6th CIPSA Annual Conference – Day Two Seminars

The Seminar Streams have been developed along five themes:

Stream A - KEY TOPICS
Stream B - CASE STUDIES
Stream C - HARD SKILLS
Stream D - SOFT SKILLS
Stream E - PUBLIC SECTOR

 

Seminar Stream 4 – 11.00am-12.00pm
 
 
4a - Risk Management on the Supply Side
·         Risk variety, assessment and management;
·         Building resilience and flexibility into the supply chain by growing corporate agility to meet supply-side variances;
·         Risk as an opportunity for competitive advantage.
 
 
Tom Pearson MCIPS
Partner,
Supply Transformation
 
Consultant
 
4b - What the CFO Wants from Procurement
·         The “Cost Of Control Global Research 2010”, exploring the relationship between finance and procurement departments;
·         Integrating the procurement and finance functions;
·         The business case for investment in procurement.
 
Karri Lehtonen
Vice President,
Basware Australia & New Zealand
 
Supplier
 
 
4c - Procurement and Contract Law Essential Update
·         The process contract explained;
·         Recent cases on the Process Contract;
·         Exclusion of liability for procurement breaches;
·         Damages to dissatisfied tenderers;
·         Tenderers given access to confidential procurement documentation.
 
 
Scott Alden,
Partner
&
Alison Eather,
Senior Associate,
DLA Phillips Fox
 
Legal Profession
 
4d - Breaking Down Barriers with Key Stakeholders
·         The common scenarios that arise in relation to stakeholder barriers and why they arise;
·         Suggested ways to break down barriers and pave the way for strong implementation;
·         Creative conflict as an important but under-utilised tool in stakeholder management.
 
 
Scott Glover
AT Kearney
 
Consultant
 
4e - Alliance Contracting
·         What is alliance contracting and its history in Australasia?
·         Where is performance gained and lost (human perspective)?
·         Where is it best suited – “the spectrum of collaboration” (contracting perspective)?
 
 
Andrew Hutchinson
Managing Director,
Alchimie P/L
 
Consultant

 

Seminar Stream 5 – 12.00-1.00pm
 
 
5a - Leveraging Technology to Advance Category Management
  • Improving sourcing outcomes through technology;
  • Key contract and supplier performance technology advances;
  • Coordinating systems and pricing terms to drive contract compliance.
 
 
Rachel Barger 
Director Consulting -Australia,
Ariba, Inc
 
Consultant
 
5b - The Case for Certification of Procurement Policies
·         The value of establishing global best practice policies, procedures and process;
·         Helping stakeholders develop procurement policy to build buy-in;
·         Creating a corporate sales credential from your supply chain.
 
 
Stephen Sherwood MCIPS
EM Governance,
 Group Procurement,
Suncorp
 
Practitioner
 
5c - Managing Reputational Risk
  • Reputational risk: a thin squiggly line between the life and death of a business;
  • Identifying and quantifying the risks with stories to keep you awake at night;
  • Strategies to minimise brand risk in the supply chain.
 
 
Alex Harris
Director,
The Reputation Report
 
Consultant
 
5d - How to Attract and Retain Procurement Staff During a Skills Shortage and a Talent Scarcity:
·         Current rewards and recognition in the market;
·         Tools for retaining key players;
·         Attracting and managing Gen Y. 
 
 
Kathy Kostryko
Director,
Hays
 
Supplier
 
5e - Sustainable Procurement
·         What now, post-GFC and with no carbon trading scheme?
·         Making the business case for sustainable procurement;
·         Where to start: how to identify opportunities and demonstrate early gains.
 
 
Suzanne Little
Board Member of Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority.
Board Director of Good Environmental Choice Australia
 
Consultant

 
 
 

Seminar Stream 6 – 2.00-3.00pm
 
 
6a - Does Low-Cost Country Sourcing Exist Anymore?
·         How costs in the developing world are rising fast;
·         The risks and true costs of shipping ;
·         The TCO of buying from ‘low cost’ sources.
 
 
Antoinette Brandi FCIPS
GM – Supply Chain,
Suzlon Energy
 
Practitioner
 
6b - Supply Chain Vulnerability
·         Balancing risk and value;
·         Risk assessment and finding hidden vulnerabilities;
·         The value of creating a resilient supply network.
 
 
David Henchliffe FCIPS
CPO,
Santos
 
Practitioner
 
6c - Managing Volatility in Practice
  • Strategies for dealing with yoyo pricing - when 20/20 hindsight is too late;
  • Currency risk management - from a non-banker;
  • Dealing with desperate suppliers - so the desperation doesn't spread.
 
 
Craig Lardner
Group Procurement Director, George Weston Foods
 
Practitioner
 
6d - Ten Top Tips for Juggling Multiple Projects
·         Ways to effectively manage multiple, simultaneous projects through a focus on planning and managing the work;
·         Leadership: including delegating to team members and others, engaging management for support and advocacy, effective communication techniques;
·         Tools and techniques to assist and support.
 
 
Paul O'Connor,
Sessional Lecturer/Doctoral Candidate,
School of Property, Construction and Project Management,
RMIT University
 
Academic
 
6e - Reinventing Process Engineering in Procurement
·         When is a good process really good process?
·         The role of professional judgement in any process;
·         When to throw out the process to get a better result.
 
Jane Harley,
Partner,
&
Susan Eggleshaw,
Executive Consultant,
The LiTMUS Group
 
Consultants