Main Conference

Automotive Production, Purchasing And Supplier Management Strategies For OEMs And T1s In Russia.

This balanced programme takes into account Government guidelines as well as experiences from OEMs based in Russia and will give you a full overview of the Russian Automotive Industry and how your business can grow in Russia.

Day One - June 1, 2011

9:00 In-Depth Analysis Of How The Russian Federal Government Is Supporting And Promoting Growth In Its Automotive Industry

Alexei Rakhmanov, Director, Automotive Industry and Agricultural Engineering , The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia

The Russian Government has again opened for applications from automotive businesses wishing to qualify for economic incentives under decrees 166/566. Everyone interested needs to make a decision in April! This session is without a doubt going to be very popular. Everyone wants answers on how the Government will shape the industry and their business. Join this talk and the discussion after, where the panel gaze into the crystal ball of decrees 166/566. Give your feedback, ask direct questions and get candid answers.

Understanding the incentives and how they can support your business growth in Russia
Realistic overview of the new version of rule 166 and the impact of import duty rule on your business
566 and the latest implications for the automotive sector
The latest developments on used car policy
New programmes and plans of the Government

Alexei Rakhmanov

Director, Automotive Industry and Agricultural Engineering , The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia

Education:2001 - 2003 – University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, diploma in MBA1989 - 1990 – Nizhegorodski Linguistically University, a degree in English translation1981 - 1986 - Nizhegorodski Polytecnic Institute, trained as mechanical engineer Work Experience:On July 23, 2008 based on Order No. 427/К of the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade was appoint [read more]

9:45 Developing The Automotive Sector In St.-Petersburg and the Leningrad Region: The Government Perspective

Kirill Soloveychik, Deputy Chairman, Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade of St Petersburg

For the seventh time the local Government is giving full support to the AutoRussia conference. Each year the Government of St Petersburg and of the Leningrad region set outstanding goals to improve the region’s infrastructure and to attract investors from around the world. The next sentence doesn’t follow. Learn from the local senior officials the practical details of how your business can best achieve compliance and qualify for maximum economic incentives in Russia.

Latest update on the local government policies
Fiscal stimuli to encourage growth
Recent local projects and government support
New opportunities available to you and your business

Kirill Soloveychik

Deputy Chairman, Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade of St Petersburg

Инициативы Санкт-Петербурга по развитию кластера автомобильной промышленности в регионе Кирилл Соловейчик, Заместитель Председателя, Комитет экономического развития, промышленной политики и торговли St Petersburg's Initiatives And Development of Automotive Cluster In The Region Kirill Soloveychik, Deputy Chairman, Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade of St Petersburg

10:30 Coffee Break

Coffee Break

11:00 Growing Production In Line With The Latest Market Results: Updates From The OEMs

Romuald Rytwinski, General Director, General Motors Auto

With the economy showing rapid signs of recovery on the one hand and industry being cautious as the impact of the recession is still fresh, it is essential that your business in Russia makes bold and effective moves. Learn from the experts about the real practical steps you could take today to gain the lion share of the new opportunities. This session will focus on key strategic updates from OEMs, including production forecasts, strategies and realistic ideas about what the future will bring based on the latest financial results! OEM project leaders will give presentations followed by a carefully prepared panel discussion with questions from the chairman and the audience.

Analysis of the latest financial results - are expectations for steady growth realistic?
Decisions made about rile 166
Production and growth plans
Strategies to maintain leadership in a post-crisis environment - what yields optimal results?

Romuald Rytwinski

General Director, General Motors Auto

Ромуальд Рытвински родился 24 октября 1952 года в Ольштыне (Польша). После окончания Политехнического университета в Варшаве он начал карьеру в автомобильной компании FSO в Варшаве.В 1994 году Ромуальд начал работать в отделении Дженерал Моторз в Польше на должности директора по персоналу, закупкам и взаимодействию с государственными структурами. В 1996 году он получил назначение в компанию NUMMI [read more]

11:35 How To Manage Suppliers Successfully

Peter Layer, Director for Purchasing and Supply Chain, GM Auto

The leading OEMs are addressing delegates of AutoRussia annually with a detailed analysis of their achievements and challenges. Join this discussion focused on work with suppliers and the challenges with quality of materials. This is your chance to find out how GM Auto works with their suppliers.

The latest developments in supplier strategy and selection criteria
Encouraging a competitive supply base
Integrating local suppliers into the company's global supply chain and offering support to them
Dealing with the challenges specific to Russia
Maximising efficiency and collaboration to deliver savings
Measuring results

Peter Layer

Director for Purchasing and Supply Chain, GM Auto

12:05 How Best To Work With Local Suppliers In Russia: Ensuring High Level of Localisation

Dr Andreas Krepp, Vice-President for Quality , Volkswagen Group Rus

The session is designed specifically to give T2 and T3 suppliers a detailed update on all the latest news from the OEM's purchasing executives dealing with auto parts and materials. The talk will focus on the latest developments in their supplier strategy. You will learn how to build a long term relationship with OEMs and how to become their partner of choice.

