Brisbane 2010 Programme

18th May 2010
 
Time
Session
Speaker
 
7.45am-9.00am
 
Registration & coffee 
 
 
9.00 – 9.10am
Official welcome and MC
Jonathan Dutton FCIPS,
Managing Director CIPS Australia
 
9.10am-9.50am
Managing Supply Chain Vulnerability
·         Developing procurement agility to manage volatile markets
·         Balancing act – the trade-off between a robust and lean supply chain
·         Assessing vulnerable suppliers
David Henchliffe MCIPS,
CPO,
Santos
9.50am-10.30am
Managing the organisational interface
Managing the org interface is essentially the systematic control and manipulation of all communications that support a process. It is critical that interactions between people be managed and carefully coordinated to avoid incidents resulting from misunderstandings and lack of information. How many times have you worked tirelessly for months to build a relationship only to see it destroyed by someone who wasn’t kept in the loop or conditioned to behave in the manner consistent with the expectation?
  • Understanding what are we trying to manage and why.
  • Creating a profile of needs to manage the interface.
  • Learning from "Sir Humphrey".
 
Stephen Rowe FCIPS,
CPO,
Parmalat
10.30am – 11.00am
Refreshment break
 
 
11.00am- 11.40am
Professionalising the Profession
Derrick Hansen,
General Manager Operations - Australia East,
Rio Tinto
 
11.40am-12.20pm
Procurement Led Solutions
Case Study: The ENERGEX Prequalification Scheme
  • Why Prequalification
  • What we mean by Prequalification
  • The foundation Concepts required to develop a successful Prequalification Scheme
  • Key ways to use technology to advance Prequalification Principles
 
Sharyn Scriven, Group Manager Procurement,
&
Nicholas Manolis
Procurement Specialist, Procurement Program & Strategy Energex
12.20pm – 1.20pm
Lunch
 
 
1.20pm – 1.55pm
Growing synergy
..... taking cost out of the organisation structurally, through collaboration, aggregation & capturing synergies; especially post-acquisition
 
 
Stephen Sherwood MCIPS
Executive Manager Governance and Frameworks, Group Procurement, Suncorp
 
 
1.55pm – 2.30pm
Case Study: Sustainable Procurement in QLD Government
  • Exploring the impact of sustainability on procurement
  • Prioritising spend and effort to gain traction
  • The need for balancing a strategic approach with operational-level support
  • Examples of Queensland Government responses to the challenges of sustainable procurement 
Vivienne Buss,
Manager Sustainable Procurement, QGCPO
 
2.30-3.05pm
Procurement Benchmarking with collaboration – is the extra effort worth it?
 
The Australian public health jurisdictions have trialled category benchmarking through a collaborative approach and are now looking to expand this initiative. 
 
There have been a number of challenges but the resulting learning, examination and analysis of results reveals real benefits.
 
Hear about the experience from Queensland Health’s perspective, covering areas such as:
·         framework adopted and processes followed
·         resourcing and data needs
·         lessons and gains
·         future strategies
 
Bill Stewart,
Senior Director,
Health Services Purchasing & Logistics,
Queensland Health
3.05pm-3.35pm
Refreshment break
 
 
3.35pm – 4.10pm
Modern e-Catalogues, Value for both Buyers and Suppliers”
 
Electronic catalogues have undergone a substantial revolution over the past decade and are no longer relegated to simple approved product lists, sitting in Excel or a dusty corner of the ERP.  Quadrem will discuss strategies where e-catalogues are:
 
·         Making it easy to find and purchase an approved product or service
·         Dramatically reducing P to P cycle time
·         Ensuring negotiated T’s and C’s are used as a matter of prioriety and
·         Invoice miss-match is significantly redued lowering Accounts Payable Error rate and processing costs
 
 
Christoph Guettinger, Operational Account Manager, Quadrem
4.10pm – 4.50pm
Interactive Q & A Session
Opportunity for delegates to question our expert panel on a variety of subjects, either building on issues raised earlier in the day, or exploring new issues not addressed in the main programme.  
Panellists: David Henchliffe, Stephen Rowe, Christoph Guettinger
Facilitated by Jonathan Dutton
4.50pm – 5.00pm
Closing remarks
Jonathan Dutton FCIPS,
Managing Director CIPS Australia
5.00pm – 6.00pm
Drinks & networking reception with QLD committee