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The Perfect Storm - Day 2 Seminars
Opportunities and Threats for Procurement
Seminar Stream 4 x 4– 10.30-11.30am
4a – Cut costs and pay more
….The Disappointment Gap is Strategic
Sourcing’s greatest opportunity; the future
lies in closing it to deliver successes that
the CEO will value.
  
Denis Henry,
Managing Director
Grosvenor Management
Consulting
4b - Demonstrating relevance to your CEO
..... how to talk “CEO-ese” & communicate better with executives at a vital time.
 
Michael Kirk,
Managing Director,
The Faculty Management
Consultants
4c - Changing our approach for recessionary times
…. A practical case study approach to making a difference now through procurement action planning and creating urgency.
 
 
Trevor Cameron,
Chief Procurement Officer,
Fortescue Metals Group
4d - Building capability fast
.... Do procurement teams really have the capability to step up at this crucial time? How to build key competencies & core business capabilities quickly...
 
 
David Pugh, MCIPS
Managing Director
PMMS Consulting
Group
 
Seminar Stream 5 – 11.30am-12.30pm
5a- From Procurement to Contract Governance
…A new approach to professional contract
management
 
Terence Burke,
Managing Director,
Public Private Partnerships P/L
5b - Growing addressable spend
... taking the real opportunity to build profile, develop influence, increase responsibility and deliver compelling benefits for new areas of the organisation.
 
Tom Pearson, MCIPS,
Group GM Strategic Sourcing
PaperlinX
5c - Managing SRM through boom and bust
... accessing the tangible value of investing in
supplier relationships during hard times.
 
Robert Pease, MCIPS,
Principal Consultant,
The Faculty Management Consultants
5d – New challenges facing Category Management
.... meeting the challenge of end-to-end supply chain management with fickle demand during difficult times.
  
Paul Rogers, FCIPS
Practice Manager
PMMS Consulting Group
 
Seminar Stream 6 – 1.30-2.30pm
6a - Re-negotiating within the contract period
... avoiding breaches of contract and improving
supplier relations while negotiating the impossible
- quickly.
 
Enrico Rizzon,
Director,
Portland Group
6b - Releasing cash from the supply chain
... getting cash out of the process by improving
the liquidity of long manufacturing supply
chains.
 
Brad Harrison,
Rhaisorn P/L
6c - Centralised vs decentralised procurement
..... Which is the most appropriate approach for
tough times and quick results?
 
Keith Bird,
Principal,
The Birmont Group
6d - Global and National Procurement Spend
during a financial crisis
.....the procurement spend experiences of
Australian and International procurement professionals in 2008-2009
 
Professor Guy Callender,
Professor & Chair of Strategic Procurement
Curtin Business School
 
 
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