OEM standards for choosing suppliers
Most effective supplier strategies - issues and solutions
How to achieve 70% of localisation?
Encouraging a competitive supply base
News in OEM's supplier expectations for different groups of components
Integrating and offering support to local suppliers from your global supply chain
Collaboration as the basis for building a long-term relationship - how does it happen in Russia?
Plans for future purchasing

Dr Andreas Krepp

Vice-President for Quality , Volkswagen Group Rus

12:35 Achieving And Maintaining Top Quality: OEM's Perspective

Dr Pavel Sovetchenko, Head of Materials Quality Testing Laboratory, Volkswagen Group Rus

The session will focus on the quality of materials. The head of Volkswagen's laboratory for materials quality testing will explain what the plant is looking for from suppliers of materials and how they measure quality check, if the materials are in line with their standards.

Local natural resources and how they conform with the OEM standards
How does a laboratory for quality testing work
Getting approval from the OEMs
What OEMs expect from material suppliers: practical advice

Dr Pavel Sovetchenko

Head of Materials Quality Testing Laboratory, Volkswagen Group Rus

13:00 Lunch

Lunch

14:00 Developing Relationships With OEMs In Russia: A Spanish-Russian Joint Venture Case Study

Ander Ormaetxea, Commercial Director, Division 1, Gestamp
Sergei Kuznetsov , Senior Sales Manager , Severstal

This session is specifically for the automotive professionals who have been given the uneasy task of setting up and growing their company’s business in Russia. Get the information you need and learn from years of experience of a 65 M€ plant in Leningrad province that produces metallic items for Ford and GM car factories in the region.

Setting up and developing operations in Russia
Working practice with different OEMs in different locations
Cultural peculiarities
Experience of overcoming challenges
Achieving global standards through extensive collaboration

Ander Ormaetxea

Commercial Director, Division 1, Gestamp

Sergei Kuznetsov

Senior Sales Manager , Severstal

14:30 Lessons Learnt From Recent Market Entry: Greenfield/Brownfield Case Studies

Alexandr Navolozki, General Manager, Magna International
Boris Lazebnik, Head of Board, Strategic Development Director, ZAO Intercos-IV
Maxim Simonov, General Director, Vlankas

The debate around 166/566 seams to be endless...labour costs are growing... infrastructure and logistic issues are severe. Will the conditions become more difficult and resources more expensive or is the situation gradually changing for the best? Our speakers' experience includes managing investments and growing business in Russia over many difficult years. They are an invaluable source of practical and strategic information for those interested in long-term planning for their businesses in Russia. Join this session to find out how to:

build a successful and profitable production facility in the current environment evaluating competition
source customers
choose partners
develop long-term relationships
take advantage of all federal and local incentives

Alexandr Navolozki

General Manager, Magna International

Boris Lazebnik

Head of Board, Strategic Development Director, ZAO Intercos-IV

Директор по стратегическому развитию ЗАО «Интеркос-IV», Председатель совета директоров. Родился в 1955 году. В 1978 закончил Ленинградский Военно-Механический Институт («Военмех», ныне Балтийский Государственный Технический Университет) До 1990 года работал в оборонной промышленности в Научно-исследовательском Институте, начав сво [read more]

Maxim Simonov

General Director, Vlankas

Симонов Максим Владимирович родился 24 августа 1978 года. 24.06.2000 получил диплом Самарской Государственной экономической академии по специальности «Бухгалтерский учет и аудит в промышленности».С 1998 года по 2002 год работал в Акционерном коммерческом банке «Земский банк». С 2003 года работает в Открытом акционерном обществе WB [read more]

15:15 Coffee Break

Coffee Break

15:45 How To Gain Access to Financial Assets in Russia A Mutually Profitable Relationship

Eric Rasmussen, Director for Industry, Commerce and Agribusiness in Russia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

The speaker of this session is the most senior banker, who deals with Russian operations in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Eric has lived and worked in Russia for more than 12 years. He has been with the EBRD since 1995 and worked with a large number of diverse industrial projects across many regions in Russia. This session is a great opportunity to find out from Eric about the major challenges in automotive projects, what the EBRD expects from companies.

Overview of financing available for OEMs and T1s
The latest projects for the automotive industry: practical advice
Project stages and investors expectations
Key factors to consider when choosing the right exit strategy

Eric Rasmussen

Director for Industry, Commerce and Agribusiness in Russia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Эрик Расмуссен является Директором по промышленности, торговле и АПК в России Европейского банка реконструкции и развития. Эрик живет и работает в России более 12 лет. Свою деятельность в ЕБРР начал в 1995 году, где занимался большим количеством различных промышленных проектов во многих регионах России. Эрик имеет степень магистра (Финансы и Право/Школа Бизнеса Аарус в Дании), а так же окончил про [read more]

16:15 Logistics Optimisation And Best Practice: Panel Discussion

Edward Karibov , Director, Programming and Logistics, , Ford Motor Company

This session will focus on the main logistics and supply chain challenges OEMs and T1 suppliers face in Russia. These issues provoke most passionate reactions from the experts who saw it all. They will share their latest examples and solutions

OEM logistics: challenges of running operations with multiple suppliers
Supply chain standards in Russia
New ways of collaborating with suppliers based on OEM's expectations
Multisupplier experience

Edward Karibov

Director, Programming and Logistics, , Ford Motor Company

16:45 Strategies To Source, Develop And Retain Talent

Margarita Kuzina, HR Director, Volkswagen Group Rus

Unfortunately many plants experience problems of staff turnover and shortage of specialists with particular qualifications only too well. How do they solve these issues? Join this talk and hear practical advice from highly experienced HR managers, who worked in different manufacturing clusters in Russia.

