Day 2 - Wednesday 3rd April 2019

8:00 am - 8:45 am REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE

8:00 am - 8:45 am WOMEN IN PROCUREMENT BREAKFAST - How can you bring female talent into your procurement team and supply chain to impact your business and encourage diversity? (Procurement Practitioner Only)

·         How can female talent/suppliers reduce the gender pay gap?
·         How can you leverage the $3 trillion of spend women have access to?
·         How can female procurement professionals give you a creative leading edge?
·         What is the importance of gender diversity in your business and your supply chain?
Fulden Sener, Global Procurement Executive at Allianz

Fulden Sener

Global Procurement Executive
Allianz

New Frontiers in Supplier Diversity, Risk Management & Sustainability

8:45 am - 8:50 am Opening remarks – Letitia Thomas, Programme Director, WBR

8:50 am - 9:00 am Chair’s opening address

Richard Beaumont, Independent Consultant at PeerPair

Richard Beaumont

Independent Consultant
PeerPair

9:00 am - 9:20 am KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - How to improve supplier transparency and mitigate key risks to safeguard your brand, protect your business, and ensure compliance

·         Where do you stand in relation to contributing to the protection of the business?
·         How do businesses treat their supply chain overall?
·         How have changes led to new regulatory requirements and reporting?
·         What is your role in vendor risk management?
Roger Gonourie, Head of Global Sourcing at Swiss Re

Roger Gonourie

Head of Global Sourcing
Swiss Re

Gregory Smith, Head-Vendor Solutions at Swiss Re

Gregory Smith

Head-Vendor Solutions
Swiss Re

9:20 am - 10:00 am CASE STUDY INTERACTIVE How to use an innovative and collaborative approach to prevent modern slavery in the supply chain

· What does modern slavery mean and how can you protect your organisation?
· How can dashboards help manage diverse suppliers and make sure they are adhering to your processes?
· How can encouraging innovation allow suppliers to safely deliver on your behalf?
· What is the best way to monitor and manage your supply chain?
Jayesh Joshi, Global VP Procurement at BT

Jayesh Joshi

Global VP Procurement
BT

10:00 am - 10:20 am ALL STAR PANEL - How can you encourage supplier diversity & inclusion and sustainability programmes with your procurement team and suppliers to lead the way with corporate social responsibility whilst driving business benefits?

·         How can you influence your procurement team and wider business to start a diversity programme?
·         How can you grow your diversity programmes?
·         How can a diversity programme provide a competitive edge?
·         How can a diverse supply chain showcase a wide representation of suppliers to your customers and help build closer relationships?
·         How can your suppliers support your sustainability projects?
·         How can you select specific suppliers for your business/sustainability needs?
Megan Stowe, Greater European Region Strategic Sourcing Director & International Supplier Diversity at Intel

Megan Stowe

Greater European Region Strategic Sourcing Director & International Supplier Diversity
Intel

Jaime Paiva, Head of Sourcing & Procurement EMEA at Zurich Insurance Company

Jaime Paiva

Head of Sourcing & Procurement EMEA
Zurich Insurance Company

Todd Bradley-Cole, Partner & Senior Manager CSR Procurement at John Lewis Partnership

Todd Bradley-Cole

Partner & Senior Manager CSR Procurement
John Lewis Partnership

10:20 am - 10:40 am PRESENTATION - How can you co-operate with you peers and competitors to create a joint initiative and improve CSR?

Paolo Baldo, Deputy CPO at MTS

Paolo Baldo

Deputy CPO
MTS

10:40 am - 11:20 am Networking Break

10:40 am - 11:20 am MASTERCLASS The 2019 Procurement Technology Forecase: Primary Trends & New Digital Capabilities

Warren Hallworth

Director of Business Development
GEP

Agile: Transforming your Procurement Strategy

11:20 am - 12:00 pm CASE STUDY INTERACTIVE - How can you implement an agile way of working in your procurement team with a more collaborative, flexible and efficient approach that best engages your suppliers?

