The CPO Rising 2016 Summit is coming up in less than three weeks, and will be one of the year’s best opportunities for CPOs and other senior procurement professionals to network with their peers, exchange ideas, and learn the strategies that industry leaders use to take their organizations to the next level. Last week, we presented 10 reasons why procurement leaders should attend the summit. Today, we offer eight more:
- Exposure to innovative ideas. Attending the CPO Rising 2016 Summitwill give you the chance to hear the innovative ideas that leading CPOs and their procurement organizations are using to find and drive value from new sources in new and creative ways..
- Discover smart strategies for increasing agility and hitting the procurement department’s 2016 targets. Along with finding innovative ideas, attendees will learn the latest and greatest methods to improve procurement’s people, processes, and systems.
- Hear how NASA partnered with its suppliers to drive innovation and improve U.S. space travel. During the afternoon of Day 1, NASA Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer Bill McNally will sit on a panel with several key suppliers to share the story of how the space agency developed an extraordinary public-private partnership to great effect.
- Find out how to keep procurement vital in a world where change is the only constant. The CPO Rising 2016 Summit will kick off with Dow Corning CPO Heidi Landry exploring how chief procurement officers can help keep their teams valuable to the organization amidst a changing business world.
- Develop a more sophisticated and comprehensive way to engage the C-Suite. The CEO of Uno’s Pizzeria & Grill, Louie Psallidas, will offer his sage advice on how the CPO can manage to capture and keep the attention of the corner office.
- Gain supply risk management tips from an industry guru. Leading CPO, Bob Kane, will outline the strategies and tools that he uses to manage the global supply chain that supports his company, Ogin, Inc., a sustainable energy start-up.
- Benchmark your performance to industry averagesand understand your organization’s performance relative to the average procurement department in the marketplace.
- Understand what operational and performance metrics define Best-in-Class performance levels for procurement departments in 2016.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to attend this year’s landmark procurement event: register now (click here), and we look forward to seeing you in just a few weeks!
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