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Three paths for supply chain decarbonation

  • June 8, 2023
  • 10am & 4pm (CET)
  • Online
  • Participation is free-of-charge but, as the number of places is limited, registration is compulsory

Levers and key actions to move into action

With the current focus on the decarbonation of supply chains, Carbon is the new cost!

Procurement teams are getting ready to launch projects that support this change. The webinar describes three path to supply chain decarbonation levers that entails levers and key actions that can be undertaken for supply chain decarbonation.

We break down the problem into three different decarbonation paths that cover:

  1. products designed by the company,
  2. complex systems produced by suppliers
  3. standard goods and services.

In this webinar, we’ll cover:

  • The three path to supply chain decarbonation and levers procurement can use?
  • What to do when you design or co-design your own product?
  • What to do when you buy complex systems and solutions from your suppliers?
  • What to do when you buy standard goods and services?

Who should attend:

We target curious and ambitious procurement professionals – CPOs, Category Managers, Buyers Interested in getting a deeper knowledge about decarbonation.

Choose your session

10am CET
4pm CET

Speaker

Hervé Legenvre

Hervé blends academic and practitioner thinking to create unique learning experiences.
He continuously looks at the trends that will shape the business world. He believes that the competitive edge of companies will increasingly be co-created with suppliers and other external partners. He has developped methodologies to map business ecosystems and to create IoT vision.

2023 CPO Round Table

  • June 22, 2023
  • All day

Dear Friends,

As you know, procurement professionals are constantly faced with competing pressures
and priorities. Balancing cost savings with supplier relationships, managing risk while
driving innovation, and meeting stakeholder expectations while adhering to regulations are
just a few examples of the many contradictory forces at play.

The Round Table will be focused on real cases and best practices exchanges. The agenda for the day of 22 June will give you an idea of the density of the content.

In addition to the high-quality content and networking opportunities, this event will take place in a truly unique setting. Nested in the heart of the Swiss Alps, our exclusive venue offers breath-taking views, exceptional cuisine, and world-class amenities that will ensure you have a memorable and productive experience.

We sincerely hope to welcome you to one of the major events of the EIPM!

Hervé Legenvre
EIPM Research Director

Agenda

2022 Awards

  • December 15, 2023
  • Paris, France

13th edition of the EIPM-Peter Kraljic Awards

The 13th edition of the EIPM-Peter Kraljic Awards was celebrated on December 15, 2022, as a face-to-face event in Paris, resuming from 2 years of virtual celebrations.

The ceremony followed an afternoon working session of the EIPM Peter Kraljic Think Tank that was attended by several of the past winners of the EIPM Peter Kraljic Awards and participants from Europe and MEA.

The ceremony was introduced by Bernard Gracia EIPM President and Chris Oanda, President of IFPSM, the The International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management and the President of the 2022 Award Jury. Dr Hervé Legenvre & Francois Dousset, EIPM Professors lead a discussion on the current purchasing landscape and what are the mandatory leadership features to be successful.

The evening most expected moment was the presentation of diplomas and trophies to the winners of the 2022 EIPM Peter Kraljic Awards of Excellence.

Since 2010 the EIPM-Peter Kraljic Awards recognise purchasing organisations around the world for their exceptional practices and for their exemplary nature.

The winners are selected by a Jury that comprises industry leaders. This is the culmination of a very objective and comprehensive selection process. The companies were first declared by the Jury as finalists based on their answers to a questionnaire based on the EFQM/EIPM Excellence model. Then they went through a validation interview or visit during which their practices were discussed and challenged against the best in class and most advanced ones by a team of experts.

2022 EIPM Peter Kraljic Awards for Excellence recognise Purchasing organisations around the world that demonstrated outstanding practices and results in the way they managed throughout the current context and delivered value to their company, their stakeholders, and for the society.

 

In this 2022 edition, the winners were awarded in the following categories:

  • Value Creation and Entrepreneurship
  • Sustainability and Supplier Collaboration
  • Impactful Business Orientation
  • Circular Ecosystems
  • Transformation Excellence
  • Organisation of the Year

Mr. Bernard Gracia, EIPM President, announced the winners and the trophies were presented by Chris Oanda, President of IFPSM.

In alphabetical order, the 6 winners of the EIPM Peter Kraljic Awards 2022 are listed below.

