Rapidly Evolving Business
Benefit from a reflection on how Procurement has not only evolved as a profession, both in terms of its effectiveness and value creation, but how it must continually adapt to wider business ambitions in order to leverage a competitive advantage. Using QinetiQ as a case study, participants will gain an insight into the lessons learnt from having to rapidly develop procurement’s focus, style and approach to maximise its effect in a business whose focus in the space four years has changed from restoring the company to strength, to sustainable and organic earnings growth. In particular, this is an opportunity to reflect on how rapid change is embraced by buyers, stakeholders and suppliers, and the challenges that each group presents to success. Join to:
• Consider how the competitive advantage leveraged by best in class Procurement will change during an organisation’s evolutionary cycle
• Debate how Procurement not only keeps up with the rate of organisational change, but continually raises the bar on performance and standards
• Contemplate whether the most critical negotiations a buyer will undertake are with internal stakeholders as opposed to external suppliers
17:15 - 17:50 Stakeholder Dialogue - Cross Functional Collaboration to Sustain Value Creation
• How to understand other functions so you can respond to their needs better
• Ways to align language and culture to achieve a joint approach to value creation
• Tips and advice on how to achieve best practice business collaboration internally
Marcell Vollmer
Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President Global Procurement OrgaSAP
Richard Beaumont
Chief Procurement OfficerCo-op Bank
Barbara Althoff-Simon
Lead, Global HR Service Delivery - Shared Services OrganizationSAP
17:50 - 17:55 Chairman's Summary
Richard Beaumont
Chief Procurement OfficerCo-op Bank