·         How can having an outcome before a solution change procurement ways of working?
·         How can Agile allow collaborative working?
·         How can Agile promote a flexible way of working?
·         How can procurement work faster and make changes using this way of working?
Phil Thomas, Managing Director – Head of Global Sourcing at Barclays

Phil Thomas

Managing Director – Head of Global Sourcing
Barclays

12:00 pm - 12:20 pm PRESENTATION - Global views on the economic outlook, spending plans and the future of technology

Michael Mesterton, Director Global Client Group Nordics, Global Commercial Services at American Express

Michael Mesterton

Director Global Client Group Nordics, Global Commercial Services
American Express

12:20 pm - 1:00 pm CASE STUDY INTERACTIVE - How can you change your purchasing approach to centralise your buying and become a more mature sourcing function?

·         How can you leverage from your global and local procurement models?
·         What does Brexit mean for your procurement models?
·         How can transparency minimise the risk of modern day slavery in your supply chain?
·         How can visibility help speed to market?
·         How can transparency allow an Agile way of working?
Dorien Koolen, Global Media & Marketing and Professional Services Procurement Director at Jacobs Douwe Egberts

Dorien Koolen

Global Media & Marketing and Professional Services Procurement Director
Jacobs Douwe Egberts

Chair: Graham Crawshaw, Services Director, CASME
1.       Banking Malgorzata Debska, Vice President Global Procurement, Deutsche Bank
2.       RetailJean-Baptiste Pivard, Procurement Director,L'Oréal
3.       Travel Michael Pearson, Group Head of Procurement, Aspen Group
4. HR Harriet Liljeström-Katisko, Director Indirect Procurement, Finnair
6.       Consumer Electronics John Jordan, Head of Strategy & Planning, Sony
7.       Supplier Diversity & Corporate Responsibility Jaime Paiva, Head of Sourcing & Procurement EMEA, Zurich
8.       Sustainability Guido Amendola, CPO Italy, BNP Paribas
9.       Talent Thomas Michaelis, Procurement Group Manager - Consulting, HR and Services, Swarovski
10.       Big Data Andrea Blanco, Head of Procurement, CSP+A, Ecolab
Graham Crawshaw, Global Services Director at CASME

Graham Crawshaw

Global Services Director
CASME

Malgorzata Debska, VP Global Procurement at Deutsche Bank

Malgorzata Debska

VP Global Procurement
Deutsche Bank

Jean-Baptiste Pivard, Former Procurement Director at L'Oréal

Jean-Baptiste Pivard

Former Procurement Director
L'Oréal

Michael Pearson, Group Head of Procurement at Aspen Group

Michael Pearson

Group Head of Procurement
Aspen Group

Harriet Liljestrom– Katisko, Director Indirect Procurement at Finnair

Harriet Liljestrom– Katisko

Director Indirect Procurement
Finnair

John Jordan, Head of Strategy and Planning at Sony

John Jordan

Head of Strategy and Planning
Sony

Gustavo Sassi, Head of Global Procurement at GlobeNet

Gustavo Sassi

Head of Global Procurement
GlobeNet

Jaime Paiva, Head of Sourcing & Procurement EMEA at Zurich Insurance Company

Jaime Paiva

Head of Sourcing & Procurement EMEA
Zurich Insurance Company

Robert Schneider, Indirect Procurement at Sony

Robert Schneider

Indirect Procurement
Sony

Andrea Blanco, Head of Procurement CSP+A at Ecolab

Andrea Blanco

Head of Procurement CSP+A
Ecolab

Andreas Larsson, Global Head of Indirect Procurement at Tryg

Andreas Larsson

Global Head of Indirect Procurement
Tryg

Giuseppe Conti, Former Operations Director at Merck

Giuseppe Conti

Former Operations Director
Merck

Henrik Balslev, Senior VP of Operations at Scanmarket

Henrik Balslev

Senior VP of Operations
Scanmarket

1:50 pm - 3:00 pm Networking Lunch

1:50 pm - 3:00 pm MASTERCLASS How to use digitally-outsourced procurement to transform your services spend strategy

