ProcureCon 2025
September 23 - 25, 2025
Austria Center Vienna
Agenda Day 3 - Thursday 17th October 2019
8:30 am - 9:15 am
REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE
Building your Talent to Embrace the Future
9:10 am - 9:15 am
Chair’s opening address
Richard Beaumont -
Independent Consultant & Former CPO Coop Bank & VP Procurement Rolls Royce,
Rolls Royce
Richard Beaumont
Independent Consultant & Former CPO Coop Bank & VP Procurement Rolls RoyceRolls Royce
9:15 am - 9:40 am
OPENING KEYNOTE - How to position your procurement team to attract different skillsets that will be vital for your function to add greater value to your business and thrive in the future complex landscape
Aamir Shaukat -
CPO Indirect,
Essilor
• How can procurement be trained as consultants/business partners to stakeholders?
• What can you do to attract new skillsets including data professionals, AI and Blockchain professionals, millennials etc. to help give your team a competitive edge?
• What balance of new and existing talent is needed to fulfil your goals and blend your organisation?
• What differs from traditional procurement and where can you succeed in the future?
9:40 am - 10:20 am
PANEL WITH INTERACTIVE POLLING How to change the behaviours of your procurement team to focus on advice and solutions and encourage smarter spending
Monique Beersma -
Global Head of Indirect Procurement,
Givaudan
10:20 am - 11:00 am
PRESENTATION - How to build a talent pool that embraces the digital future to move from delivering cost savings to providing a strategic edge
Gundula Ullah -
CPO,
Funke Mediengruppe
• How do data analysts and scientists fit into the procurement team of the future?
• What skills need to be recruited and taught to succeed in a digital world?
• How can technology help procurement remain relevant in a changing market?
• What value can future procurement teams offer their organisations through the use of digital and what are the challenges?
11:00 am - 11:40 am
NETWORKING BREAK
11:40 am - 12:20 pm
PANEL WITH INTERACTIVE POLLING - How can you implement an Agile working method to leverage different skillsets, encourage collaboration and improve efficiency
Lorna Brown -
Head of Supply Chain Management,
Sainsbury’s Bank
Eva-Maria Kunath -
Head of Indirect Procurement,
Swiss Post
Rita Navarro -
Global Head of Procurement Excellence,
Clariant
• 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?
Regenerating your Future Procurement Models
12:20 pm - 1:00 pm
PANEL WITH INTERACTIVE POLLING - How to find the balance between global and local procurement models to better understand your markets and deliver the best service to your stakeholders
Megan Stowe -
Greater European Region Strategic Sourcing Director & International Supplier Diversity,
Intel
Jean-Philippe Benard -
CPO,
Lafarge Holcim
Graham Crawshaw -
Global Services Director,
Casme
• How can globalisation be rolled out into local regions to make sure the best service is given?
• How to deliver against global objectives across different cultures
• How can you design a ‘glocal approach’?
• How can you standardise your approach in each country?
Megan Stowe
Greater European Region Strategic Sourcing Director & International Supplier DiversityIntel
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
Regenerating your Future Procurement Models
2:00 pm - 2:05 pm
Chair’s opening address
Richard Beaumont -
Independent Consultant & Former CPO Coop Bank & VP Procurement Rolls Royce,
Rolls Royce
Richard Beaumont
Independent Consultant & Former CPO Coop Bank & VP Procurement Rolls RoyceRolls Royce
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
OXFORD STYLE DEBATE - Traditional category management is the most efficient way of buying for your internal business FOR & AGAINST
David Wheeler -
Global Head of Procurement Clinical Services, Tech & Data,
Astra Zeneca
Graham Crawshaw -
Global Services Director,
Casme
FOR
•Traditional category management aligns with the business lines procurement buy for
•Category management allows specialists to operate in each business unit
•Category management allows procurement to oversee the suppliers in each business unit
AGAINST
•Procurement should make life easy for the business and the business doesn’t understand category management
•With digitalisation and technology all categories are becoming digital
•Changing the procurement model allows for better supplier control
2:45 pm - 3:25 pm
PRESENTATION - How to find a common language with your shareholders to effectively support value creation and become a procurement function of the future
Pavel Pölzer -
CPO,
Penta Investments
Driving Towards Procurement 2030
3:25 pm - 3:45 pm
INTERACTIVE POLLING & chair’s closing remarks What’s next for your procurement function?
Richard Beaumont -
Independent Consultant & Former CPO Coop Bank & VP Procurement Rolls Royce,
Rolls Royce
• How can you be at the forefront of driving poistive change?
• What changes need senior influence?
• How you’re your procurement team be at the forefront of strategic partnerships across the business?
• How can business alignment help get buy in for change management?
Richard Beaumont
Independent Consultant & Former CPO Coop Bank & VP Procurement Rolls RoyceRolls Royce