Martin Pratt

Head of Global Procurement Operational Excellence
AstraZeneca

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Day 3 – March 2, 2017

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

08:45 Chairperson’s Address

Identify the major disruptors to Pharma procurement over the next 3 years and how might impact your business from a senior industry expert.

10:30 CPO Panel Discussion – Preparing for the Future of Pharma Procurement: Disruptors, Enablers and Opportunities

Task the panel of procurement experts on how to transform your existing procurement team into higher performers, better business partners and truer entrepreneurs who add value to the business. Drawing on their own experience recruiting and developing Pharma procurement talent the panel will offer insights into how demands on Pharma procurement organisations will require new skills from future teams.

3 challenges all Pharma procurement teams face as they seek to develop
How has the Pharma procurement skill set changed over the last 5 years?
What do future Pharma procurement teams need from new people, technology and processes?
Which barriers should procurement organisations focus on overcoming first to accelerate towards this future state?

11:40 Roundtables

1 How to Transform to Become Even More Resourceful without Putting Patient Care at Risk

Martin Pratt, Head of Global Procurement Operational Excellence, AstraZeneca

2 How to Collaborate with Complex R&D Stakeholders to Co-Create Value

Jan Bro Lausten, Senior Category Manager (R&D) and External Sourcing Best Practice Responsible, Novo Nordisk

3 How to Make Advances in Your Digital Journey

Kai Menzler, Head of Procurement Governance & Solutions, Merck

14:00 Interactive Case Study – How to Move Closer to Enterprise-Wide Operational Excellence

As you move your procurement organisation through stages of maturity and change procurement operating models in response to business requirements it is often a challenge to sustain high levels of savings and value creation. Find out how one of AstraZeneca’s procurement experts is challenging his global teams to continuously improve against a background of constant change.

How to design the right culture for operational excellence in your organisation
How to motivate your teams to continuously outperform previous results
Which processes can be simplified to enable you to operate in more agile, precise ways
How to identify and select the right technology that will truly enable your global procurement team to achieve operational excellence

ProcureCon Pharma (past event)