ProcureCon Connect Agenda
1:00 pm - 1:10 pm
Chair’s Welcome And Opening Remarks
Benchmarking Roundtable A
1:10 pm - 1:45 pm Covid-19 agility lessons-learnt: How can you rapidly adjust your procurement strategies to maintain business resilience following sudden demand and supply side shocks? Marco Romano - Global Head of Source-to-Pay Digital Transformation, IBM Rachael Mauler - Global Head of Change Management & Supplier Enablement, Inchcape- What have companies done to mitigate the impacts of the Covid-19 disruption on a global scale?
- How to be agile in your supply chain
- How to move beyond cost savings and align business operations
- What lessons can we apply to our processes going beyond 2020?
Benchmarking Roundtable B
1:10 pm - 1:45 pm Indirect strategy: How can you best prioritise your indirect costs to add value to your business in a rapidly changing industry environment? Harriet Liljeström-Katisko - Director of Indirect Procurement, Finnair Paul Harlington - Group Procurement Director, TUI GROUP- Which competencies are particularly important for indirect procurement experts right now?
- How can you more intelligently deliver savings to the business?
- How to define where efficiency is needed across your categories
- How to use suppliers cross-category to add-value
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Innovation Spotlight
Peer-to-peer benchmarking think-tank
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Group discussion free for all participants to joinPrivate pre-scheduled 1-2-1 meetings
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Time for audio or video-conference calls with your chosen peers and vendorsBenchmarking Roundtable C
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
SRM during Covid-19: How can you develop a deeper level of collaboration with your suppliers to position yourself as the “customer of choice” in times of crisis?
- How to leverage innovation from your third party suppliers to remain competitive and ensure you are getting the best prices
- How to achieve a harmonious partnership between supplier, buyer and end-user to deliver greater value to your business
- How can involving your suppliers in more decisions change the nature of your partnerships and enable you to secure better deals?
