Feb 15-19: The 2021 CPO Agenda, Transformed Supply Chains, and Expecting the Unexpected

The Dial P for Procurement livestream will be on-air for the second time this week, on Tuesday, February 16^th from 12-1pm ET. My co-host, Supply Chain Now’s Scott Luton, and I will be hosting Jeffrey Ostrander, Head of Supply Transactions, Western Hemisphere, for Schlumberger, and Ragnar Lorentzen, Chief Commercial Officer at HICX. We’re going to talk about supplier management – relationships, information, and opportunities. Join us HERE at noon!

If you are planning your procurement webinar schedule beyond this week, I highly recommend joining us for the next AOP Live session, scheduled for February 23^rd at 9am ET: “Broadening Procurement’s Impact: How Telecom Giant BT Drives the Bottom Line and Corporate Resiliency.” The featured guest will be Adam Brown, Senior Manager of Transformation & Digital Procurement Garage Lead at BT, who will answer live audience questions in a no-slides, open exchange with Host Philip Ideson.

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The CPO Agenda: Top 10 Priorities for 2021 (The Hackett Group) 

February 17^th, 12n ET

If there were a way to know the ‘secret sauce’ for procurement success in 2021 before too much more of it passed by, wouldn’t you want to know? This panel-format webinar may be your opportunity. Christopher Sawchuk, Bob Derocher, Laura Gibbons, and Angela Caswell-LaPierre from The Hackett Group to cover the top 10 priorities in just 60 minutes.

Transforming Supply Chains to Make a Positive Impact on the World Around Us (Supply Chain Now, Kinaxis) 

February 17^th, 1pm ET

I often find that the best way to familiarize myself with complex issues is to do it through an industry or company you are familiar with as a consumer. This webinar presents a great opportunity to do just that. Supply Chain Now and Kinaxis are welcoming Will Beery, VP of Global Transformations at Mars Digital Technologies to talk about how supply chain resilience and corporate social responsibility can be successful at the same time.

Expect the Unexpected: How to Rethink Your Supply Chain (Coupa, The Hackett Group, ProcureCon)

February 18^th, 12n ET

In our second Hackett appearance this week, Chris Sawchuk will join Janelle Orozco, Chief Procurement Officer at Diageo, and John Callan, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Coupa to share their advice for positioning our supply chains to achieve maximum results – and agility – in uncertain circumstances.

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