Main Day 2: Optimising Business Connectivity and Collaboration

Hosted by Rosina Wickart, Head of Commercial Procurement, EMEA, J&J and Karen Jensen Vaish, Director, EMEA Procurement Talent Management, J&J

Discuss and identify the key competencies aspiring procurement leaders need to develop today to stay on course to steer global procurement teams in the future.

Karen Jensen Vaish

Director
Johnson & Johnson

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Rosina Wickart

Head of Commerical Procurement
J&J

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Kick start your day by exploring the critical issues facing Pharma business and make new contacts among the senior audience of healthcare procurement professionals.

Chad Trexler

Vice President
PAREXEL

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Learn how Dapo believes understanding business requirements and simplifying processes to meet these needs is crucial to sustain growth and compete in today’s business environment. Finding the right balance will depend on the success of procurement in engaging business partners and driving value beyond savings.

• How to go about understanding your business’ true needs

• Rethinking how to meet these needs through simplifying processes

• How to develop the right team to sustain delivery of value to your business partners

• Lessons learned outside of procurement in execution to drive agility and responsiveness

Dapo Ajayi

Chief Procurement Officer
AstraZeneca

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Debbie Wallbank

Head of Business Development
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply

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Learn from personal experiences and observations how to elevate procurement inside your business by developing stronger partnerships with your internal stakeholders. Understand the requirements, find out how to overcome the challenges and create new value for your business. Drawing on experience at HP, Johnson and Johnson and now Galderma, Jean Luc will share current strategies.

• What are the key requirements when integrating procurement into your new business environment?

• How to go about understanding and mapping out requirements of your partners to extract more of the right innovation from markets

• How to drive collaboration inside and outside the business through best practice engagement and relationship management

• Lessons learned from other sectors on the most effective ways to (re) position procurement inside your business

Jean Luc Negrier

Chief Procurement Officer
Galderma

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Change is a constant you have to operate around to succeed and remain competitive, so what are the strategies you need to ensure you keep your internal business partners engaged in driving value beyond savings? Find out from the expert panel by getting all your burning questions answered.

• How to keep the trust between procurement and business partners during times of change

• How to continuously create value for your business as access to resources constantly shifts

• Finding a common goal for the business, procurement and suppliers to protect growth

Jean Luc Negrier

Chief Procurement Officer
Galderma

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Paresh Jani

Chief Procurement Officer
Norgine

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Dapo Ajayi

Chief Procurement Officer
AstraZeneca

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Ditte Marie Lindberg

Chief Procurement Officer
Lundbeck

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Find out how Susanna rose through the procurement organisation of GM to the most senior position in Europe, President and Managing Director, and the lessons she learned working in the complex automotive market in Russia along the way. Central to the session will be the necessity of understanding your business and its needs.

• Steps to take to truly understand your business and what your internal stakeholders need to drive business competitiveness in your target markets

• How to go about learning what your business needs by navigating internal networks

• What you need to make the changes your business needs to succeed

• How to gain trust and loyalty to make change stick

Susanna Webber

Global Head of Indirect Procurement
Merck Sharpe and Dohme

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Debbie Wallbank

Head of Business Development
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply

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Find out how private-equity owned Parexel integrates procurement into the global business from one of its most senior procurement leaders. Drawing on experience in consultancy and in IT procurement Chad will explain the role he plays in making sure procurement achieves a trusted advisor status inside the business.

• Career experiences: the good and bad of procurement engagement

• Lessons learned making procurement a trusted advisor in the business

• How procurement aims to achieve operational excellence through continuous improvement

• The role of technology in enabling procurement to partner with the business

Ditte Marie Lindberg

Chief Procurement Officer
Lundbeck

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Find out 5 steps you can take to improve the way procurement is integrated into your business from experts representing major healthcare businesses from around the world. Combining panel input with discussion time this is your opportunity get all your questions answered.

• What are the future requirements of business to keep in mind?

• How far can procurement integrate whilst being truly effective in delivering value beyond savings?

• Key strategies to drive collaboration, cooperation and communication across your global Pharma enterprise

• Your questions answered: come prepared with your burning questions to ensure you get all the answers from the panel of experts

Chad Trexler

Vice President
PAREXEL

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Get a key take-aways from today’s sessions to take back to the office expertly summarised by today’s chairperson.

Network with your peers and colleagues in a relaxed, informal atmosphere to strengthen relationships and make new contacts.