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)

By invite only

08:00 - 08:30 Welcome Coffee


08:30 - 08:45 Chairman's Welcome Address

Receive a scene-setting introduction to the biggest challenge facing procurement today during the welcome speech from Chairman Duncan Brock: how to continuously deliver value to your business.

Richard Beaumont

Chief Procurement Officer
Co-op Bank

08:45 - 09:30 Case Study Revolution – Long Term Value Creation through Procurement

Nestlé is currently developing and implementing a comprehensive SRM program company-wide. The first step of this process is to listen our key suppliers thus a “Voice of Supplier” survey was conducted providing useful insights to the overall SRM program. SRM is an strategic priority as part of Nestlé Procurement road-map toward world class.

• 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.


Marco Goncalves, Group Head of Procurement at Nestle

Marco Goncalves

Group Head of Procurement
Nestle

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:

  • The increasing importance of integrating internal data with market outlooks in a highly compliant and competitiveenvironment

  • Challenges faced by organizations in deriving actionable insightsthrough data analytics

  • and enablers for next generation initiatives

  • Proven best practices followed by industry-leading companies


James Pick, Global Head of Procurement Infrastructure at BP

James Pick

Global Head of Procurement Infrastructure
BP

Marc Vollenweider, CEO & Co-founder at Evalueserve

Marc Vollenweider

CEO & Co-founder
Evalueserve

10:00 - 10:30 Procurement Journey - How Marks and Spencer Transformed to a Value Generating Procurement Organisation

Spend time with one of the outstanding speakers from 2013 to receive an update on Marks and Spencer’s transformation journey with a focus on how procurement delivers value to the business. In this session Roger explain in detail how Marks and Spencer has created a strategic sourcing team by recognizing internal challenges, ability and ambition to create a value target that has to date been exceeded. During this session you will find out:

• 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 Procurement
Marks 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 Orga at SAP

Marcell Vollmer

Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President Global Procurement Orga
SAP

10:50 - 11:00 Networking Activity 2 – How to Improve the Way you Communicate Across Cultures

Before coffee get revved up and ready to network! During this short activity with Michael Gates, Senior Fellow, Said Business School, Oxford University you will receive some quick facts and tools to help you network more effectively with peers from other cultures! Fun, useful and completely different – make sure you take notes!
Michael Gates, Senior Fellow at Said Business School, Oxford University

Michael Gates

Senior Fellow
Said Business School, Oxford University

11:00 - 11:45 Morning Networking Break

Use this time to make new contacts, share thoughts about the morning’s sessions and visit partners in our new executive lounge. Plus don’t forget to:

• 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

Roundtable 1
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 Director at The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

Duncan Brock

Customer Relationships Director
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

James Pick, Global Head of Procurement Infrastructure at BP

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

Roundtable 1

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 Officer
Raiffeisen International

Alasdair Fraser, Chief Procurement Officer at British Library

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

Roundtable 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 Orga at SAP

Marcell Vollmer

Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President Global Procurement Orga
SAP

Marco Goncalves, Group Head of Procurement at Nestle

Marco Goncalves

Group Head of Procurement
Nestle

John Luu

Executive Director
JP Morgan

12:45 - 13:00 Roundtable Reports - 2-3 Leaders to Share 3 Key Take-Aways with the Audience

Benefit from the output of roundtables you didn’t attend during this reporting session. Each roundtable leader spends 5 minutes in consultation with their discussion group to decide the 5 key take-aways to share with you, providing you with tangible value to take back to the office on 10 hot topics!

