Agenda

We’ll set the tone with fresh beats from DJ Ama D to get you in the right mood!

DPW Founder Matthias Gutzmann and Vivian Bendermacher welcome you to DPW2021!

Michael will base this speech on his work on digital transformation from more than a decade to identify the main causes of failure (87% of them fail to deliver), and suggest solutions to each of them.

Join this engaging discussion with HFS Founder, CEO, and Research Director Phil Fersht and Globality Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO Joel Hyatt about the unique opportunity procurement has to enable a company’s ESG strategy, support its mission and purpose, and ultimately create a more sustainable and inclusive world.

Understand how to align senior and operational stakeholders on the need for and design of human centric procurement transformation roadmap and how to build a flexible business & IT architecture that combines new digital technologies with ERP in an integrated and data-efficient way.

Evaluating the differences between a standalone S2P suite versus a best-of-breed approach can seem daunting, as both solutions have impacts on an organization’s internal processes as well as the digital roadmap. Both solutions have pros and cons that procurement leaders must consider. This session discusses which drivers can determine the success or failure of this type of initiative.

For the first time, the technology exists to enable fair, competitive, sustainable, and self-serve sourcing for every strategic need—elevating each business user’s value while creating tremendous enterprise and economic impact. Hear how leaders are redefining the future of procurement at their companies and transforming their respective industries.

The cost of many raw materials are currently going through the roof and buyers are currently bombarded with price increases across multiple products. Lovisa’s talk will examine how to use internal data and indexing tools for raw material market analysis and price prediction.

With supplier payments now an integral part of the source to pay journey, it’s time for procurement to maximise the opportunity. How could procurement benefit? Could offering supplier more dynamic payments turn an organisation into the customer of choice for innovation or secure the best price and delivery? This discussion will explore the new possibilities of embedded supplier payments.

Leading procurement organizations realize the next big step beyond digitization in procurement will be across operations: Technology will enable the next horizon. Join Jan Wüllenweber, global leader of Operations Technology at McKinsey & Company to hear how procurement leaders play a shaping role in operations transformations. They leverage will come from advanced analytics, data as assets, the ‘next-gen’ tech stack, and a different operating model with new capabilities in procurement.

Contracts are at the center of all procurement functions. Where do you start when looking to automate and embark on a contract management digitization program? How can you build a next-generation CLM ecosystem to make the procurement function smarter and more resilient, leveraging the power of AI, ML and other advanced technologies. Learn more about Vodafone’s smarter contracting journey.

Explore how a structured scout-to-source process will unlock new competitive advantage – delivering transparency in the supply chain, and how Unilever uses AI-driven category management to drive innovation, growth and build a more equitable and sustainable supply network.

Bob manages several thousand people and is responsible for overseeing one of the world’s largest procurement budgets. Join us for a “ask me anything” (AMA) session with Bob, who will answer questions submitted by the DPW community.

The business requirements to the procurement function in any business are growing continuously. Tom will lead you through the transformational journey that Asahi started two years ago and how this helped to make procurement function better prepared for the future while leveraging the latest technologies and tools including their integration.

Suppliers are critical to long term procurement and company success. That is why one of Mondelez’ major procurement digitalisation initiatives, Supplier Central, was launched last year. Stephane Sacherer will provide details around Mondelez’ procurement operating model, their approach to supplier information management, and how to develop world class supply base collaboration and consumer like supplier experiences.

We’ll showcase 10 groundbreaking startups who made it to the final day of the industry’s largest startup pitch event.

Why now is the best time to be leaning in with technology in procurement – and the best time for entrepreneurs to be launching or growing a new startup.

Each startup will pitch their solution in only 4 minutes, followed by 4 minutes of judges Q&A. The action will be fast-paced, interactive and fun!

We’ll set the tone with fresh beats from DJ Ama D to get you in the right mood!

We’ll set the scene for day 2, packed with discussions, best practices and knowledge from top-class speakers.

Tune in for an intimate discussion with two leading CPOs on how they have weathered the storm of the last 12-18 months and are leading their organizations into the future.

Dirty data is an asset, not a problem. In this session, you’ll learn how Schindler leverages procurement analytics to turn dirty data into concrete business outcomes. Uncovering examples of using data to monitor success of initiatives and overall change in global procurement organization. We’ll discuss about procurement’s role in acquiring and processing upstream data and how to create change.

Technology can improve risk visibility, ensure transparency, and bring value to the business. Join this session to find out how Mars uses AI to build supply network resilience and proactively identify risk trends in a volatile, uncertain environment.

This session discusses critical success factors for your digital transformation. It will put a light on the role of the CPO in your transformation and on and how to avoid the most common roadblocks and reasons for digital transformation failure.

Supplier management programs often fail on costs, depth and speed-to-information. Hear first-hand from forward-thinking change makers how open innovation in co-designing an industry standard transforms a recurring problem into a collective opportunity. Join this session to learn how to move beyond supplier data collection through an integrated Supplier Risk Management solution.

