Day 2

08:00 - 08:35 Coffee and Networking

Grab a coffee in the solution lounge and start networking early.

08:35 - 08:40 Chairperson’s Opening Thoughts

What are the biggest challenges facing CPOs today and how are they being solved? Find out from one of the most experienced procurement professionals in Europe as he opens the day on Optimising Business Partnering.

Mikkel Larsen, Chief Procurement Officer at PFA

Mikkel Larsen

Chief Procurement Officer
PFA

08:40 - 09:20 Interactive Case Study - How to Transform Procurement into an Innovative, Trusted Partner to the Business

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Nick Brazier, Chief Procurement Officer at Allianz Insurance

Nick Brazier

Chief Procurement Officer
Allianz Insurance

09:20 - 09:50 CPO Interview - Understanding Your Business and the Expectations of Procurement to Precisely Deliver Value


Gordon Tytler, Director of Purchasing at Rolls-Royce P.L.C.

Gordon Tytler

Director of Purchasing
Rolls-Royce P.L.C.

Duncan Brock, Member of the Board of Management at Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)

Duncan Brock

Member of the Board of Management
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)

09:50 - 10:30 Interactive Case Study: Transforming Your Procurement Organisation by Engaging with the Business

Thibaut Eissautier

Chief Procurement Officer
Pladis Group

10:30 - 11:10 Morning Networking Break

Refresh, grab a coffee and introduce yourself to new contacts to expand your professional network in the solution lounge where you can also find breakthrough procurement tools and services.

11:10 - 11:45 Guest Presentation – Mastering Personality Styles to Develop Stronger Cross Cultural Relationships Inside and Outside Your Business


Doug Spence

Executive Coach
Spence Partners

11:45 - 12:10 When is the Right Time to Engage Your Internal Stakeholders to Maximize Results from Your Risk Strategy?

Pick up new stakeholder engagement and risk management best practices from Ericsson's senior sourcing leader in Europe, Mihaela Pelmus. Drawing on her experience managing international teams who successfully balance risk management and value creation, Mihaela will identify proven strategies you can implement as soon as you return to your office.

  • Examining how to quickly identify risk across your global supply chain to design an end-to-end risk management strategy that is suited to your business
  • How to continuously engage your stakeholders in supporting your new risk management strategy to avoid it falling down their list of priorities
  • Exploring how to leverage technology to help you control risk and provide visibility of risk to senior management
  • Ericsson's lessons learned engaging stakeholders in co-managing risk with sourcing to provide you with some useful tips and advice

Mihaela Pelmus

Regional Sourcing Leader
Ericsson Sourcing Services

12:10 - 12:30 Back to the Future – the Revolutionary Approach of Transparent and Cost Effective Fleet Management

Majk Strika, Managing Director Europe at Ari Fleet

Majk Strika

Managing Director Europe
Ari Fleet

12:30 - 13:05 Interactive Case Study – How to Achieve Effective Multi-Functional Collaboration between Procurement and Stakeholders

Discover how to improve the speed of value delivery into your business by learning how Philips masters multi-functional collaboration through a process it calls Design for eXcellence. Find out how excellence has allowed Philips to boost commitment from senior management, enhance collaboration and deliver continuous savings.

  • How to influence the attention and commitment from senior management and cross functional ownership of spend management

  • How to create explict, visible collaboration and involvement of cross-functional teams

  • Why you need to focus on holistic benefits, above and beyond material cost savings

  • How to achieve continuous training & development of tools and methods
Arjan de Jongste, Head of Global Indirect Procurement at Philips

Arjan de Jongste

Head of Global Indirect Procurement
Philips

13:05 - 13:10 What’s the Big Idea? Business Partnering - Use Every Sales Trick in the Book

Tania Seary, Founder at Procurious

Tania Seary

Founder
Procurious

13:10 - 13:10 Lunch

Take a break, enjoy a 3 course menu in the adjoining restaurant and make lots of new contacts.

13:10 - 14:15 Women in Procurement – How to Empower Your Procurement Team to Become True Business Leaders

Solve specific procurement challenges you have with an experienced procurement professional during a 20-minute one-to-one session. Only two available so make sure you register early to avoid disappointment.

