Nathan Ayres

SVP, CPO & Global Head of Real Estate
FIS

Nathan J Ayres is Executive Director – Global IT & BPO Procurement at Merck & Co. He joined Merck in 2005 and has held positions of increasing responsibility within global procurement across logistics, marketing and telecoms as well as leading country procurement and integration roles. Nathan is based in Whitehouse Station, NJ.

In his current role Nathan is focused on creating customer focused sourcing strategies that enable the business to react and adapt to the constantly changing external market and enable Merck to drive value from supplier partner networks.

With more than 20 years’ experience in procurement he has held positions within Thomson Consumer, Motorola, Xyratex Seagate and Raytheon prior to joining Merck.

Nathan holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Ashridge Business School and is a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply both in the UK.

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Day 1: Monday, September 15, 2014

Monday, March 9th, 2015

10:20 Build Vs. Buy: Assessing Your Company’s Goals and Capabilities To Determine If Outsourcing Can Drive Down Costs and Deliver Efficiencies

Achieving value creation and ROI based on what’s outsourced and where
Have compliance costs and the dollar’s continued weakness begun eating away at outsourcing’s potential savings?
What is the lifecycle of an outsourcing engagement? How does that evolve over time?
What is your comfort level in outsourcing sensitive company information?
Calculating the true benefit of outsourcing
Should outsourcing always be the answer?
What do you need to have in place to effectively deploy a BPO?