Peter Smith, Managing Editor of Spend Matters Europe will talk about how we can position the function to work with stakeholders across that whole lifecycle, and the skills needed if procurement people are to be successful in this role.

Paul Flamend, Global Advanced Sourcing Manager for high-tech scientific equipment firm FEI, will give a practical case-study of how his firm has implemented this approach, with their sourcing team closely involved from initial product design through to driving a “value engineering” approach once contracts are operational.

Areas of Discussion:

• How procurement and sourcing functions can connect effectively to their stakeholders
• Skills needed to be successful in the procurement role
• FEI case study by Paul Flamend