Employment market in different production clusters
Practical advice on overcoming the lack of employees with relevant skill sets
Preventing and dealing with drug abuse among employees
Setting up local training programmes for automanufacturing sector
Experiences of setting up an education facility for an OEM
Developing and retaining the best talent How best to communicate with trade unions

Margarita Kuzina

HR Director, Volkswagen Group Rus

Профессиональный опыт:С 03.09 Volkswagen Group Rus, Директор по персоналу2007- 2009 Rambler Media Group, Директор по персоналу2006- 2007 Cargill Enterprises Inc., Директор по персоналу2005-2006 Deloitte & Touche CIS, Заместитель директора по персоналу 2002-2004 British American Tobacco, Директор по персоналу СТФ, фабрика «Ява»1997-2002 JTI Internat [read more]

17:15 Roundtable Discussions: With Senior Representatives From OEMs, Tier 1s And Tier 2s

You will find a lot of the latest news and discuss the latest plans with key speakers from the OEMs, the Government and from Tier 1 suppliers. This is an exceptional opportunity for you to expand and maintain contacts with the most important executives in the industry - THE TRUE DECISION-MAKERS! These contacts will later translate into business deals and long term partnerships.According to our delegates and speakers, Roundtable Discussions are the most important and valuable networking opportunities they get. During the Roundtable Discussions you and your colleagues will:

join several roundtable discussions hosted by key representatives of OEMs, the Government and T1 suppliers
move from table to table – to ensure you have covered all clients and key decision-makers
establish personal contacts with all those key executives, who are or later become your clients and partners
hear about what your competitors are doing in Russia
get new information essential to your success in Russia
ensure that you are front of mind in the boardroom of every client in Russia

Bring lots of business cards and several colleagues to make sure you outnumber your competitors!

Roundtable Discussion Themes:

Roundtable 1. Automotive Production In Russia And Engineering Optimisation

Discussion of growth strategies and plans
Local development opportunities
Production and engineering optimisation
New design and engineering developments of different vehicle areas, their impact on suppliers
What technologies with drive the development of the market

Roundtable 2. Ascertain Opportunities for International Development

International market opportunities
How best to facilitate the position of the Russian automotive industry and to strengthen competitiveness on the international arena
The role of federal and local government in this process
How best to promote Russian automotive companies internationally: practical steps

Roundtable 3. Proven Strategies to Optimise Your Purchasing And Procurement to Win on Price and Service Levels

Quality and expectations
Procurement technologies and platforms
Ways to simplify procurement technology
Negotiations

Roundtable 4. Techniques to Optimise Supplier Engagement

How to achieve the expected level of quality
Expectations towards particular groups of suppliers
Deadlines
How to develop a long term relationship

Roundtable 5. Logistics And Customs Issues - Strategies for Successful Compliance

How best to solve specific customs issues
How best to overcome infrastructure challenges
Work with local government to solve transport issues
Experience of cooperation with ports

Roundtable 6.Strategies To Source, Develop And Retain Talent

Employment market in different production clusters
Practical advice on overcoming the lack of employees with relevant skill sets
Preventing and dealing with drug abuse among employees
Setting up local training programmes for automanufacturing sector
Experiences of setting up an education facility for an OEM
Developing and retaining the best talent: practical advice
How best to communicate with trade unions

You are welcome to suggest other topics for roundtable discussions!

18:30 Networking and Drinks Reception

Networking and Drinks Reception

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Main Conference

Alexei Rakhmanov Director, Automotive Industry and Agricultural Engineering , The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia

Kirill Soloveychik Deputy Chairman, Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade of St Petersburg

Romuald Rytwinski General Director, General Motors Auto

Peter Layer Director for Purchasing and Supply Chain, GM Auto

Dr Andreas Krepp Vice-President for Quality , Volkswagen Group Rus

Dr Pavel Sovetchenko Head of Materials Quality Testing Laboratory, Volkswagen Group Rus

Ander Ormaetxea Commercial Director, Division 1, Gestamp

Sergei Kuznetsov Senior Sales Manager , Severstal

Alexandr Navolozki General Manager, Magna International

Boris Lazebnik Head of Board, Strategic Development Director, ZAO Intercos-IV

Maxim Simonov General Director, Vlankas

Eric Rasmussen Director for Industry, Commerce and Agribusiness in Russia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Edward Karibov Director, Programming and Logistics, , Ford Motor Company

Margarita Kuzina HR Director, Volkswagen Group Rus