Strategic Sourcing Seminar and Workshop

Join fellow Strategic Sourcing & Category Management practitioners from

prestigious organisations such as:

Air Products, Astra Zeneca, Beijing Axis, Barloworld Equipment, BHP Billiton, Coca Cola, Gold Fields, Hollard Insurance, Ministry of Finance Lesotho, National Treasury and others

The most successful companies no longer rely exclusively on traditional competitive bidding to procure strategic goods and services. By employing leading practices and strategic thinking in sourcing activities and supply network design, procurement and sourcing managers are able to gain essential stakeholder support for sourcing activities and derive maximum value for their organisation from sourcing initiatives.



Attend the prestigious Strategic Sourcing Seminar & Workshop 2012 due to take place in Johannesburg on 24 & 25 July 2012.

Attend the prestigious Strategic Sourcing Seminar & Workshop 2012 due to take place in Johannesburg on 24 & 25 July 2012.

This unique event will help delegates recognize the essential elements of practical Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, using a sustainable life cycle approach; from the identification of sourcing opportunities through to monitoring, measuring and improving.

For more information about this event go to www.strategic-sourcing.co.za.

Day 1 Seminar Programme on 24 July 2012

08:00 - 08:30	Registration
08:30 - 08:45	Welcome and Opening Andrew C. Hillman, Managing Director, Bespoke
08:45 - 09:30	Keynote Address - International Speaker Leading Practices in Strategic Sourcing & Category Management David Loseby, Procurement Services Director (Europe), PMMS Group
09:30 - 10:15	Category Management: Leveraging  Value from Spend Categories Michelle Anderson, Global Category Manager, Infosys
10:15 - 10:30	Tea/Coffee
10:30 - 11:15	Strategic Sourcing: A Common Sense Approach Kamogelo Mampane, Senior Category Manager, South African Revenue Service
11:15- 12:00	Case Study: Motor Vehicle Repair Category Management Arie De Ridder, Group Procurement Manager, Hollard
12:00- 12:45	Analysing the Supply Chain and Applying Sourcing Strategies Chimae Goncalves, Strategic Sourcing & SCM Projects Manager, Gold Fields
12:45 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:15	Practicing Strategic Sourcing in the Public Sector Chabeli Ramakatane, CEO, Bareki Consulting
14:15 - 15:00	Category Management in the FMCG Environment Kgosi Musi, Divisional Procurement Manager, Colgate Palmolive AME
15:00 - 15:15	Tea/Coffee
15:15 - 16:00	Bridging the Gap on Savings: Compliance & Change Management Candice Petrus, Procurement Operations Manager, SAPPI
16:00 - 16:30	Essential Business Intelligence: Managing Supplier Risk & Compliance Maureen Russell, Business Development Manager, Dow Jones South Africa
16:30 - 16:45	Final words and close

Day 2 Workshop on 25 July 2012

ADDED VALUE a One-day Workshop added to the programme, facilitated by Hank van Laar, Managing Director of PSA Group, an experienced strategic sourcing and category management specialist.

Category Management Strategies for Non-Core Spend - By attending this workshop, delegates will understand what should be in a category strategy for non-core procurement, and what should not. Delegates will learn how to structure the sourcing category strategy for continuity, how to tailor the message to differing audiences and how to identify and quantify the level of value delivered from Strategic Sourcing and Category Management.

Specific areas of focus will include: understanding the market, sourcing execution, managing internal stakeholders and effectively managing contracts, supplier performance and supplier relationships.

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