Marco Goncalves

Group Head of Procurement
Nestle

Marco Gonçalves has more than thirty years of professional experiencein multinationals, fast moving consumer goods companies, of which more thantwenty years in senior positions with focus in Supply Chain management,including Procurement, Distribution and Logistics. His professional experience iscomplemented by senior positions in Marketing, Sales, Strategic Planning andInformation Technology. He joined Nestlé in 2008 inSwitzerland as Vice President, Corporate Head of Procurement - Commodities,responsible for sourcing and price risk management of agricultural commodities.

Marco was appointed Senior VicePresident and Group Head of Procurement in March 2013 being part of the NestléOperations Leadership team. He served as Board Director atLAAD (Latin America Agribusiness Development Corporation), President of theProcurement Strategic Council at the American Chamber of Commerce SP, andDirector Best Practices CBEC (Brazilian Council of Procurement Executives) from2006 to 2008. Marco is a technical accountantwith a degree in business management (Sao Paulo, Brazil). He attendedthe Executive Development Program at IMD 2010-2011 (Lausanne, Switzerland).

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Sustaining Value Creation to Continuously Contribute to the Top and Bottom Line

Friday, April 11th, 2014

08:45 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.

11:45 Stream B : CPO Leadership Programme Roundtables

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