ProcureCon 2024

September 17 - 19, 2024

Hyatt Regency Barcelona Tower

Agenda Day 1 - Tuesday 15th October 2019

8:00 am - 8:45 am REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE

Repositioning from Buyer to Value-Creator

8:45 am - 8:50 am Opening remarks – Letitia Thomas, Programme Director, WBR

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Richard Beaumont

Independent Consultant & Former CPO Coop Bank & VP Procurement Rolls Royce
Rolls Royce

9:00 am - 9:30 am OPENING KEYNOTE - Technology as a value-creator: How Uber is using connectivity and IOT sourcing to its competitive advantage

Rahul Vijay - Head of Global Connectivity Sourcing, Uber
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Rahul Vijay

Head of Global Connectivity Sourcing
Uber

9:30 am - 9:50 am PRESENTATION Procurement 2030: Driving ‘self-serve’ procurement: How to enable your procurement team and internal customers to focus on the value-add of delivering faster sourcing

Jan Fokke Van Den Bosch - CPO, HSBC
• How can the business procuring certain categories for themselves free up procurement for more strategic work?
• How to bring consumer expectations into the workplace so sourcing is quick and easy like buying has become in day to day life
• How to avoid making sourcing a costly and convoluted process
• How can ‘self-serve’ prepare the sourcing environment to move forward

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Jan Fokke Van Den Bosch

CPO
HSBC

9:50 am - 10:30 am PANEL WITH INTERACTIVE POLLING - How can you upskill your team from ‘buyers’ to ‘business partners’ and reposition procurement as an ‘idea-generator’, innovator and ‘knowledge-pool’ within your business?

Alpar Kamber - Executive Vice President, WNS - Denali Alex Muir - CPO Downstream, BP Fabienne Lesbros - Group SCM Commercial & Services Director/ Board Member VODAFONE Procurement Company, Vodafone Juha Taipalinen - CPO, Finnair Karen Mansell - Senior VP Procurement, Bayer
• How can you bring value through execution, speed and business insight?
• How can you bring innovation from the supplier side to present to top management?
• How can being an advisor upskill and upgrade your procurement function?
• How can you work to improve and solidify your internal relationships?
• How can you shift the paradigm of how procurement is viewed and improve emotional intelligence?

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Alpar Kamber

Executive Vice President
WNS - Denali

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Alex Muir

CPO Downstream
BP

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Fabienne Lesbros

Group SCM Commercial & Services Director/ Board Member VODAFONE Procurement Company
Vodafone

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Juha Taipalinen

CPO
Finnair

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Karen Mansell

Senior VP Procurement
Bayer

10:30 am - 10:50 am PRESENTATION - Performing whilst transforming: How to create a ‘procurement team of the future’ to meet the global needs of your internal/external clients and become your organisations competitive edge

Natasa Vidmar - Global CPO, Teva Pharmaceuticals
• How to deliver value year-on-year whilst serving as a key driver in transformation  
• How to utilise a business strategy that focuses on people, processes and technology
• What tools and strategies can you use to manage your talent whilst going through a period of transformation?
• How to use procurement as a driving force through transformation to meet the needs of patients globally

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Natasa Vidmar

Global CPO
Teva Pharmaceuticals

10:50 am - 11:30 am MORNING NETWORKING BREAK

10:50 am - 11:30 am MASTERCLASS - Travel for the modern enterprise; Trends in contingent labour forces and how you can better manage growth
Daniel Flynn - International Business Development Manager, Hotailors
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Daniel Flynn

International Business Development Manager
Hotailors

Embracing Next Generation Digital & Cognitive Procurement

11:30 am - 12:10 pm PANEL WITH INTERACTIVE POLLING - Change management: How can you develop a digital and cultural transformation strategy to motivate your people and become a fully digitalised procurement team of the future?

