How effective is your transformation from transactional to strategic procurement?

Do you need to actually make your strategic department work operationally and start to see ROI and high value delivered to the business?

The Strategic Procurement Summit Asia 2008 will ensure that your department is doing that by bringing you first hand experiences – successes to replicate & pitfalls to avoid – on your most pressing challenges:

Actually implementing strategic sourcing Hear from BlueScope Steel Asia and BT Global Services on the morning of Day Two. Plus a whole Workshop dedicated to this critical area hosted by AXA Australia.

Driving further value & savings from your key suppliers Stream A on Day One is focused entirely on this key issue guaranteeing that you get the information you need for your business. And to ensure that you have time for more detailed discussions and analysis there is also a Pre-Conference Workshop presented by Perfetti Van Melle India.

Winning reward & recognition for the value that procurement is bringing to the business The whole afternoon of Day Two is committed to tackling this crucial subject with presentations from Dell, LSI and Landco Pacific Corporation. You will return to the office with the essential knowledge and skills to effect change in your business.

View agenda page for more information on the presentations

Great Pan-Industry Networking Opportunities At A Strategic Management Level

Learning about procurement approaches and techniques from other industries can be hugely insightful. When you’re not comparing exact spend you can think outside the box and gain more objective, strategic ideas about how to improve your operation.

We bring together a high number of procurement professionals from vast range of industries in the region so that you can benefit from varied networking opportunities. Here are just some of the industry sectors that have been represented at the Summit over the last few years:

• Automotive
• Oil & Gas
• Chemicals
• Electronics
• Pharmaceutical
• Finance
• Utilities
• FMCG
• Government
• Manufacturing
• Hospital
• Energy
• Postal Services
• Telecoms
• Aeronautical
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Confirmed Speaker Line Up 2008

Learn from the detailed case studies of these procurement professionals:

• Ramesh Krishnamoorthy, Director – Technology Procurement, Asia Pacific & Japan, Global Procurement, Hewlett Packard
• Peter Verry, Regional Procurement Manager, BlueScope Steel Asia
• L H Arun Kumar, Head South Operations, Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt Ltd
• Robert Muddyman, Head of Procurement & Supply Chain Asia Pacific, BT Global Services
• Allen H. Fukada, IBM
• Mashiur Rahman, Procurement Manager, British American Tobacco Singapore
• Alejandro Lito Ramos Aprieto, Procurement Department Head, Landco Pacific Corporation
• Charlie Villasenor, Chairman, Pasia
• Jaakko Laurila, Channel Manager, APAC, BasWare Corporation
• Roger Owens, Managing Director, Drennan Co Ltd
• Avinash Parihar, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, Lanxess India
• Chandar Singh, Strategic Sourcing Manager, AXA Australia
• Tom Lee, Regional Procurement Director, Dell
• David Swadling, Director of Global Procurement Operations, LSI
• Henry So, Procurement Leader, Nortel Networks
• Andrew Godden, Manager Strategic Procurement, Qantas Airways Ltd

Throughout this year’s programme we will be answering the most important questions that you have, providing you with the answers, tools and strategies to truly begin the transformation of your operation.

Plus, we know that you like to make a SAVING so book your delegate place before 16 May 2008 and receive US$200 discount from your booking.

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time .

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