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2 - 4 November, 2010
Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels, Belgium
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“The event gave me insights into how I can improve procurement in my organisation.” Irene Namatovu, Senior Procurement Officer, MTN Uganda

Procurecon 2010

How to Do More With Less - Procurement Takes The Lead In Turning Adverse Markets Into Opportunity

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Bringing together CPO's, Procurement and Purchasing Directors, and Heads of Supply Chain, ProcureCon is the Procurement industries annual strategic sourcing forum. Delegates attend to benchmark, learn and network with their industry leaders and peers alike. ProcureCon also benefits from the experience of an advisory board of world renowned procurement experts, who oversee the development of the conference programme and the selection of the speaker faculty, guaranteeing the most up-to-date, solutions-oriented content.

What Will You Gain From Attending?

At this comprehensive event you learn a lot, meet like-minded professionals, and get your batteries recharged. Strategic sourcing and procurement may not directly generate revenue but it contributes, when managed effectively, to generating that all important competitive advantage. By sending your procurement team to ProcureCon, you’ll equip them with the skills and industry knowledge to provide your organisation with the most up to date case studies and strategies to help your procurement operations cut cost, drive efficiency and contribute to the financial growth of your business. Attend ProcureCon and you will:
  • Discover how your peers and competitors are delivering significant cost cutting and what key metrics can track results across your organisation
  • Be able to answer supplier risk management challenges faced in your industry
  • Pick up ready-made strategies to take back to the office, ready to implement for assured results
  • Benchmark key strategies for working across departments to deliver consistent results
  • Learn how to track long-term financial viability of suppliers and assess insolvency risk
  • Discover how to time future cover and hedge positions to secure competitive advantage
  • Balance the short-term cost down agenda with mid-term competitivess for business continuity
  • Free up cash to increase effectiveness and lessen risk
  • Integrate procurement with productivity optimisation and excellence to mobilise payments and free up cash
  • Forecast the economic outlook and be prepared for 2010 and 2011
  • Increase spend visibility to improve performance
Advisory BoardKey Speakers
  • Ton Geurts, CPO, AkzoNobel
  • Giles Breault, CPO, Novartis
  • Gordon Crichton, Director, Institut du Management de lAchat Industriel (MAI)
  • Jules Goffre, Vice President, AT Kearney
  • Marc Debets, Chairman, Buy O. Group
  • Alex Klein, Vice President, Efficio
  • Jack Maclachlan, CEO, MetInvest Holding
  • Bas Burger, CEO, BT Benelux
  • Philippe Varlin, Finance Director , L’Oreal
  • Davy Vreys, CFO, BT Benelux
  • Stijn van Els, Executive Vice President of Contracting & Procurement, Shell
  • Angela Porter, Group Procurement Director, ITV
  • Atul Malhotra, CPO, Georg Fisher Automotive
  • Heinz Schaeffer, CPO, AXA NORCEE