Neil Bradford

Head of Procurement
JD Sports

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Day 3

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

14:00 Interactive Case Study - A Modern Toolkit for Extracting More Innovation from Your Supplier Base

Neil, previously CPO at Sainsbury’s, can help you improve the way you profile suppliers, align procurement and supplier objectives and agree on a consistent method of communication to give innovation the best chance. Presented as a tool kit for any senior procurement professional this session will provide you with advice on:

How to engage and screen prospective suppliers for innovation over cost
How to align suppliers’ values with your own business’ values to create fertile ground for innovation sharing
How to ensure project completion by making delivery a shared objective between procurement and suppliers
How to communicate and share learnings across your supply chain to raise awareness of innovation in action