In this session, Ms. Rachelle Helton, Senior Supplier Manager, from NetApp kicked off the discussion with a quick overview of supplier management, asking attendees to share their best practices, challenges, and future plans. Mr. Antonio Humphreys, Senior Manager, Adobe, then facilitated a discussion in which attendees were encouraged to swap best practices, innovations and strategies for their sourcing and procurement initiatives and organizations. Attendees had the chance to share their challenges and ask the group for suggested solutions on supplier management and current sourcing practices.
Suggested topics for discussion:
Supplier Management, today and tomorrow
Location of Supplier Management in the organization – Centralized or de-centralized?
Sourcing and retaining top talent,
Supplier optimization and enablement
Global outsourcing locations
Marketing the sourcing organization
Building relationships with lines of business
Political impacts on organizational goals
Third party risk
Automation opportunities
…and more!
Contributors: Adobe, NetAppCategories: 2017 Spring - Amelia Island, Summit Presentations
SRC Type: Sourcing