ProcureCon 2008
The direct & indirect strategic sourcing event for manufacturing procurement executives
November 10 – 12, 2008
JW Marriott Las Vegas
Summerlin, NV
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Top Five Takeaways You’ll Gain At ProcureCon 2008
- Strategically align your procurement strategy to your company-wide objectives and internal customers
- Advance supplier relations through collaboration in building trust, contract execution, value engineering, innovation management and risk mitigation
- Recruit and retain talent in the global and domestic supply chain, collaborating with universities to match real-life skill-set needs and capturing the knowledge of your aging workforce
- Address the long and short term effects of recession by re-designing existing supply models, procurement outsourcing, complying with export and IP regulations and handling the next phase in emerging market developments around the globe
- Tackle the last frontier in indirect: developing the indirect organization, global indirect sourcing and bringing professional spend under management
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At ProcureCon 2008 You’ll Learn How To Survive and THRIVE In An Economic Downturn:
In the current economic downturn, all company eyes are on procurement to deliver the cost savings the company needs to survive and thrive.
In recent years, we have all been talking about procurement making contributions to the organization well beyond the normal financial measures by heading up extra-curricular initiatives such as globalization, SC design, Risk management, Divestiture Planning, M&A and green initiatives.
It’s good to create these opportunities, but especially in times like these procurement first needs to be viewed as a contributor to the bottom line. It is important to align procurement metrics to the CPO/CEO/CFO corporate agenda and focus procurement efforts in the right place. And that’s where ProcureCon comes in: |
“The networking at ProcureCon is extremely worthwhile – the chance to share strategic directions and issues with other procurement executives is invaluable!”
Michael Massetti
Sr Director, Supplier Management
Lucent Technologies |
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ProcureCon is the direct and indirect strategic sourcing event for manufacturers, featuring a 40+ speaker faculty and attracting approx. 200 procurement directors/VP/CPOs from Fortune 1000 companies.
Find out what other past attendees had to say about ProcureCon!
November 10, 2008 |
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* Note these sessions are for Procurement Executives only! |
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Actionable Insights From ProcureCon 2008 Keynote Speakers Including:
James A. Ward
VP and CPO
Eli Lilly and Company |
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Farley Blackman
VP - Sustainable Cost Management
BP, Plc. |
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D.K. Singh
SVP, Enterprise Procurement
ConAgra Foods |
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Tim King
VP of Global Purchasing
The Dow Chemical Company |
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Farryn Melton
CPM, VP Global Strategic Sourcing, CPO
Amgen, Inc. |
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Alf Noto
VP Indirect Sourcing
Nokia |
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James L. Polak
Director, General Purchasing
PPG Industries, Inc.
2008 Pro of the Year – Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine |
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ProcureCon features a 75% new speaker faculty! View the full speaker list and bios here.
The ProcureCon Advisory Board
This selection of industry thought leaders devotes time and effort into ensuring that the content presented at ProcureCon 2008 is timely and addresses your most pressing challenges.
Brian Slobodow
Chief Operating Officer
Neways International |
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James L. Polak
Director, General Purchasing
PPG Industries, Inc. |
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John Proverbs
Senior Director Strategic Sourcing Procurement
KLA-Tencor |
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Michael J. Rager
VP Global Procurement (Indirect)
Diebold |
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Pat Egan
VP Worldwide Procurement
Pfizer |
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Pete Connelly
Chief Procurement Officer
Leggett & Platt |
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Scott Searls
Senior Vice President Procurement & Logistics
Alltel Communications |
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View The Full List Here |
