Saurish Nandi

Vice President Procurement
Rickmers Shipmanagement

Saurish is a highly accomplished management executive with more than 12 years of experience in global procurement, spend management, optimizing supply chain networks and e-commerce implementation. His theory on value chain optimization in the marine procurement field is a trendsetter. His vision in bringing marine procurement and supply chain function at par with other industries like automobile and aerospace industry has led to various companies endorsing his supply chain optimizing model. He will be giving his insights how procurement can positively influence the performance of the company.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Saurish.

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Focus Day

Sunday, November 6th, 2016

09:45 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

15:30 Cost of responsible procurement: How can you implement a cost effective, sustainable and ethical procurement practice?

Main Conference Day 2

Friday, January 6th, 2017

11:10 All-star panel: Procurement transformation: How can you move from just procedures to high performance?

-Buying sub contracts/IT services: How to write the scope of their roles and responsibilities?

-Lines of responsibility: How to establish clear lines of responsibility within vendors for effective post project analysis and reporting

-How to create a quality management plan to get a clear overview of vendors duties and processes

-Understanding the governance model of the company and ensuring adherence