Seminar: Building business resilience through proactive procurement

Issues impacting both the public and private sector continues to mount, including supply chain disruption, rising energy costs, Net Zero/ESG strategies and the prospect of recession. The role of the procurement and supply chain team has never been so critical in supporting businesses to optimise relationships and enhance supply chain resilience.

We are delighted to welcome experts in procurement who will share best practice across public and private sectors.

Speakers

Stuart Nelson, Head of European Sourcing, WM Morrison Supermarkets
Stuart will discuss the importance of collaborative relationships, transparency and insights in the supply chain in times of escalating costs and global uncertainty.

Jimmy Brannigan, Director, Go4Growth
Jimmy will be covering some of the hottest topics that procurement teams are considering around local marketplace development. Using research and evidence based intelligence, he’ll talk about what procurement professionals identify as the main challenges or potential barriers to developing micro, small, SME and voluntary sector businesses and some opportunities that we are identifying with our public sector clients for successfully widening participation from under-represented groups.

Ilija Ugrinic, Commercial Solutions Director, Proactis
Ilija will outline the role of digital evolution in procurement and finance operations, and how this is proven to enable streamlined processes, greater control, improved supply chain relationships and the achievement of strategic business objectives.

Matthew Hattersley, Partner, Commercial Contracts, Clarion
Matthew will be talking about some of the commercial legal issues surrounding procurement excellence and optimising supply chains.