John Callan - Senior Director of Product Marketing, Coupa Mark Zafra - Head of Global Strategic Sourcing, Twitter Robert Huter - VP Procurement, Bosch Paulo Costa - Global Head of Procurement, Farfetch Nina Bomberg - Global Lead Buyer, SEG Automotive (Bosch)
•         How can you change your supply chain to digital?
•         How can you think beyond your current business mode and articulate a future way of working?
•         How can you streamline your tactical work and become more efficient?
•         What does your future procurement team look like?

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John Callan

Senior Director of Product Marketing
Coupa

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Mark Zafra

Head of Global Strategic Sourcing
Twitter

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Robert Huter

VP Procurement
Bosch

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Paulo Costa

Global Head of Procurement
Farfetch

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Nina Bomberg

Global Lead Buyer
SEG Automotive (Bosch)

12:10 pm - 12:30 pm PRESENTATION The Kellogg Indirect Procurement Journey (with GEP)

Representative to be confirmed, GEP 

12:30 pm - 12:50 pm PRESENTATION - The Digital Revolution: How can you leverage a “Procurement 4.0” strategy to combine new technology and revolutionise your operational and administrative processes?

Sanjay Mehta - VP Global Procurement, Nokia
• What changes do you need to make to your strategy to adapt to the future?
• How can new technology help you build a future-proof team? 
• How can you upskill your existing team to reduce administrative processes?
• What is next for procurement?
 
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Sanjay Mehta

VP Global Procurement
Nokia

12:50 pm - 1:10 pm PRESENTATION How to position Contract Management at the centre of Sourcing and Procurement

Ulf Meyer - Senior Director Contract Lifecycle Management, Bertelsmann
Ulf Meyer on behalf of Icertis
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Ulf Meyer

Senior Director Contract Lifecycle Management
Bertelsmann

1:10 pm - 1:20 pm INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT - How can businesses sell disused Microsoft Volume software assets and buy pre-owned Microsoft software licences, legally?

Susana Jiménez - Sales Consultant - France & Spain, Discount Licensing
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Susana Jiménez

Sales Consultant - France & Spain
Discount Licensing

1:20 pm - 1:40 pm PRESENTATION - How to form a winning team for your digitalisation journey to best use new technology and revolutionise your processes

Bodo Bokaemper - Global VP Procurement Digitalisation, BMW
• How can you prepare and form your team for the future digitalisation journey? 
• What does a ‘winning team’ look like?
• What do you need to make digitalisation happen? 
• How can you get everyone involved and gain their buy in?

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Bodo Bokaemper

Global VP Procurement Digitalisation
BMW

1:40 pm - 2:50 pm NETWORKING LUNCH

1:40 pm - 2:50 pm MASTERCLASS - Contract Lifecycle Management: Digitisation as an accelerator of Procurement at Bertelsmann
Ulf Meyer - Senior Director Contract Lifecycle Management, Bertelsmann
Ulf Meyer on behalf of Icertis
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Ulf Meyer

Senior Director Contract Lifecycle Management
Bertelsmann

1:40 pm - 2:50 pm MASTERCLASS - How to effectively use the art of storytelling across your organisation to shift procurements impact and widen its reach
Alpar Kamber - Executive Vice President, WNS - Denali
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Alpar Kamber

Executive Vice President
WNS - Denali

TRACK A - Mastering Data, Cognitive Procurement & eProcurement

2:50 pm - 2:55 pm Chair’s opening address
Michael Delle - Independent Consultant & Former VP Global ICT Sourcing Ericsson, M Delle Consulting
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Michael Delle

Independent Consultant & Former VP Global ICT Sourcing Ericsson
M Delle Consulting

TRACK A - Mastering Data, Cognitive Procurement & eProcurement

2:55 pm - 3:15 pm PRESENTATION - How to harness the latest technology including AI, Machine Learning and RPA to drive your digital procurement transformation journey
Ali Türk - Chief Supply Chain Officer, Turkcell
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Ali Türk

