Indirect Category Leadership Forum 2019 | Procurement Leaders | 14 May 2019 | The Crystal, Royal Victoria Dock, One Siemens Brothers Way, London E16 1GB, UK

New this year as part of World Procurement Week, the Indirect Category Leadership Forum has been created to support category leaders in making the fundamental shifts to move beyond cost-savings.

This two-day event will help you re-evaluate your behaviours, technology and processes to advance your indirect spend management. Expect to be challenged by industry experts and inspired by case studies from your peers, all while growing your network for idea-sharing long after the Forum ends.

5 reasons attendance will support purposeful value creation
The most cost-effective way to mirror your indirect objectives with your company’s wider-business goals.

1. Inspiration – Gain fresh ideas on how to shift your category priorities to be value-driven to ensure you’re contributing to your function’s top-line objectives.
2. Development – Discover ways to elevate your digital skills and business partnering behaviours to transform yourself to a CEO of your spend area.
3. Benchmarking – Reflect on your category strategy in the context of other companies through approaches discussed in roundtables and best in class examples shared in presentations.
4. Problem Solving – Overcome hurdles and side-step common pitfalls through knowledge sharing roundtables to efficiently advance your indirect strategy.\
5. Networking – Connect with your category leadership peers during the Forum and the function’s strategic trailblazers during Procurement Week Lates. An unprecedented opportunity for exposure to the entire procurement ecosystem.

2019 Speakers

Patrick Baffaro
Senior Director, HP Inc

Matteo Consonni
Global Strategic Category Lead, Corporate Services, Corning

Arjan de Jongste
Head of Global Indirect Procurement, Royal Philips

Daniel Hulme
CEO, Satalia

Nora Olah
Vice President Indirect Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Deutsche Telekom

Howard Richman
Head of WorldWide Indirect Procurement, Citrix Systems

Julien Chabannas
Vice President Indirect Procurement EMEA, Schneider Electric

Susanne Thoele
Director Procurement - Spot Buy & Indirect, Uniper

Craig Slinger
Executive Director of Indirect Procurement (UK & Ireland), Estée Lauder

Adam Baird
Senior EMEA Procurement Manager, S&P Global

Marco Romano
Procurement Data and Analytics Officer - Global Procurement, IBM

Frank Faisst
Global Head of Procurement – Indirect, Generali

Richard Woodford
Global Procurement Category Director – Marketing, Pearson

Karen Hutchings
Global Head of Travel, Meetings & Events, EY

Monique Beersma
Global Head of Procurement Indirect Materials & Services, Givaudan

Genc Soydanyavas
Head of IT Procurement, TUI Group

Kristof Van Passel
Head of Indirect Procurement, Thomas Cook Group

Fatih Vardareli
Senior Manager - Purchasing Division, Toyota Motor Europe

Peter Caerts
Sourcing Manager EMEA Indirect Buy (Director level), DuPont

Andrew Croston
VP Global Indirect & Procurement Transformation, Smith and Nephew plc

Ulf Wirkeland
Head of Indirect, Assa Abloy

Warren Chambers
VP Indirect Procurement, BT

Emilio Zambade
Head of Digital Procurement, Nokia

Thomas Holzner
DSM, Siemens

Andrea Girke
Global Indirect Procurement Director, Mars

Alex Kaluzny
CTO, Egencia

Domiziano Pontone
Global Sales Director, GI Group

Jason Grist
Area Manager of Business Travel, Booking.com

Andrea Bertenyine
Head of Corporate Services Procurement, Nokia

Dietmar Harteveld
Head of SCM - EMEA1, Siemens

David McBride
Transformation & Strategy Director, JLL

Floor Peper
Procurement Manager, Booking.com

2019 Partners

HEADLINE PARTNER:
• Globality

KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS:
• Booking.com
• Egencia
• Jaggaer
• Markit

INSIGHT PARTNER:
• EdgeVerve

ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS:
• Gi Group
• Reed & Mackay

NETWORKING LOUNGE PARTNER:
• GEP

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Spend Matters
• Supply Chain
• SupplyChainBrain
• Buyers Meeting Point
• CPOstrategy