Want to know how you can best re- prioritise your digital tech spend and supplier relationships when everything is changing daily?
- Choose the right digital tech and data analytics to drive efficiencies and maintain your business’ resilience - get practical insights from the world’s leading companies and their partners
- Strengthen relationships with your suppliers to mitigate the impacts of disruption and drive a greater ROI - discover how the latest strategies, tools and technologies are being leveraged
- Benchmark against peers and have your pressing questions answered – hear from 12 procurement leaders and take part in live polling and Q&A after each session
COVID-19: New Frontiers In Procurement Strategy
Day One
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11:00 am - 11:05 am
11:00 am - 11:05 am
Welcome And Opening Remarks
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11:05 am - 11:30 am
11:05 am - 11:30 am
Presentation: Remote management, emotional engagement and tactical thinking:
Carlos Cruz, Head of Procurement – EMEA, Bayer
Learn moreWhat we’re learning about team management in times of adversity and how to apply it moving forward
- How can you restore productivity and engagement by focussing on employees’ emotions and keeping your promises?
- How to instil compassionate leadership across management and earn trust in times of disruption
- How can you boost wellbeing during a crisis?
- How to safeguard mental health in times of a crisis and support remote workers
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11:30 am - 11:50 am
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Presentation: How to exploit the latest digital technologies to drive flexibility and agility across your global supply chains
Learn more- What digitally integrated solutions are making the biggest difference to global supply chains?
- How can smart solutions drive a robust and high visibility global supply chain network?
- What are the implementation costs associated with these technologies and the projected ROI?
- How can you best work with your partners to drive the capabilities of integrated smart solutions in supply chain?
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11:50 am - 12:10 pm
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
Presentation: SRM focus: How to develop a deeper level of collaboration with your suppliers to leverage innovation and ensure you get the best prices in times of crisis
Laura Faulkner, CPO, Nationwide
Learn more- How to leverage innovation from your third party suppliers to remain competitive and ensure you are getting the best prices
- How to achieve a harmonious partnership between supplier, buyer and end-user to deliver greater value to your business
- How can involving your suppliers in more decisions change the nature of your partnerships and enable you to secure better deals?
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Presentation: Covid-19 Lessons Learned: How to leverage actionable insights from data analytics to make better informed real-time decisions that maintains your business’ resilience now and into the future
Learn more- How can data analytics help identify your successes, failures and opportunities?
- How to leverage insights from analytics to inform category management and strategic sourcing
- How to leverage big data to gain actionable insights from customers and suppliers and secure full visibility and control
- How can you build a central knowledge base for procurement using data to empower your colleagues with key insights?
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12:30 pm - 12:50 pm
12:30 pm - 12:50 pm
Presentation: Exploring value added tools: How can you identify which digital technologies are best placed to drive productivity and cut operating costs?
Magnus Bergfors, VP, European Research, Spend Matters
Learn more- How to identify gaps in your procurement processes and integrate digital technologies that can support current short falls
- Which technologies have shown their worth the most during the crisis?
- How to strike the balance of human and tech interactions to avoid over investing in digital technologies that do not add value
- What digital technology should you look at to boost your performance and why: Evaluating AI, big data, cloud, apps, etc.
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12:50 pm - 1:10 pm
12:50 pm - 1:10 pm
Presentation: Covid-19 agility lessons learned: 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
Luiz Barberini, Operations Manager - External Manufacturing Latin America Head , Bayer
Learn more- What have companies done to mitigate the impacts of the Covid-19 disruption on a global scale?
- How can you rapidly adjust your procurement strategies to maintain business resilience following sudden demand and supply side shocks?
- How to move beyond cost savings and align business operations
- What lessons can we apply to our processes going beyond 2020?
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1:10 pm - 1:30 pm
1:10 pm - 1:30 pm
Presentation: How to influence key decision makers, develop techniques of persuasion, and deal with difficult people amidst the COVID-19 pandemic to best meet your business’ needs
Learn more- What are the best methods of influencing others within your organisation?
- What techniques can you use to improve your influence?
- What are the best methods of persuasion that can be used?
- Why are these techniques particularly important and powerful when an organisation is in crisis mode?
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1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Closing Keynote:
Malcolm Harrison, CEO, CIPS
Learn moreEvaluating our industry’s reaction to COVID-19: Who are the procurement “heroes of the crisis” and what can we learn from them?
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1:50 pm - 1:50 pm
1:50 pm - 1:50 pm
Close of ProcureCon Virtual Episode 2
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