Chief Supply Chain Officer
Turkcell

TRACK A - Mastering Data, Cognitive Procurement & eProcurement

3:15 pm - 3:55 pm PANEL WITH INTERACTIVE POLLING - The digital buyer: How to use rising Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and data analytics to meet the needs of your business stakeholders in an increasingly digitalised world?
Fabienne Lesbros - Group SCM Commercial & Services Director/ Board Member VODAFONE Procurement Company, Vodafone Nick Jenkinson - Senior Director Procurement, Astellas Andrea Blanco - Head of CSP&A Procurement EMEA, Ecolab Julien Nadaud - Chief Product Officer & SVP Innovation, Determine a Corcentric Company
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Fabienne Lesbros

Group SCM Commercial & Services Director/ Board Member VODAFONE Procurement Company
Vodafone

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Nick Jenkinson

Senior Director Procurement
Astellas

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Andrea Blanco

Head of CSP&A Procurement EMEA
Ecolab

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Julien Nadaud

Chief Product Officer & SVP Innovation
Determine a Corcentric Company

TRACK A - Mastering Data, Cognitive Procurement & eProcurement

3:55 pm - 4:15 pm PRESENTATION - Enabling spend analytics: How to use eProcurement technology to cleanse your spend data and catalogue your supply base
Kåre Christensen - Head of Strategic Sourcing EMEA, Gap Inc
• How can you build visibility in spend to create a controlled environment?
• How can data be used to build visibility and drive trends?
• How can you implement an established process to navigate your data pools?
• How can harmonized data help you to understand spend across your business units and identify trends?
• How can using data become a bi-product of the procurement role?

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Kåre Christensen

Head of Strategic Sourcing EMEA
Gap Inc

TRACK B – Advancing your Indirect Strategy

2:50 pm - 2:55 pm Chair’s opening address
Cath Hill - Group Director, CIPS
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Cath Hill

Group Director
CIPS

TRACK B – Advancing your Indirect Strategy

2:55 pm - 3:15 pm PRESENTATION - How to successfully identify, measure and control value to better align with your stakeholders and move beyond traditional procurement savings
Frank Faisst - Global Head Indirect Procurement, Generali
• How can you create best practice around measure and controlling value?
• How can non-traditional value-add encourage better engagement with your internal stakeholders?
• How can you identify value for your business?
• Governance and recording value – how can this be done?

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Frank Faisst

Global Head Indirect Procurement
Generali

TRACK B – Advancing your Indirect Strategy

3:15 pm - 3:55 pm PANEL WITH INTERACTIVE POLLING - Controlling your tail-spend: How can you best limit your supply base to reduce costs and drive efficiency across your business?
Jutta Bub - Global Category Director Goods & Services, Lufthansa Group Rob Turner - Head of Procurement Operations, John Lewis Partnerships Jeroen Wennink - CPO Europe, Capgemini Filip Bloch - CEO & Co-Founder, Hotailors
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Jutta Bub

Global Category Director Goods & Services
Lufthansa Group

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Rob Turner

Head of Procurement Operations
John Lewis Partnerships

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Jeroen Wennink

CPO Europe
Capgemini

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Filip Bloch

CEO & Co-Founder
Hotailors

TRACK B – Advancing your Indirect Strategy

3:55 pm - 4:15 pm PRESENTATION Card Payments: New approaches driving efficiency and economic value in Suppy Chain
Ritesh Jain - B2B Product Head, Citi
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Ritesh Jain

B2B Product Head
Citi

SYNERGY WORKSHOPS - Mastering your Indirect Spend (Limited to 30 attendees)

2:50 pm - 4:00 pm WORKSHOP - Staying on top of your business travel spend
Marc Wise - Global Sales Manager Corporations, Amadeus
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Marc Wise