Learn how to solve for increasing decentralized software and services spend in 2021. Hear firsthand from forward-thinking change makers how to loop in stakeholders across IT, legal, data security, and other cross-functional teams, while speeding up the business and delighting your stakeholders.

Angel is a recognized leader in delivering impressive results throughout his career with deep experience in optimizing and transforming business operations. Tune in for a fireside chat with Angel for a deeper look into how AI and new digital tools can help create more resilient and agile business operations, and why leaders must care about digital culture to drive digital transformation success.

Sustainability challenges are beyond the individual capabilities of even the largest companies. To make an impact at scale, companies must collaborate in new ways and build alliances to tackle these threats. During this session, you’ll learn to make such alliances successful, and which technologies are having the biggest impact on sustainable procurement.

In today’s volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world, CPOs today must adopt new agile ways of working and get rid of legacy models and processes to improve performance. Watch this session to learn how to build a more connected procurement organization that drives new business value.

At the crossroad of technology development and change of customer behaviour new business models emerge. Business models shift to a deliberate and systematic move toward more relevance and value. Patrick talk will give you insights in two significant shifts: the services and platform shift and how to understand the change of how value is created.

What does the rise of cloud technology mean for digital procurement? Join this session to find out what you need to know about data lakes and cloud-based analytics, how to scale from single use cases to a data driven organization, and how to drive value with advanced analytics.

As a result and a prerequisite for a successful AI implementation, new roles in procurement are emerging and required to harness the full potential of technology. Join this session to understand how to build a high-performing digital procurement team with new profiles that go beyond category expertise such as data analytics experts and data translators.

Business agility is the most coveted thing for any organization today. Agility is the reason why companies like Amazon continue to grow at phenomenal rates, successfully entering and dominating new markets. Agility is also the reason why some companies manage disruption in their supply chain, successfully keeping up production and desired revenue and bottom line impact. But how do you begin to reverse the tide of legacy culture? The idea of corporate bio-hacking will address exactly this challenge. Join Atif Rafiq, former President MGM, CDO McDonalds and Volvo Cars, and Martina Buchhauser, former CPO Volvo Cars, to provide concrete solutions and bring lasting change.

Against a backdrop of a shifting global economic context, organizations need to adjust their operating model to deliver impact at scale. Join this session to find out which new roles and capabilities take your organization to the next level, how the procurement function can drive lasting change, and how the day-to-day work for buyers and category managers will change.

Alex will present the latest findings of Ivalua’s recent global CSR study, in partnership with Forrester Consulting. Hear the strategies behind the successful ESG programs. Learn how to manage people and technology to avoid pitfalls and maximize impact.

Enterprise contract management is an approach to contract management that organizes a company’s contracts, templates, and clauses into a single system for effective and seamless handling. This panel debate discusses the benefits of digitising contract management and key learnings that can be applied in any industry with a heavy reliance on contractual agreements.

Procurement digitalisation is moving towards a future of specialised applications that promises richer and more targeted functionality and improved stakeholder satisfaction. But such strategy does come with higher levels of complexity that needs to be managed technically whilst keeping in mind its potential impact on overall user experiences. This panel debate will surface the key challenges in moving to a best-of-breed landscape.

Here’s the truth: the model of work we’ve used for decades past – and much of what you learned about leadership in business school – won’t help your company succeed in the future. In this provocative session, Erickson will outline ten characteristics of the future of work – and explain why you should transform now to differentiate your organization. Drawing on her experience working with and studying great leaders, she will share the powerful D-I-C-E model for leading today’s organizations, providing practical approaches to Disrupt, Intrigue, Connect and Engage.

How to build on your procurement transformation leveraging the 3 foundational pillars of People, Process and Technology, to deliver continuous value through innovation and community impact. Join this session to learn how procurement can enable enterprise-wide practices in supplier relationship management, and explore the potential that a frictionless digital collaboration experience with external partners could deliver.

Colombian food manufacturing conglomerate Grupo Nutresa drove a multi-year strategic sourcing transformation initiative that includes optimization and automation technologies. Hear from members of their digital procurement leadership team, joined by solution provider Keelvar, about how they developed a road map for ongoing cost savings and sourcing best practices across multiple spend categories.

How important is agility when shaping a solid e-procurement system? In this session, TealBook will provide a roadmap showcasing the importance of an agile procurement ecosystem, how to design it, and the elements necessary to ensure continuity.

The emergence of technology has changed the lens in which both businesses and the public look at suppliers. From evaluating supplier risk and diversity, to community involvement and business collaboration, the expectations of suppliers have completely evolved.

The votes are in. The people have spoken. The big moment is finally here. We’re thrilled to reveal the winners of DEMO 2021, the world’s largest startup pitching competition in procurement!

DPW Founder POV & the way forward