Procuring Innovative Solutions: A Strategic Blueprint for Leading Procurement Innovation, Munich (Germany)

14 - 15 October, 2013. A Two-Day Executive Workshop

An innovative and intensive programme with breakout group case studies and experience sharing, organized by Zuiderent Pro-Mas, Digitalflow and or Pinetop bv.

 

Why Procurement Innovation?

As a result of the highly competitive global environment, Procurement is now playing a prominent role in the success of business strategy execution. Procurement is bringing the external partner’s innovation capability into the organization, increasingly contributing to customers' innovation thus contributing to organization‘s success.

 

Procurement Innovation:

a Must - as a result of the highly competitive and diversifying global environment

a Challenge - global research shows that customers and suppliers know they have to work in a vested and innovative way

 

After attending this workshop, Delegates will be able to:

• Understand the consequences of procurement innovation policies and strategies on their procurement process;

• Engage internal stakeholders, delivering what they expect and also helping them deliver what they promise to their customers;

•Turn the Procurement into a gatekeeper for supplier innovation.

 

Workshop Leaders

- Rui Patrício: Managing Director of Digitalflow, a consulting firm focused on Procurement & Innovation that helps Executive Teams to achieve their goals and strategies.

Profile: pt.linkedin.com/in/ruipatricio

- Bas Zuiderent: Business Consultant specialised in strategic guidance of procurement projects for purchasing, procurement and contracts.

Profile: nl.linkedin.com/in/baszuiderent 

- Jaap Nijssen: IACCM Certified IT Contract and Delivery Management Expert specialized in negotiating and governing commitments on both customer and supplier side.