Mildred Matesan

Strategy and Sourcing Development Manager
Ericsson Sourcing

John Everett

EMEAI Purchasing Business Services Director
Dow Chemical

Track A – Control and Visibility

14:15 - 14:55 CPO Dialogue – Can Category Management and Stakeholder Management be Balanced in a Good Way?
Nina Guezennec, Chief Procurement Officer at Suntory Beverages and Food

Nina Guezennec

Chief Procurement Officer
Suntory Beverages and Food

Jorgen Zetterstrom, Head of Indirect Procurement at Sony Mobile

Jorgen Zetterstrom

Head of Indirect Procurement
Sony Mobile

Roger Davies, Chief Procurement Officer at Marks and Spencer

Roger Davies

Chief Procurement Officer
Marks and Spencer

Track B – Cross Functional Teams

14:15 - 14:55 Interactive Case Study - How to Create an Effective Matrix Structure for Procurement in a Complex Environment?
Matthias Manegold, Director, Global Procurement, Packaging at Bacardi-Martini

Matthias Manegold

Director, Global Procurement, Packaging
Bacardi-Martini

1. Cloud Due Diligence

Alex Li, ‎Principal Standards Analyst, Microsoft

2. Evolutionof the Talent Environment

James May, Director of Client Solutions, Allegis Global Solutions & Mike Beresford, Director of MSP, RPO & SOW Business Development, EMEA Allegis Global Solutions

3. How to Influence Internal Stakeholders to Support More Outsourcing

Maria Madrid Rodenas, Vice President Procurement, NH Hotels

4. Optimising Your Contingent Workforce Spend Management

Cris Buningh, Head of Professional Services Procurement, Shell

5. How to Influence Stakeholder Engagement to More Precisely Deliver Value to Your Business

Jim Miller, Director Procurement, Commissioning & Facilities, NHS National Services Scotland

6. Building Truer Business Partnerships

Jean-Noël Puissant, Executive Coach (and Former Regional CPO)

Maria Madrid Rodenas, Vice President Global Procurement at NH Hotels

Maria Madrid Rodenas

Vice President Global Procurement
NH Hotels

Jim Miller, Director, Procurement, Commissioning & Facilities at NHS National Services Scotland

Jim Miller

Director, Procurement, Commissioning & Facilities
NHS National Services Scotland

Cris Buningh, Head of Professional Services Procurement at Shell

Cris Buningh

Head of Professional Services Procurement
Shell

Mike Beresford, Director of MSP, RPO & SOW Business Development, EMEA at Allegis

Mike Beresford

Director of MSP, RPO & SOW Business Development, EMEA
Allegis

Jean-Noel Puissant, Executive Coach and Former Chief Procurement Officer at .

Jean-Noel Puissant

Executive Coach and Former Chief Procurement Officer
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James May, Director, Client Solutions at ‎Allegis Global Solutions

James May

Director, Client Solutions
‎Allegis Global Solutions

Alex Li, Principal Standards Analyst at Microsoft

Alex Li

Principal Standards Analyst
Microsoft

Track D – Synergy Workshop

14:15 - 14:55 How to Excel in Cross Cultural Negotiations
With numbers limited to 30 this unique workshop experience will provide you with the latest research and thinking on negotiation best practice. Focusing on how to use negotiation to solve your current challenges this interactive session will provoke you to think differently about exciting topics including:
  • How to deliver real versus perceived value
  • How to understand and master cross-cultural communication
  • How to recognise and work against gender bias to get better results for your business
Giuseppe Conti, Senior Director Supply Chain at Merck

Giuseppe Conti

Senior Director Supply Chain
Merck

Track A – Control and Visibility

14:55 - 15:35 Pfizer’s Evolutionary Path to Category Management

Eileen de Búrca

EMEA Category Strategy Manager
Pfizer Inc.

Track B – Cross Functional Teams

14:55 - 15:35 Interactive Case Study - Changing the Game: Who is the Expert?
Royal Schiphol Group is ambitious. Schiphol aims to be Europe’s Preferred Airport, and to stand out in terms of connectivity, quality, efficiency, customer experience, innovation and sustainability. We cannot be Europe’s biggest airport – but we can be the best.

Connectivity is of vital importance for Schiphol. More connections, means more passengers. Sufficient capacity will be indispensable. In this regard, Lelystad Airport will open in 2018, creating the necessary buffer to allow Schiphol to grow as a hub airport. Schiphol already exist 100 years!

