ProcureCon IT Sourcing 2024

June 03 - 04, 2024

The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA

Day Three: Thursday, June 20 - Hand In Hand: Trends And Next Gen Supplier Management

8:30 am - 9:15 am Breakfast

9:15 am - 9:20 am Welcome

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Michael Shaw

Founder & Board Member
American Council of Sourcing and Procurement Executives

Working with the suppliers of today is new ballgame - emerging technologies, fragmenting supply bases and a flurry of start-ups can make it difficult to identify sustainable solution and manage critical relationships that may not be long-term. With this panel discussion, find out how to kick your processes into high gear to match the speed of innovative suppliers, cultivate the right relationship and become a true partner with the supplier of today.
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David Mairs

Director, Global Procurement
NBA (National Basketball Association)

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Matt Peacey

Senior Manager, Corporate Indirect Procurement
Tyson Foods

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Jeff Ghelerter

Senior Manager, Procurement & Strategic Sourcing, Technology
E*TRADE Financial Corporation

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Michael Shaw

Founder & Board Member
American Council of Sourcing and Procurement Executives

10:10 am - 10:35 am Case Study | The Alliance: Collaborating With IT For Stellar Results

Fraz Baig - Sr. Manager – Indirect Corporate Procurement, Ace Hardware Corporation
When Ace Hardware wanted to ensure they are optimizing their current relationship with their Tier 1 IT outsource vendor to ensure cost, innovation, quality of work, procurement formed a vital collaboration with the CIO to pull together an evaluation team of current state. The outcome?  A governed agreement between two T1 partners to help drive business outcomes, garnering seven figure savings.  In this case study, find out how IP helped drive the evaluation, process and what you can do to be the value added Procurement professional in your organization. 
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Fraz Baig

Sr. Manager – Indirect Corporate Procurement
Ace Hardware Corporation

10:35 am - 11:05 am AM Networking Break

Energy Booster: Espresso, Healthy Snacks, Games and Networking 
These interactive roundtable sessions take a deep dive into the specific areas you came to learn about. Sit and learn in an intimate format from the speakers who have had an impact on their company and industry. Take control of your own event experience and don’t be shy! Ask questions (or answer them!) alongside other conference attendees who are dealing with the same challenges as you network with industry peers with very similar challenges, interests and responsibilities.

1.Staying Connected: Network Contracts
Cynthia Garcia, Strategic Sourcing Manager, Technology, Waste Management
  
2. Tackling GDPR
Scott Johnson, Sourcing Team Manager, Global IT and Facilities Services, 3M

3. Identifying And Managing Vendor Risk
Jay Johnson, Strategic Vendor Manager, Google

4. Staying Flexible: Agile Sourcing
Yogesh Sayanakar, Global Category Manager, BD

5. Manage IT: Managed Service Providers
 Stephen  Stokes, Global IT Sourcing Manager, Technicolor

6.Reining IT In: Rogue Spend
Theresa Rivera, Global Indirect Sourcing Manager - Telecom/IT Goods & Services, Colgate Palmolive

7. Navigating Cloud SLA’s
Yan Yan Zhang, Principal, Strategic Partner Relationships, American Airlines
 
8. The Use Case: Modeling Software Use To Decipher Licensing Costs
Amy Barnes, Senior Category Manager, Software, IT Sourcing, Best Buy Co. Inc.
 
9. Managing Blurred Lines Between IT And Marketing
Pauline Olson, Senior Purchasing Manager, Brinker International
Michelle Trout, Senior Director, Indirect Procurement, Brinker International

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Cynthia Garcia

Strategic Sourcing Manager, Technology
Waste Management

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Scott Johnson

Sourcing Team Manager, Global IT and Facilities Services
3M Company

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Yogesh Sayanakar

Global Category Manager
BD

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Stephen Gray Stokes

IT Sourcing Manager
Technicolor

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Theresa Rivera

Global Indirect Sourcing Manager - Telecom/IT Goods & Services
Colgate Palmolive

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Yan Yan Zhang

Principal, Strategic Partner Relationships
American Airlines

Amy Barnes

Sr. Category Manager, Software; IT Sourcing
Best Buy Co. Inc.

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Jay Johnson

Strategic Vendor Manager - Corporate Engineering
Google

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Pauline Olson

Senior Manager , Indirect Procurement
Brinker International

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Michelle Trout

Indirect Procurement Director
Brinker International, Inc.

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Pauline Olson

Senior Purchasing Manager
Brinker International

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Michelle Trout

Senior Director, Indirect Procurement
Brinker International, Inc.

With companies spending more and more on IT and increased dependencies on external suppliers, the need for proper supplier governance and control measures has become increasingly critical to the enterprise. A mature VMO governance structure helps maintain both the original value business proposition and identifies further opportunities for supplier portfolio optimization. In this panel, learn how you can take your VMO to the next level.

  • Maintaining originally expected savings and helping identify opportunities for further savings.
  • How do you communicate the value of proposition of VMO , and get buy in for what it’s trying to accomplish?
  • Bringing up your VMO maturity level
  • How can VMOs become better at identifying and using tools and tactics for vendor innovation?
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Jay Johnson

Strategic Vendor Manager - Corporate Engineering
Google

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Dacquiri Connors

Director of VMO, MTS group
Viacom

Krishna Kumar

IT Supplier & Partner Manager
Conduent

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Michael Shaw

Founder & Board Member
American Council of Sourcing and Procurement Executives

12:25 pm - 12:50 pm A Necessary Evil? Understanding Value-Added Resellers To Achieve Optimal Pricing

Wes King - Manager, Global Strategic Sourcing, IT/Telecom, Mylan Ravichandra Pureti - Sourcing Team Manager, Major Manufacturing Company
Oftentimes, you may negotiate your hardware and software contracts with the OEM, but many purchases must come from VARs. As VARs have proliferated in recent years, the ability to get by without dealing with them has diminished. Managing VARs can be tricky from a procurement position. How do their pricing models work? Can they be applied globally? This panel will help you navigate the nuances in VAR contracts and actually generate some value from their services.
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Wes King

Manager, Global Strategic Sourcing, IT/Telecom
Mylan

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Ravichandra Pureti

Sourcing Team Manager
Major Manufacturing Company

12:50 pm - 12:50 pm Conference Concludes - Lunch To-Go