Phillip Duncan

Find out how one of the most experienced procurement leaders in the Pharma sector today views business partnering, how he is overseeing a shift in focus toward greater collaboration across the business and the lessons he has learned along the way. In a frank interview-style discussion Phillip will share recent experiences and answer questions around best practice business partnering.

• Business partnering at Takeda: beginnings; current initiatives; the future
• How business partnering is changing the way procurement is valued by top management
• Tangible benefits procurement has delivered to business partners during the enterprise-wide transformation journey
• How to develop your team to become better business partners

With so much disruption to the global business environment today it is a constant challenge for leaders of procurement organisations to gain the strongest mandate, engage internal stakeholders early enough, access the best tools and technology whilst optimising multiple processes. Find out how to achieve a better balance for your team during this interactive discussion with senior procurement leaders from big and medium size Pharma businesses.

• What do business leaders expect from procurement today?
• How to influence successful integration of procurement inside the business
• How to develop stronger, deeper more profitable connections between procurement and internal stakeholders in the business
• Tools and systems to consider that will truly empower your global procurement organisation