The Definitive Indirect Procurement & Corporate Sourcing Event

Thank you to all delegates, speakers and sponsors who attended and supported another successful ProcureCon Indirect Conference

The event focused on how purchasers and suppliers are utilizing technology and process to deal with a receding economy. Executives responsible for spend categories such as Marketing , Finance, Human Resources , Legal Services, MRO, Travel or any other corporate indirect spend gathered for three days of networking and shared best practices.

Highlights of the conference included:

• Michael Rager, Vice President Global Indirect Procurement at Diebold developed a basic dialogue toward the development of organizational strength in procurement and delivered a basic anatomy tutorial of “what’s in my tool box”
• Jean-Jacques Beaussart, CPO at National City Corp shared first-hand his experiences in managing the indirect procurement function and provided C-level insight to what strategies and tactics are at the top of the list for 2009.
• Brad Costedio, Assistant Vice President Global Procurement from MetLife shared MetLife’s strategies that began with the development of a robust technology platform, and grew into leveraging that platform to allow development of an offshore procurement operation.