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Global Procurement

Developing Change Management to maximise
e-Procurement efficiency in your business organisation.

Date: November 1, 2005
Venue:  Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel
City: Copenhagen, Denmark

In the Chair:

Bernard Gracia
Director
THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF PURCHASING MANAGEMENT

Hear from your eminent Speaker Panel:

Ken Litton
Managing Director, Global Sourcing
DEUTSCHE BANK (USA)

Dr. Thomas Papke
Senior Vice President Strategic Purchasing
LUFTHANSA TECHNIK

Francois Roblin
Group Vice President Supply Chain Management
ABB GROUP

Tommy Nielsen
Director of Global Purchasing Technology
ASTRAZENECA

Seref Alptekin
Category Supply Management Director
UNILEVER FOOD EUROPE

Professor Dr. Arjan J. van Weele
NEVI-Chair of Purchasing and Supply Management
EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Steffen Chalupny
Senior Vice President, Northern Europe
CC-HUBWOO

Event Summary:

Today Change Management makes it possible for purchasing professionals to develop culture and competence in order to capitalise on the promises of sourcing capabilities and e-procurement solutions within modern business organisations. Global Procurement is the key to success by ensuring companies are able to reduce costs, increase efficiency and strengthen long term competitiveness in the international marketplace.

As the sourcing network extends to reach suppliers in both Eastern Europe and the Far East, Change Management becomes an essential strategic tool to minimise risks and to really adapt new business opportunities in the 21st century.

According to an independent research institute supply chain expenses consume 10 percent to 20 percent of revenues at most companies. By optimising global procurement there is a tremendous potential to save money and make your company more competitive. Through a continuous learning process to ensure e-procurement usage across the organisation, Global Procurement will be able to integrate both internal and external users in the process to optimise your sourcing reliability.
 

This international one day conference will focus on Change Management as a strategic approach to optimise the usage of e-procurement within global organisations. Our top level speaker panel with companies in the frontline will guide you through the steps to optimise global procurement enabling your organisation to stay ahead of competition in an international business environment.

This conference will tackle key issues such as:

  • Examining the current status and future trends of strategic sourcing
  • Developing a Change Management programme to prepare your supplier organisation to conduct business in a new way
  • Using e-Procurement as a vehicle for change in a pharmaceutical organisation
  • How does e-Procurement match with your long term supplier relationships?
  • Designing Change Management strategies to fully adopt your e-Procurement capabilities
  • Exploring e-Sourcing as a process in global purchasing to capture new business opportunities
  • What is the impact from RFID technologies to your purchasing processes
  • Change Management: How to communicate “Who’s doing what!”

Target Audience and Job Titles:

Presidents, Chief Executive Officers, Chief Procurement Officers, Vice Presidents, Directors and Heads within:

  • Procurement
  • Purchasing
  • Global IT Procurement
  • Purchasing Operations
  • IT Category Management
  • Organisation, Standards & Tools
  • Strategic IT Purchasing
  • Sourcing and Procurement
  • Global Sourcing
  • Sourcing
  • Category Management
  • Corporate Purchasing
  • Global Purchasing Technology
  • IS/IT
  • Logistics
  • Materials Management
  • Business Development
  • Analysts

Within the Automotive, Pulp & Paper, Retailing, Fast-Moving-Consumer-Goods, Pharmaceuticals and Oil & Gas industry sectors across Europe.

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