Global Sales Manager Corporations
Amadeus

4:15 pm - 4:55 pm AFTERNOON NETWORKING BREAK

4:15 pm - 4:55 pm MASTERCLASS - Procurement Metrics that Matter
Warren Hallworth - Director of Business Development, GEP

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Warren Hallworth

Director of Business Development
GEP

TRACK A – Mastering Data, Cognitive Procurement & eProcurement

4:55 pm - 5:45 pm CASE STUDY INTERACTIVE - The evolution of your function: How to leverage cognitive technology and reposition procurement as a self-service model
Ciaran Owens - Global Procurement Technology Lead, Imperial Brands
• How can collecting using cognitive procurement technology lead to successful digital transformation?
• How can encouraging self-serve deliver value to the business?
• How can self-service procurement evolve the way you buy?
• How can you change your procurement model?


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Ciaran Owens

Global Procurement Technology Lead
Imperial Brands

TRACK A – Mastering Data, Cognitive Procurement & eProcurement

5:45 pm - 6:05 pm PRESENTATION eProcurement: How to integrate your team and end-users to ensure the smooth roll-out of your new eProcurement system
Anton Shibanov - Contract Management Director, MTS
• What does your digital transformation look like?
• How can you integrate your team and end users?
• How to simplify things for the category managers and the suppliers
• Start first with the process automation etc. and then move ahead to business partnering and modelling, digitalisation can help to think with the business and partners

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Anton Shibanov

Contract Management Director
MTS

TRACK B – Advancing your Indirect Strategy

4:55 pm - 5:45 pm CASE STUDY INTERACTIVE - How to better leverage collaboration from your internal stakeholders, procurement business partners and suppliers to create a more unified sourcing strategy
Daniele Giorgi - Global Director of Procurement, Ferring Pharmaceuticals
• How can you join up your categories to leverage innovation from suppliers?
• How can suppliers scale up their innovation to create a new standard?
• What infrastructure is being built to create a joined up approach?
• How can procurement influence stakeholders to drive initiatives here?

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Daniele Giorgi

Global Director of Procurement
Ferring Pharmaceuticals

TRACK B – Advancing your Indirect Strategy

5:45 pm - 6:05 pm PRESENTATION The future of work: How to assess real estate investments to drive better performance and enhance value for your business
Rob Alexander - CPO EMEA, JLL
• How is the future of work driving procurement to make different decisions on how they treat real estate?
• How can your real estate drive value and better performance?
• How do you enhance user experience?

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Rob Alexander

CPO EMEA
JLL

SYNERGY WORKSHOPS - Optimising your People & Engaging your Customer Limited to 30 attendees

4:55 pm - 6:05 pm Agile procurement versus Agile development: How can you adopt Agile principles to help drive collaboration and drive value faster?
Lorna Brown - Head of Supply Chain Management, Sainsbury’s Bank
• What cultural changes need to be driven within the procurement team and across the business to drive Agile?
• How can Agile enhance your team’s performance?
• How does Agile deliver better results to the business?
• How does Agile create better value and opportunities?
• How does Agile improve how you work with your suppliers?

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Lorna Brown

Head of Supply Chain Management
Sainsbury’s Bank

6:05 pm - 6:10 pm Transition to main room

New Frontiers in Procurement Tech

6:10 pm - 6:40 pm TECH DRAGONS’ DEN - Get a sneak peek into the most innovative technology to see how it can help address your buying challenges and opportunities

Lukas Wawrla - Co-Founder, Archlet Andreas Zimmermann - Founder & CEO, Mysupply Emma Rees - CEO & Co-Founder, Deployed
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Lukas Wawrla

Co-Founder
Archlet

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Andreas Zimmermann

Founder & CEO
Mysupply

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Emma Rees

CEO & Co-Founder
Deployed

6:40 pm - 7:40 pm PROCURECON EUROPE 20TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY!

Your opportunity to relax and network with your peers whilst celebrating 20 years of ProcureCon!