FOCUS DAY

08:45 Registration and Coffee Registration and Coffee

09:30 Chair’s Opening Remarks Chair’s Opening Remarks

09:45 CASE STUDY: Lee Tribe, Director of Procurement Services, Metropolitan Police Service Building procurement competence and aligning the strategic goals with technical capabilities Lee Tribe Director of Procurement Services, Metropolitan Police Service Lee joined the MPS in November 2010 from the Department of Work and Pensions where he was Director of Commercial Strategy. Prior to this he held global roles in Barclays Bank and Williams PLC. His earlier career was spent in aerospace, manufacturing and engineering companies. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and he is the newly appointed Association of Chief Polic [read more]

10:15 Devising effective risk mitigation plans through comprehensive enterprise data analytics Jeff Sweetman, Chief Operating Officer, Rosslyn Analytics Devising effective risk mitigation plans through comprehensive enterprise data analytics Jeff Sweetman Chief Operating Officer, Rosslyn Analytics Jeff has extensive experience in building and deploying enterprise solutions for global organisations. Jeff has spent more than 15 years within the technology market, holding senior positions with J.D.Edwards, PeopleSoft, Oracle, FileNet, IBM as well as helping to grow a start-up within the Microsoft Dynamics channel. Technology solution experience spans ERP, e-Procurement, Content Management, Doc [read more]

11:00 Morning Coffee and Networking Morning Coffee and Networking

11:30 CASE STUDY: Jim Carter, Head of Policy and Procurement Operations, Network Rail Bridging the gap on savings – enforcing stakeholder compliance and ensuring successful change management Jim Carter Head of Policy and Procurement Operations, Network Rail Formerly at Cable & Wireless, Jim now manages Procurement Operations for Network Rail. This includes managing their Procurement Service Centre, as well as the processes, systems and tools Network Rail uses in achieving best-value for its £5bn annual spend. His remit extends to enablement projects, reporting, policy, and staff capability improvement 12:00 Identifying the best analytics tools for your business to provide insights into savings opportunities and how to actually process all the information to get tangible savings Identifying the best analytics tools for your business to provide insights into savings opportunities and how to actually process all the information to get tangible savings 12:45 Lunch and Networking Lunch and Networking 14:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Lee Tribe, Director of Procurement Services, Metropolitan Police Service Jim Carter, Head of Policy and Procurement Operations, Network Rail DISCUSSION: How to use analytics to strategically manage and get value-added-services from your suppliers? Lee Tribe Director of Procurement Services, Metropolitan Police Service Lee joined the MPS in November 2010 from the Department of Work and Pensions where he was Director of Commercial Strategy. Prior to this he held global roles in Barclays Bank and Williams PLC. His earlier career was spent in aerospace, manufacturing and engineering companies. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and he is the newly appointed Association of Chief Polic [read more] Jim Carter Head of Policy and Procurement Operations, Network Rail Formerly at Cable & Wireless, Jim now manages Procurement Operations for Network Rail. This includes managing their Procurement Service Centre, as well as the processes, systems and tools Network Rail uses in achieving best-value for its £5bn annual spend. His remit extends to enablement projects, reporting, policy, and staff capability improvement 14:30 CASE STUDY: Rob Turner, Head of Programme - Procurement, Tarmac The role and value of having a dedicated analytical team in a procurement function at Tarmac Rob Turner Head of Programme - Procurement, Tarmac Rob is the Head of Programme for Tarmac’s procurement group. His primary role is to provide governance over the management, development and operation of Tarmac’s successful procurement programme and has direct responsibility for supplier performance management, supply chain accreditation, analytics and purchase to pay. He has a specialism in commodity and energy procurement and has held senior sou [read more] 15:00 Afternoon Tea and Networking Afternoon Tea and Networking 15:30 INNOVATION SHOWCASE: Using advanced analytics and the most sophisticated tools to identify future spend patterns, rather than merely analysing data to track historical trends 16:30 Chair’s Closing Remarks Chair’s Closing Remarks Sponsor Sponsor Sponsor Sponsor Home | Register Now | Sponsorship Opportunities | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | WBR | Sitemap © 2012 Worldwide Business Research. All Rights Reserved. Theme2 Master Page Theme2 PageName:agenda.aspx EventInfo Id = 104846 Content Id = 104856 Content Title = focusday