Saturday, February 04, 2012
Procurement Leaders Forum 14th October 2009 - Amsterdam
REACHING THE NEXT LEVEL
The Procurement Leaders Forum 2009 - 'Reaching the next level' took place on 14th October 2009 in Amsterdam.
The one-day event is the must-attend learning and networking conference for CPO's and senior procurement professionals.
OVERVIEW
The Procurement Leaders Forum brings together the world's leading procurement, sourcing and supply chain management professionals from the world's leading organisations. Topics in focus include:
- Successful recession-proof techniques - how to increase cost savings while working with a smaller budget
- Learn how to measure your performance and make procurement gain access to the highest level of your company
- Get top tips for your career success - What makes a great CPO?
- Discover new global procurement strategies for cutting down costs and increasing customer value
- "It's all about people" - develop a brand new way of thinking about skill and competency development
- Hear how to get more involved in cross functional teams for the benefit of your entire organisation
- Supplier relationship management in the current market - increased role of monitoring and new trends in supplier collaboration
- The role of risk management - how to protect your company's profit margin and limit the impact of volatility
- Top tips to improving cash flow and working capital - the rise of supply chain finance
Event highlights include:
- A variety of topics to choose from with 20 + sessions & 3 simultaneous tracks - all in one day
- Global perspective from 20+ speakers from the Netherlands, UK, Switzerland, USA and other locations
- Unparalleled networking opportunities with 150+ senior level delegates attending
- Real-time interactive voting system allowing full audience participation
SPEAKERS
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Forum chairman: Sammy Rashed Head of global sourcing - global sites Novartis Pharma (Switzerland) |
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Business breakfast keynote speaker: Guy Verberne Head of economics and investment strategy Fortis Bank (The Netherlands) |
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Dr. Lothar Steinebach Executive vice president & CFO Henkel AG & Co.KGaA (Germany) |
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John Dickson CPO Diageo (UK) |
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Grace Puma Senior vice president strategic sourcing and CPO United Airlines (USA) |
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Ton Geurts CPO Akzo Nobel (The Netherlands) |
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Roger Davies Group head of procurement Marks and Spencer (UK) |
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Rafeh Masood CPO & head of real estate and facilities BAWAG PSK (Austria) |
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Cornelius Kruijsse Head of procurement and logistics Siemens (The Netherlands) |
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Dr Hans Elmsheuser Head of global procurement Syngenta (Switzerland) |
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Jochen Weyandt Senior Vice President - Head of Corporate Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing Schindler Management (Switzerland) |
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Guy Mat Director Group Procurement Belgacom (Belgium) |
TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR PREVIOUS FORUMS
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“The forum was inspirational and provided lots of food for thought. The studies around changes in procurement confirmed a trend in the industry that is currently felt by many procurement professionals” "The forum provided a great opportunity to network and exchange ideas with senior procurement professionals. I brought several interesting new ideas back home" "The forum provided a very interesting forum to benchmark leading edge strategies being engaged by fellow global corporations. Providing a view of not only what went well but also an objective review of what learnings these organisations had gained on how better to approach these topics next time around" "Presenters from major corporations shared practical experiences of innovative approches they had developed in their procurement activities" |
