ProcureCon Asia 2015 (past event)
23 - 26 June, 2015
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Focus Day
08:45 - 09:10 Registration
09:10 - 09:15 Welcome Address
Mitha Srinivasan, Event Director, ProcureCon Asia
09:15 - 09:20 Chair's Opening Remarks
09:20 - 09:45 Keynote address: We create chemistry for a sustainable future - How BASF ensures sustainability in procurement
-How can you improve the sustainability performance of your supplier base?
-How can you set common sustainability standards?
-How can you create value through sustainability?
09:45 - 10:30 All-star panel: Cost vs. Responsible procurement – How can you balance between the two?
-How to balance between long term responsibility and short term cost savings
-What are the criteria to be taken into consideration whilst making the choice?
-What are the consequences of choosing one variable over the other?
-How to warrant the inevitable increase in costs with responsible procurement given the high importance of cost savings as a deliverable of the procurement function
10:30 - 11:10 Networking Morning Break
11:10 - 11:50 All-star panel: Getting it right within your company: How can you ensure that every single procurement personnel is fully aware & responsible?
- Achieving stakeholder buy in: What does the board need to see to back your strategies?
- How can you gain employee support and buy in to achieve responsible procurement in the short and long term?
- Effectively communicating and monitoring your strategies: How can you ensure they are implemented and maintained?
- How to change the culture within your firm for a unified approach to responsible procurement
11:50 - 12:10 Case Study: Driving sustainability through collaboration
12:10 - 12:50 Panel: How do you ensure that your suppliers are complying with local and regional regulations?
-Responsible supply chain management: How can you create a responsible supplier base?
-What are the extra processes that need to be put in place to ensure ethical procurement in emerging markets?
-Creating value for suppliers: How to ensure that suppliers collaborate and work with you in ensuring responsible procurement
-Communication: How can you create partners out of your suppliers for better and open communication?
Sonia Gabriel
Head of SourcingSociete Generale
12:50 - 13:50 Networking Lunch
13:50 - 14:10 Case study: The Starhub Green Movement – How can you be more environmentally responsible?
14:10 - 14:30 Compliance, compliance, compliance: How can you ensure that your company is legally sound in a regulatory heavy environment?
-How do we run our business in a compliant heavy environment?
-Understanding legal requirements locally, regionally and internationally: How aware are your suppliers?
-How do we use this increased regulatory oversight to help drive the scope of the procurement function?
-How can we build a compliant and clear contract by engaging the right industry agents?
-What steps can you take when you discover that your suppliers are not being legal in their actions?
14:30 - 15:00 Corporate Social Responsibility: What can you do to ensure that your CSR is up to the mark?
-How are you ensuring that your suppliers in emerging markets are being compliant to your CSR initiatives?
-How can you ensure that your employees believe in and work towards your CSR initiatives?
-What value is the procurement function adding for a well rounded CSR initiative?