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Covid-19 has led to price and supply shocks causing unprecedented challenges to our procurement strategies
Agenda At a Glance
Episode 1 – Monday 27th July
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2:00 pm - 2:05 pm
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2:05 pm - 2:30 pm
2:05 pm - 2:30 pm
Presentation: Embracing procurement innovation post-coronavirus: How to instil a mind-set for innovation and change to create your world-class procurement division of the future
Henner Schrader, Head of Sourcing Corporate Services, EMEA, Merck
Learn more- What have we learned about how quickly mind-set can be shifted in a crisis?
- How to apply the lessons learned moving forward
- What will it mean for procurement teams of the future?
- How to understand what drives your team to excite them for change and innovation
Henner Schrader, Head of Sourcing Corporate Services, EMEA, Merck
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Presentation: How digital technologies can drive flexibility and agility in your business
Sebastien Lecas, Senior Director, Consulting, GEP
Learn more· How digital technologies helped procurement and supply chain during the height of the crisis
· How digitization can drive a high visibility global procurement & supply chain network amidst Covid-19
· Strategies to support your supplier relationships
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3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Presentation: Legal implications of the coronavirus crisis: How to structure the terms and conditions of your new contracts and renewals to ensure you don’t get stuck again
Hernan Huwyler, Head of Procurement Center of Excellence, Danske Bank
Learn more· Assessing the scope for protection in existing contracts, including force majeur clauses
· How to conduct a full risk assessment of your supply chain and where legal exposures lie
· What grounds can you terminate contracts on?
· How to structure your new contracts with clauses specific to diseases
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3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Presentation: COVID-19 agility lessons learnt: How to quickly monitor risky situations based on trustful relationships with your suppliers to mitigate the impacts of disruption and ensure continuity of your operations
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4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Presentation: Direct Strategy: How to balance commodities cost-control with risk mitigation in volatile markets
Conception Ribaud, Head Of Procurement – Category Management, Balfour Beatty
Learn more· Balancing cost control with continuity of supply
· What is practically being done to work with suppliers in volatile markets?
· How does your current risk-mitigation strategy perform against potential crisis?
· How to adopt new procurement strategies to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to supplier selection and management
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4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Indirect strategies: How to use lessons learnt from the COVID-19 crisis to best prioritise your indirect spend and increase savings for your business now and into the future?
Pablo Montoro, Global Director of Procurement Services, Cimpress
Learn more· What competencies are particularly important for indirect procurement leaders right now?
· Where can indirect procurement leaders best add value to the business in times of disruption?
· How did you define your indirect priorities when everything broke out?
· Is it all just about cost control right now?
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4:45 pm - 5:25 pm
4:45 pm - 5:25 pm
Panel: COVID-19: Highlighting the essential need for inclusive supply chains in Europe to help mitigate future shocks to local and global economies
Maggie Berry, Executive Director, Europe, WEConnect International
Raj Pattani, Senior Manager of Global Supplier Diversity, GSK
Vanessa Moore, Head of Procurement & Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Rent-A-CarLearn more· How has the increased adoption of active supplier diversity and inclusion programmes in Europe helped to minimise future disruptions within value chains?
· Best practices in developing sustainable supplier diversity and inclusion efforts
· Where have the most significant challenges presented themselves
· What strategies can you put in place to overcome these challenges?
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5:25 pm - 5:25 pm
5:25 pm - 5:25 pm
Close of ProcureCon Virtual Episode 1
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