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Procurecon
2 - 4 November, 2010
Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels, Belgium
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Main Conference Day Two: Wednesday 4 November 2009

 
08:00 - Coffee & Registration
Coffee & Registration
08:20 - Chairman’s Opening Address
Chairman’s Opening Address
08:30 - C-Level Debate: Collaboration with Key Functions such as Finance, R&D and Sales for Procurement to Increase Visibility As A Function and Improve Business Practices
Davy Vreys, CFO, BT Benelux
Marc Magistrali, Senior Vice President Global Sourcing & CPO, KONE
Les Ball, VP SCM EMEA, EATON
  • Understanding how each organisation’s goals fit into overall company strategy and impact procurement and supply chain costs
  • Creating infrastructure to ensure shared visibility into processes
  • Engineering tools that take costs out from the end-to-end procurement and global supply chain
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Davy Vreys
CFO, BT Benelux

Davy is a Chief Financial Officer with full responsibility for development and leadership of the financial department of BT Benelux. He is a sparring partner for the Board of Management in driving the company towards improved results and operations maximizing return on investment. His main achievements include:
  • Improving sustainable profitability substantially by implementing a dedicated re [read more]
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Marc Magistrali

Marc Magistrali
Senior Vice President Global Sourcing & CPO, KONE

Marc is responsible for worldwide direct and indirect material spend. Marc has previously had similar leadership roles with leading multinationals including Philips and Avery Dennison. He manages a worldwide team of more than 150 sourcing and supplier quality professionals spread across the globe. He has recently led an organisational redesign, transforming what was previously a highly decentralis [read more]
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Les Ball

Les Ball
VP SCM EMEA, EATON
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09:00 - CPO Perspective: How Should a CPO Forecast the Economic Outlook and Be Prepared for 2010 and 2011?
Barbara Lavernos, CPO, Loreal
  • Calculating the knock-on effect of the future markets and what it will mean to your business
  • Handling the dilemma of taking up capacity
  • Understanding the implications of the economic outlook for a CPO and the business
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Barbara Lavernos
CPO, Loreal
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09:30 - Are Purchasing And Innovation Still Compatible In Difficult Times?
Didier Morisseau , Sourcing & Supplier Development Director, Kraft Biscuits Europe
Bruno Tonnelier, Partner, Buy.O Group
  • Is supplier innovation a fantasy, a placebo or a cure ?
  • How suppliers contribute to innovation : a reality check in Kraft Biscuits Europe.
  • Sizing supplier opportunities : getting ready and boosting the recovery.
  • How to build resilience and agility of purchasing
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Didier Morisseau
Sourcing & Supplier Development Director, Kraft Biscuits Europe

In Kraft Biscuits Europe, Didier is leading a purchasing department dedicated to Innovation & Technology.In his current role, Didier’s major areas of focus consist on building & managing a European team involved with suppliers in strategic deals to support the company’s Growth.In the biscuit industry the innovation has got 3 main dimensions: technology, innovative ingredients and manufactu [read more]
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Bruno Tonnelier
Partner, Buy.O Group

Bruno is one of the four founders of Buy.O Procurement, an international consulting company fully dedicated to procurement and supply chain function. Prior to joining BUY.O, Bruno was a project leader for an ERP implementation program for a telecommunication equipment manufacturer, in charge of manufacturing and procurement practices. Prior to that, he was purchasing and procurement manager in Asi [read more]
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10:00 - Which Skills and Competencies Are Needed in Purchasing to Handle Economic and Financial Crises?
Gordon Crichton, Director, Institut du Management de l’Achat Industriel (MAI)
  • Who are the right people and what are the right profiles for purchasing?
  • What is meant by right competencies and leadership?
  • Is purchasing the right place for leaders?
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Gordon Crichton
Director, Institut du Management de l’Achat Industriel (MAI)
10:35 - Mid Morning coffee in the Exhibition Area
Mid Morning coffee in the Exhibition Area
11:05 - Spend Analysis: The Right Path To Better Supplier Risk Management
Jean de Mesmay, Group Purchasing and Supply Chain Director, Essilor

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Jean de Mesmay
Group Purchasing and Supply Chain Director, Essilor

