Sari Hakkarainen

Director of Procurement, CPO
VAASAN GROUP

Sari Hakkarainen has been responsible for procurement at VAASAN, one of the most significant bakery operators in Northern Europe, since October 2013 and a member of VAASAN Group management team since. Before VAASAN Sari acted as Procurement Director for Terveystalo, the largest healthcare service company in Finland, establishing centrally led procurement function at Terveystalo. Prior to Terveystalo Sari held various positions in procurement, logistics, business development and manufacturing at Fazer, HUB logistics, Nextrom and Andritz-Ahlstrom.

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Procurement Strategies to Drive Business Competitiveness

Tuesday, March 11th, 2014

15:00 Stream A : Case Study Revolution – Creating Value to Drive Business Competitiveness

Chair: Paula Gildert, Head of Development Strategic Sourcing, Novartis Pharma

Attend this session led by Sari Hakkarainen, CPO of VAASAN Group, one of the most significant bakery operators in Northern Europe and the leading bakery company in its home markets in Finland and the Baltic region as she challenges you to think differently about integrating procurement into the business to create value and drive competitiveness. Combining a brief presentation with group work this 45-minute session will help you to identify proven ways to create and deliver value for your business. You will find out:
• How to ensure procurement becomes an integral part of the business
• Which value creation initiatives work best for your business
• Ways to achieve cost structure impact and product and brand impact
• How to make the connection between value creation and business competitiveness

17:50 The Big CPO Panel Discussion – How to Build a Diverse Procurement Leadership Team that Drives Business Competitiveness

One of this year’s highlights is this discussion on diversity – specifi cally how to address

a balance of women in procurement – and how, once this is achieved, this will directly

contribute to making your organization much more competitive. Attend this session to

understand:

» What it takes to create a truly diverse leadership team and how this can benefi t your

organization

» How striking the right balance across your senior executive team can lead to greater

competitiveness across your business

» First steps to take on the journey to achieving growth through diversity