Bradley James Cook

Director of Purchasing, Indirect & Ammunition
Remington Arms

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Day 1: Monday, September 15, 2014

Monday, March 9th, 2015

17:00 Interactive Roundtable Discussions (2 rotations)

After a busy day of active listening, keynotes and networking, take control of your own event experience. This is your opportunity to network with industry peers with very similar challenges, interests and responsibilities as you discuss niche topics in a small group setting facilitated by a subject matter expert. After 30 minutes, you will be able to choose a second topic to participate in.

Table 1: Creative Workforce Management: Overcoming the Common Hurdles in Your Talent Management Program

Hosted by: Barry Shields, Sourcing Business Partner, Global Sourcing Services (GSS), NetApp, Inc.

Table 2: Fact Or Fiction: What You Need To Know NOW About Supplier Agreements & Your Meetings

Hosted by: Lisa English, Managing Director, Carlson Wagonlit Travel

Table 3: Tail Spend Management

Hosted by: Sam Mathur, Senior Director Services Procurement, Agile•1

Table 4: Putting Energy Into Your Energy Procurement

Hosted by: Maria Murphy, Schneider Electric Energy & Sustainability Services

Table 5: CapEx Strategies: What You’re Buying Today Didn’t Exist Yesterday

Hosted by: Craig Demarest, Senior Director, Chief of Procurement, RJ Reynolds

Table 6: In-Depth: How Technology Is Changing Procurement

Hosted by: Walter Charles, Global CPO, Kraft Foods

Table 7: Tackling Inefficiencies In MRO Spend

Hosted by: Brad Cook, Director of Purchasing, Indirect & Ammunition, Remington Arms

Table 8: Three Leading Procurement Challenges & Best Practices to Resolve Them

Hosted by: Tom Beaty, Chief Executive Officer, Insight Sourcing Group

Table 9: Strategies for Achieving Supplier Diversity Mandates

Hosted by: Mary Lewis, Sourcing Manager, Sprint

Table 10: Procurement’s Role in M&A

Hosted by: Jeff Danis, Vice President Supply Chain, Pinnacle Entertainment

Table 11: Procurement As A Shared Service

Hosted by: Kevin Chihak, Senior Buyer, PetSmart

Greg Modlinski, Director, Corporate Procurement, Kohler Company

Table 12: P2P Transformation

Hosted by: Michelle Hawkins, Vice President Procurement, Charter Communications

Day 3: Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Saturday, May 9th, 2015

11:00 Innovation In Supplier Relationship Management: How Key Suppliers Drive Your Company’s Competitive Advantage

Beating up your critical suppliers over price and making unilateral demands are two sure ways to lose their business. But how can you collaborate with your suppliers to gain competitive advantage? Procurement is the bridge between the outside world and the enterprise, and here’s your chance to develop relationships that will grow your company’s revenue and profit.

Pursuing most favored-status with critical suppliers capable of building competitive advantage
Increasing suppliers’ margins
Giving your critical suppliers a seat at the table
Creating and extracting extra value from suppliers- How to really do it
Employing proper performance management and evaluation strategies
Creating a shared services function to leverage spend and ensure only one person or team is negotiating with your suppliers