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31 July 2010
supply chain/transport sector

Category Spend Management and Optimisation
Analysing Spend to Improve Visibility and Reduce Costs

Event Date: 5-7 Mar 2008
Location: Radisson SAS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

key conference topics

  • MANAGING A PORTFOLIO OF CATEGORIES
  • ISSUES OF COMPLIANCE
  • SEARCHING FOR THE BALANCE IN SOURCING ON GLOBAL AND LOCAL LEVEL
  • OPTIMISING SPEND THROUGH SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
  • RETRIEVING AND ANALYSING THE SPEND DATA
  • key conference features

  • Realise how to develop purchasing strategies for a different kind of categories
  • Find out how to ensure the compliance across the business units
  • Gain information about how to handle spend data effectively
  • Discuss the issues related to the balance of central-led model with certain scale of local autonomy
  • conference focus

    Nowadays every subject on the market, especially among the companies that are acting globally, realizes the importance of effi

    Nowadays every subject on the market, especially among the companies that are acting globally, realizes the importance of efficient sourcing. Category spend management presents a way to fully leverage purchasing decisions and find a proper method to reshape the spend structure. This conference will provide valuable information about possible improvements of strategic procurement framework and concepts of reducing total costs.

    conference sponsors
    Silver Sponsor


    IBX Europe

    Silver Sponsor


    BasWare

    who should attend the conference

    Presidents, Vice Presidents, Directors, Heads/Managers of:
    • Procurement and Contracting
    • Purchasing
    • Category Managers in Procurement
    • Supplier Management
    • Business Development
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Supply and Demand Processes
    • Operational Planning

    the conference organisers

    marcus evans specialises in the research and development of strategic events for senior business executives. From our international network of 63 offices, marcus evans produces over 1000 event days a year on strategic issues in corporate finance, telecommunications, technology, health, transportation, capital markets, human resources and business improvement.

    Above all, marcus evans provides clients with business information and knowledge which enables them to sustain a valuable competitive advantage and makes a positive contribution to their success.



    conference speakers

    Rudolf Heves
    Procurement Expert
    MOL Group

    Corrado Simontacchi
    Corporate Purchasing Manager
    Huntsman

    Selma Cetintas
    Manager, Procurement and Contract Management
    Turkcell

    Gonca Yilmaz-Batur
    Division Head, Procurement and Contract Management
    Turkcell

    Chris B. Vervoort
    Global Purchasing Director
    Numico

    Michel Philippart
    Visiting Professor, University of Louvain
    Co-Author of Collaborative Sourcing

    Ian Rendle
    Purchasing Director Services
    OCE Technologies

    Bastiaan Groenhout
    Director Purchasing Consumables
    OCE Technologies

    Astrid Borgmann
    Head of BHC – PS procurement, Performance Management
    Bayer HealthCare AG

    John Champion
    Head of Category Management Indirect Procurement Services
    BAE Systems

    Padraic Cahill
    Senior Manager Global Procurement
    Dell

    Gordon Crichton
    Director of MS International Purchasing
    Bordeaux School of Management

    Steve Bagshaw
    Editor
    Supply Management

    Paul Vincent
    General Manager, Procurement - Recruitment, Consultancy and Professional Services
    British Telecom

    Pontus Bjornsson
    Senior Vice President
    IBX Europe

    general enquiries

    Karin Hausmann

    11 Connaught Place
    London
    W2 2ET

    Telephone:
    +44 20 3002 3140
    Fax: +44 20 3002 3016
    Email: karinh@marcusevansuk.com


    sponsorship opportunities

    James Driscoll

    Sponsorship Director
    Marcus Evans (Scandinavia) Ltd
    Norrlandsgatan 15,
    Sahlénhuset 6C,
    111 43 Stockholm,
    Sweden

    Telephone: +46 8 678 3934
    Fax: +46 8 407 6040
    Email: jamesd@marcusevansse.com

    conference quote

    "Enhance the Efficiency of Your Business through Categorising the Spend"

    Efficient category management provides visible and structured procurement portfolio and contributes to sufficient cost reduction