World Procurement Congress 17: Best Soundbites

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World Procurement Congress 17:
The Best Soundbites
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Disruptive Technology and Data
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“Technology and deep learning are at a
level that challenges and sometimes
surpasses humans in mental applications.”
Jürgen Schmidhuber
Father of Artificial Intelligence

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“The economy is a reflection of human
behaviour - profoundly illogical,
disobedient and unpredictable.”
David McWilliams
Economist, Broadcaster, Author and Journalist

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“Blockchain technology is going to do for
data, what the internet did for
information.”
Paula Martinez
VP and CPO, UCB

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“Data is overwhelming, you need to have a
clear vision and think about what it is you
want to drive.”
Virginie Vast
Head of Cognitive Procurement and Digital
Sourcing, Vodafone Group

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“The speed of change means setting a
three-year strategic vision may not have a
real place in the business world today.”
Ros Rivaz
Former COO, Smith & Nephew

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Talent
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“Don’t assume your hard work will be
recognised. Question why you may not be
progressing and do something about it.”
Florence Tinsley-Roy
Director, Global Leader for Products & Services,
EY

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“Give millennials a sense of purpose and
accomplishment, build context to how their
role fits into the wider company.”
Christina S. S. Ooi
Head, Group Procurement, Malaysia Airlines

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“People need to move from being experts
in one category to becoming more
generalist.”
Walter Charles
CPO, Biogen

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“We have a talent board to review the
current talent pool and to expose top
talent to the rest of the organisation.”
Eva Andren
VP Sourcing, Ericsson

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Supplier-Enabled Innovation
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“Be upfront from the start and ask
suppliers to outline their part in your
organisation's mission.”
Maurits Smits
VP Procurement, Philips

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“Critical to successful innovation is the
ability of the CPO to position itself as an
orchestrator of the value chain.”
Fredrick Spalcke
CPO, Philips

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“Tapping into the Research and
Development function is essential to
drawing innovation from the supply base.”
Maurits Smits
VP Procurement, Philips

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Transformation
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“We are all united in our passion to
accelerate transformation in procurement.”
Nandini Basuthakur
CEO, Procurement Leaders

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“Use transformation as an opportunity to
gain visibility and leverage the function.”
Dirk Jan de With
CPO, Covestro Deutschland AG

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“33% of procurement’s capabilities are
reliant on key individuals.”
Steve Budd
VP Product and Platform, Procurement Leaders

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“A lot of under achievement in
transformation is due to mindset, not
ability.”
Dr Ian George
Transformation Lead, Procurement Leaders

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“We run purchasing power days allowing
procurement executives to network and
feel involved in the entire transformation.”
Michael Eyett
CPO, Voestalpine AG

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