So you would think that Schiphol is THE expert to build the new Lelystad Airport. Find out how Royal Schiphol Group uses the strength of the market to realize innovative solutions in building the Europe’s Preferred Leisure Airport. Case study Lelystad Airport:

  • Insight in how procurement is organized at Royal Schiphol Group.
  • Who is the expert in designing and building a new airport?
  • How can you select the supplier who add most value?
  • What is Best Value Procurement?
  • Lessons Learned.

Budi Darmadi, Procurement Manager at Schiphol Airport

Budi Darmadi

Procurement Manager
Schiphol Airport

Peter Mustert, Senior Procurement Officer at Schiphol Group

Peter Mustert

Senior Procurement Officer
Schiphol Group

Track C –Buck’s Fizz Roundtables – Collaboration Tools and Techniques

14:55 - 15:35 SESSION CONTINUED

Track D – Synergy Workshop

14:55 - 15:35 SESSION CONTINUED

15:35 - 16:05 Break

Refresh, grab a coffee and introduce yourself to new contacts to expand your professional network in the solution lounge where you can also find breakthrough procurement tools and services.

Track A – Moving to Digital

16:05 - 16:45 Interactive Case Study – How to Leverage Technology to Gain Greater Visibility and Control Over Your Global Spend
Johan Larsson, Head of Indirect Procurement at Volvo Cars

Johan Larsson

Head of Indirect Procurement
Volvo Cars

One of the biggest unanswered questions for senior procurement professionals is what next? How do you move on from procurement once you reach the top of the organisation? Find out what some of the most senior procurement professionals from different sectors think to challenge your own ideas on the issue.

  • How to positively approach the question 'what next after procurement?
  • Examining how have other CPOs made a career outside of procurement?
  • Unique skills and competencies CPOs can bring to other areas of the business

Lianne Deeming

Chief Procurement Officer
Tata Steel

Brian Gjerstrup, Chief Procurement Officer at Teliasonera Denmark

Brian Gjerstrup

Chief Procurement Officer
Teliasonera Denmark

Fabienne Lesbros, Chief Procurement Officer at Co-Op Group

Fabienne Lesbros

Chief Procurement Officer
Co-Op Group

Duncan Brock, Member of the Board of Management at Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)

Duncan Brock

Member of the Board of Management
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)

Roger Davies, Chief Procurement Officer at Marks and Spencer

Roger Davies

Chief Procurement Officer
Marks and Spencer

Track A – Moving to Digital

16:45 - 17:25 Interactive Case Study - How to Align IT Stakeholders’ Requirements with Management’s Vision to Add New Value to Your Business


Michael Bell, IT Category Manager at KPN

Michael Bell

IT Category Manager
KPN

Track B – Elevating Procurement

16:45 - 17:25 Interactive Case Study - How to Move Internal Business Relationships to the Next Level to Deliver Value Faster
Find out how to identify top priorities for your internal stakeholders to focus on solving problems they most need help with. By doing this you will be able to achieve a high level of intimacy in a shorter time, more savings and more value for your business. Drawing on experience as a procurement professional and business leader, Ditte will share new thinking on this important subject.

  • How to train your teams to create a culture of intimacy between procurement and stakeholders to increase trust and generate more accurate service specifications
  • How to identify the right stakeholder priorities to focus on to drive engagement early on
  • How to sustain closer relationships with stakeholders to continuously deliver value beyond savings
  • How to leverage technology to help communicate and share vital procurement and supplier information inside the business
Ditte Lindberg, Chief Procurement Officer at Lundbeck

Ditte Lindberg

Chief Procurement Officer
Lundbeck

Track A – Moving to Digital

17:25 - 17:30 Chairperson’s Closing Thoughts
Mikkel Larsen, Chief Procurement Officer at PFA

Mikkel Larsen

Chief Procurement Officer
PFA

Track B – Elevating Procurement

17:25 - 17:30 Chairperson’s Closing Thoughts
Fabienne Lesbros, Chief Procurement Officer at Co-Op Group

Fabienne Lesbros

Chief Procurement Officer
Co-Op Group

17:30 - 19:00 Drinks Reception in Exhibition

Join your peers and colleagues in the luxurious surrounds of the Hotel Palace during this themed networking reception. Relax, unwind and share a drink with friends as you build a new procurement network onsite.

19:00 - 23:59 Delegate Dinner at the Brewery