05 June, 2013
Le Meridien Piccadilly, London

6th ANNUAL PROCURECON CPO ROUNDTABLES


High level CPO forum – by invitation only

Featuring 2 up-to-the-minute keynote case studies from British American Tobacco and Britvic Soft Drinks on their latest procurement initiatives.

One day of high-level debate and discussion to compare strategies, pinpoint new opportunities and build relationships with Europe’s leading CPOs across industries.

Under Chatham House Rule

Hear top-line strategies from leaders in the field:

  • Question panellists from Coca Cola, Air France, Novartis, Standard Chartered Bank and Credit Suisse on how they balance delivering short term fixes with long term strategic value, as financial difficulties prompt CEO’s to demand quick cost cutting measures that have an immediate, positive impact on share prices
  • Hear a case study presentation from British American Tobacco on how they are delivering efficiency savings of £500 million over five years through the rationalisation and centralisation of their indirect procurement function
  • Gain first-hand, best practice strategies from Britvic Soft Drinks on understanding the future drivers of commodity inflation and how to minimize the impact of commodity drivers on your business

PLUS

5 expert-led roundtable debates to discuss and digest fresh insights on the key issues affecting the CPO function:

  • Top down directive to cut costs, manage demand and leverage spend effectively
  • How to manage, mitigate or use risk to deliver value to your business
  • Supplier relationship management to drive top line impact
  • Leverage a truly global procurement structure
  • Procurement outsourcing and category outsourcing

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You may be asking ‘what's new this year?

Last year, we had a packed room and question after question came for our keynote presenters and panellists who delivered ‘real’ examples of procurement optimisation and best practice. So this year, we have hand-selected two speakers and five panellists known for their progressive work in the sector and asked them to be candid and share what really drives their procurement organisations and how they are dealing with the current economic and business pressures. Expect lively Q&A sessions!

We have also changed the format of the day so you attend roundtable sessions and discuss problems with your peers, in between the presentations and panel sessions, so come armed with problems to discuss and brainstorm solutions with the top minds in your field. There won’t be any time for ‘um’s’ and ‘ar’s’, or generic points of discussion, your time is important and the sessions have been designed to extract maximum value, to network, discuss best practice and benchmark with the leading European CPOs across industries, in one room for one day only.

Under Chatham House Rule, this is a unique opportunity to hear candid insight from 80 other C-Level procurement executives across industries on the challenges they face and a chance to dig deep into the most fundamental strategic sourcing and purchasing management issues that concern you.

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Topics for discussion and debate:
• How to encourage innovation in the supplier base for co-development of product and service offerings for top line growth
• How is the role of the CPO changing - examining what capabilities will bring procurement to next level
• Transforming the procurement organisation to be focused on optimising the customer experience
• Ambition, capability and teamwork; three key factors that enable successful purchasing
• Extracting value from key relationships - effective engagement with internal stakeholders
• Sustainable sourcing - processes deployed and how to engage with key stakeholders for the future?

Our high-calibre speaker panel includes:

  • Guilherme Botelho

    Guilherme Botelho Group Head of Procurement, British American Tobacco

  • David Cowell

    David Cowell VP Procurement, Coca Cola

  • Thierry Bellon

    Thierry Bellon Senior VP Purchasing and Chief Procurement Officer, Air France

  • Phillip Duncan

    Phillip Duncan Chief Procurement Officer, Novartis

  • Rashni Chahal

    Rashni Chahal Holden Regional Head Global Sourcing UK/Europe/Americas, Standard Chartered Bank

  • Mark Hannay

    Mark Hannay EMEA Head of Regional Sourcing, Credit Suisse

  • Fabienne Lesbros

    Fabienne Lesbros Chief Procurement Officer, Britvic Soft Drinks

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