Neale Pritchard, Chief Commercial Officer at Maistro

Neale Pritchard

Chief Commercial Officer
Maistro

TRACK A – Next Generation Procurement Models

3:00 pm - 3:05 pm Chair’s opening address
Graham Crawshaw, Global Services Director at CASME

Graham Crawshaw

Global Services Director
CASME

TRACK A – Next Generation Procurement Models

3:05 pm - 3:25 pm PRESENTATION - Mastering change management: How can procurement influence and impact top and bottom line growth to better shape the future of your organisation?
  • How can you achieve support for a transformation process within your team?
  • How can you mature your procurement function to become a department capable of contributing to top line growth
  • How can you begin to leverage your contact and relationship with your suppliers to sell to them?
  • How can you begin setting cross-functional targets and KPIs to push forward the move towards revenue-generating?
  • What stage should you begin to intensify or change your relationship with your suppliers?
  • How can you identify and approach the suppliers with whom you could develop this type of relationship?
Christophe Van Riel, Vice President Procurement Europe & MEA at Ecolab Europe

Christophe Van Riel

Vice President Procurement Europe & MEA
Ecolab Europe

TRACK A – Next Generation Procurement Models

3:25 pm - 3:45 pm PRESENTATION - The new role of procurement: How can you change the focus from traditional cost savings to become a valued business partner?
  • How can you begin to leverage your contact and relationship with your suppliers to sell to them?
  • How can you begin setting cross-functional targets and KPIs to push forward the move towards revenue-generating?
  • What stage should you begin to intensify or change your relationship with your suppliers?
  • How can you identify and approach the suppliers with whom you could develop this type of relationship?

Tomas Veit, Head of Procurement at Asahi Brewery

Tomas Veit

Head of Procurement
Asahi Brewery

TRACK B – Driving Innovation in your HR, Marketing & IT Categories

3:00 pm - 3:05 pm Chair’s opening address
Cath Hill, Group Director at CIPS

Cath Hill

Group Director
CIPS

TRACK B – Driving Innovation in your HR, Marketing & IT Categories

3:05 pm - 3:25 pm PRESENTATION HR: How to attract, develop and retain top talent in a highly competetive market?
·         How can you develop performance measures to grow professional development initiatives
·         How to identify high performs in your team and groom their ambition
·         How can you change your procurement talent to work in harmony with digital changes?
·         How can you train and retain your team?
Jean-Baptiste Pivard, Former Procurement Director at L'Oréal

Jean-Baptiste Pivard

Former Procurement Director
L'Oréal

TRACK B – Driving Innovation in your HR, Marketing & IT Categories

3:25 pm - 3:45 pm PRESENTATION Marketing: How to move towards a cooperative way of working with your stakeholders to harness supplier innovation in your marketing category?
·         How to exploit innovative technologies, including IOT, AI, Blockchain, machine learning, voice and virtual and augmented reality
·         How to stay ahead of the rapidly changing tech curve and know what you need before you need it
·         How to create a business sense of urgency to kick off rapid technology innovation initiatives
·         Sharing success stories of where marketing procurement has led or increased innovation
·         How toalign with business and digital innovation goals
Linda Bijl, Senior Sourcing Manager Indirect at Starbucks

Linda Bijl

Senior Sourcing Manager Indirect
Starbucks

3:45 pm - 3:50 pm Transition time


3:50 pm - 4:10 pm PRESENTATION - How can you measure and motivate your procurement team to retain and attract top talent who will become future leaders in your organisation

  • What retention schemes have helped to keep top procurement talent?
  • What talent profiles do you need to target in order to build a procurement function that is future-ready?
  • How can you implement development and training that will help your procurement team to prepare for a changing role?
  • What backgrounds do the best procurement professionals come from?
  • How can you implement standard competency models across your procurement function
  • What are the best ways to reach new talent?
Pavel Pölzer, Chief Procurement Officer at Penta Investments

Pavel Pölzer

Chief Procurement Officer
Penta Investments

Defining The Next Big Industry Disruptors

4:10 pm - 4:15 pm Chair's closing remarks

Cath Hill, Group Director at CIPS

Cath Hill

Group Director
CIPS

4:15 pm - 4:20 pm End of conference – See you in 2020!

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