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Networking Break

Use this time to engage new contacts, share experiences from roundtables and presentations from earlier in the day and plan your time for the afternoon. Remember to:
• 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 Procurement

Chair: 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:

  • · How to achieve collaborativeworking relationships

  • · What the benefits of earlyengagement with all stakeholders can bring to your organisation

  • · Best procurement practice inthe public sector

  • · 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:

  • · A closer look at how categorymanagement can be highly effective in the public sector

  • · What it takes to implementcategory management in a complex stakeholder environment

  • · How to drive change and createvalue through technology, people and process

Alasdair Fraser, Chief Procurement Officer at British Library

Alasdair Fraser

Chief Procurement Officer
British Library

Lars Johan Froyland, Chief Procurement Officer at Western Norway Regional Health Authority

Lars Johan Froyland

Chief Procurement Officer
Western Norway Regional Health Authority

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 Europe

Interviewer - 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 Officer
Raiffeisen International

Duncan Brock, Customer Relationships Director at The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

Duncan Brock

Customer Relationships Director
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

CPO Leadership Programme

14:00 - 14:30 Stream C : Interactive Workshop - How to Create More Profitable Supplier Relationships
Designed specifically for CPOs this masterclass in innovation creation focuses on the most recent research findings and will be led by Constantin Blome, Professor of Operations Management at the University of Sussex School of Business, Management and Economics. Using 3 different formats to help you create a stronger strategy for innovation creation Professor Blome will share the latest thinking on how to drive innovation from your supplier base. The session will:

• 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 & President at Oakland University

John Henke

Professor of Marketing in the School of Business Administration & President
Oakland University

Stream A

14:30 - 14:50 Stream A continued

Indirect Case Studies in Sustaining Value Creation

14:30 - 14:50 Stream B : Getting Full Control Over Marketing Spend in Fast Moving Dynamic Sectors

Join 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 Indirect
Sony Mobile

Stream C

14:30 - 14:50 Stream C continued

Public Sector Perspectives on Sustaining Value Creation

14:50 - 15:00 Stream A : The Big Discussion – How to Sustain Value Creation by Improving Operational Efficiency
Chair: Thierry Bellon, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Air France

Join 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!
James Pick, Global Head of Procurement Infrastructure at BP

James Pick

Global Head of Procurement Infrastructure
BP

Eugene Daly

Procurement Lead
Downstream Joint Ventures, Shell International

Nicky Gray

Lead, Procurement Operations
Kellogg

Thierry Bellon

Chief Procurement Officer
Air France

Stream B

14:50 - 15:00 Stream B Continued

Stream C

14:50 - 15:00 Stream C Continued

Stream A

15:00 - 15:30 Stream A Continued

Indirect 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 Improvement

Chair: Richard Beaumont, Chief Procurement Officer, Co-Op Bank

Sebastian Vitzthum

Director Business Network MEE/EMEA
SAP Ariba

Pete Swabey

Senior Editor
Economis Intelligence Unit

Stream C

15:00 - 15:30 Stream C Continued

15:30 - 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






Mario Cardoso, International Business Developer at Gatewit

Mario Cardoso

International Business Developer
Gatewit

16:30 - 17:15 Fix, Win, Grow Case Study Revolution - - How Procurement Continuously Creates Value within a Rapidly Evolving Business

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




Martin Pratt, Chief Procurement Officer at QinetiQ

Martin Pratt

Chief Procurement Officer
QinetiQ

Business partnering is the future of procurement – working collaboratively with other functions is how value is created and how value can be continuously delivered too so getting it right is business critical. But there are numerous challenges including language, culture, goals and even targets so how do global businesses achieve good business partnering to sustain value creation? Attend this exclusive panel discussion with SAP’s head of procurement and head of HR as they explain their successful approach. You will learn more about:

• 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 Orga at SAP

Marcell Vollmer

Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President Global Procurement Orga
SAP

Richard Beaumont

Chief Procurement Officer
Co-op Bank

Barbara Althoff-Simon

Lead, Global HR Service Delivery - Shared Services Organization
SAP

17:50 - 17:55 Chairman's Summary

Take notes as your Chairman summarises the day’s activities and take-aways so you have a report ready to send back to the office. The summary will be condensed into 10 key points.

Richard Beaumont

Chief Procurement Officer
Co-op Bank

17:55 - 19:00 ProcureCon Wine & Cheese Reception in the Bon Dia Restaurant

19:00 - 23:59 End of Main Conference

Don’t forget to sign up for the Procurement Collaboration Focus Day on November 5th to hear 15 more procurement leaders explain how to create the relationships that enable competitive behavior and value creation.