A HEC business school graduate, Mr de Mesmay spent 4 years with Henkel France as a Product Manager, before moving on to Oliver Wyman, a Strategic Consulting firm. Mr de Mesmay joined Essilor in 2004.His remit includes projects, information systems, and purchase management. Recently, Mr de Mesmay’s role has broadened to include Supply Chain management. He has headed up projects such as:
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11:35 - Close Supplier Working Relations: It’s Money in the Bank!
John Henke, Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, Oakland University / President, Planning Perspectives, Inc., Oakland University
- Monetary value of close supplier working relations - Supplier working relations drivers of economic value- Monetary return vs. Supplier working relations status
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John Henke
Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, Oakland University / President, Planning Perspectives, Inc., Oakland University
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12:05 - Proactively Managing Your Portfolio: Focusing on the Right Projects to Take Advantage of Soft Market Opportunities
Vel Dhinagaravel, CEO, Beroe, Inc.
  • How do you know which projects will have the highest return and can you easily adapt to changing market conditions?
  • Are you ensuring that a balanced portfolio of projects is selected and that you are able to achieve optimal savings, while reducing risk?
  • How will you gracefully blend long-term strategic planning with rapidly changing market conditions?
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Vel Dhinagaravel
CEO, Beroe, Inc.
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12:40 - Interactive Voting Panel Discussion: Treating CSR & Sustainability As A Risk Management Issue For Brand Reputation: Were Sustainability and CSR Issues Just A Fad Or Do They Fit In With Your Corporate Agenda?
Ton Geurts, CPO, AkzoNobel
Pedro Martinez, CPO, NH Hotels
Ariane Thomas, Head of Corporate Supplier Performance Monitoring, L'Oreal
  • Should you be dedicating your time and efforts in CSR & sustainability when times are tough?
  • Evaluating the key benefits of sustainability & CSR policies for your brand reputation and risk management framework
  • How can procurement ensure that sustainability is sustainable – Key ways to embed CSR initiatives into commercial and business strategy
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Ton Geurts
CPO, AkzoNobel

Ton is a seasoned international trained counsel, business and program manager, negotiator and well experienced procurement professional. As of January 2007 he joined AkzoNobel being the first CPO of AkzoNobel. Together with the business AkzoNobel Sourcing coordinates €8 billion spend. The corporate function AkzoNobel Sourcing is staffed with 40 FTEs, particularly specialized in PR and NPR spend an [read more]
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Pedro Martinez
CPO, NH Hotels

Pedro Martinez has lived and worked in Europe and North America. He has sound global experience working in every continent, from dealing with Eastern European countries in the early 90’s to sourcing from the Far and Middle East, or managing change in Latin America.

Pedro is an experienced Senior Supply Chain Manager with a proven trac [read more]

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Ariane Thomas
Head of Corporate Supplier Performance Monitoring, L'Oreal
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13:10 - Interactive Voting Panel Discussion: How Can a CEO, CFO and COO Maximise Working Capital through Procurement?
Bas Burger, CEO, BT Benelux
Davy Vreys, CFO, BT Benelux
Onno Maliepaard, Director of Procurement, EMEA, Goodyear Dunlop
Angela Porter, Group Procurement Director, ITV
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  • What can purchasing do more to improve margins and generate cash?
  • Best practice strategic cash management framework implemented through procurement
  • Assessing the pros and cons of adopting a single set of operating principles and shared
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Bas Burger
CEO, BT Benelux

Bas Burger is the Chief Executive Officer of BT Benelux. Prior to this role, he was Executive Vice President at Getronics NV and CEO of KPN EnterCom.
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Vreys

Davy Vreys
CFO, BT Benelux

Davy is a Chief Financial Officer with full responsibility for development and leadership of the financial department of BT Benelux. He is a sparring partner for the Board of Management in driving the company towards improved results and operations maximizing return on investment. His main achievements include:
  • Improving sustainable profitability substantially by implementing a dedicated re [read more]
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Onno

Onno Maliepaard
Director of Procurement, EMEA, Goodyear Dunlop

Onno commenced his career in management consulting with Alexander Proudfoot Plc, where as junior consultant he participated in several business re-engineering projects across various industries. In 1994 , Onno moved into strategic global sourcing for Procter & Gamble where he held various regional and global procurement managment positions over a 9 year period. Roles ranged from upstream suppl [read more]
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Angela Porter
Group Procurement Director, ITV

Angela joined ITV in November 2008 as Head of Group Procurement, as an interim, whilst th ITV efficiency review was being concluded and offered the role of Group Procurement Director at the beginning of April. She is responsible for all Category and spend areas across the group, (960M) she is responsible for driving strategy across all areas of Procurement. ITV has circa [read more]

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13:40 - Lunch
Lunch
16:00 - Afternoon Coffee in the Exhibition Area
Afternoon Coffee in the Exhibition Area
17:30 - End of ProcureCon 2009
End of ProcureCon 2009