Winners

These awarded organisations have enabled their company to both navigate through the current post-Covid and war context, while continuing to transform their processes and tools, and improving their internal and external relations, and developing their capabilities to meet and exceed the needs of their partners by projecting themselves into the evolutions of the expectations of consumers and of society.

EIFFAGE Direction Achats
Strategic Value creation and Entrepreneurship
  • Procurement plays a pivotal role in the company digitalisation and decarbonation strategy by spearheading new projects and supporting initiatives that impact on the whole company.
  • The procurement team is a role model of the company entrepreneurial spirit. The team, mobilizes and influences business entities and enables collaboration across the company.
  • A structured digital landscape supports all procurement activities. A catalogue with over one million references is in place and a digital comparator offers anyone across the company precise information on the carbon footprint of the purchase they need.
  • The low carbon strategy is extensively supported by the procurement organisation. This spans measurement, reporting, improvement, and the engagement of supplier in concrete projects.
  • Procurement delivers ongoing performance while addressing the long-term goals of the company and supporting cultural changes.
  • Supported the significant company growth by implementing a range of appropriate strategies, taking advantage over competitors, developing alternative sources and new products with suppliers, and working closely with sales, while achieving all expected financial and operational targets.

EDP – ENERGIAS DE PORTUGAL Global Procurement
Sustainability and Supplier Collaboration

The organisation is honoured for the following initiatives:

  • EDP leads the industry DJSI for supply chain with a score of 99 out of 100.
  • Sustainability is systematically integrated in all decision-making processes through diverse assessments, analysis and innovative development.
  • Ambitious decarbonation and circular economy approaches are developed.
  • Relationships with suppliers are managed in a systematic and structured way and the access to supplier information is supported by digital solutions.
  • There is a balanced focus on risks, sustainability, and innovation in all decisions related to suppliers.
  • Procurement contributes to innovative projects that combine supplier collaboration, sustainability, and innovation to support business development activities.

NOS Procurement
Impactful Business Orientation
  • The procurement team operates with a business mindset that contributes to revenue generation with multiple projects that offered unique advantages to the company and its clients
  • It generates partnerships initiatives with significant business impact. For instance, procurement has supported the creation of an Ecosystem around 5G to unlock value of 5G. This ecosystem includes start-ups, suppliers, and other partners.
  • Also, some circular, sustainability initiatives address customer hardware.
  • Continuous improvements are driven by frequent periodic and systematic feedback from stakeholders and suppliers.

SOGRAPE VINHOS Procurement
Circular Ecosystems
  • ESG and biodiversity are part of the company focus
  • A carbon footprint assessment based on lifecycle analysis was performed in 2020 to set change priorities
  • Collaborative projects are in place with stakeholders and suppliers.
  • Three large scale circular ecosystem projects were initiated by procurement.
  • One of them focuses on glass recycling in Portugal. It involves the Smart Waste Portugal Association, local authorities, glass producers, distributors, clients and waste collection companies.
  • Another project focuses on turning production waste in different applications through collaborations with partner companies and universities.
  • A multiparty collaboration between packaging suppliers and distributors considers using re-usable boxes for the delivery of product.

TASNEE Procurement
Transformation Excellence
  • A strategy department and a procurement enablement team were created to support the procurement transformation effort and to design policies and practices
  • Procurement leaders participate in diverse steering committees that influence the annual plans and key decisions. For performance management, an on-line segmented dashboard, with a full drill-down capabilities, is in place.
  • Risk management is conducted in a structured and systematic way. Procurement market intelligence has evolved into a capability that supports the full company including sales and strategic decisions.
  • The digitalisation roadmap comprise system enhancements that favour productivity and visibility
  • A structured and systematic approach to localisation is in place. Initiatives related to sustainability, green energy, waste management and recycling are under progress.

VODAFONE Procurement Company
Organisation of the Year
  • The VPC organisation has established leading-edge practices with short- & long-term business impact. This includes, for instance, the following development
  • Innovation and revenue generation projects supported by the VPC Start-Up incubator, Tomorrow Street, and the company’s strategic alliances.
  • A standardisation initiative for networks that generates faster time to market, complexity reduction, logistic cost reduction and improved customer service.
  • A Design-to-cost lab with advanced AI capabilities that covers all business requirements.
  • A fully deployed “combating Inflation” initiative integrated within category strategies.
  • Highly digitiSed end-to-end process that create unified, real time, seamless and resilient procurement capabilities
  • A structured sustainability programme focusing on safety, diversity, and environmental performance.

A few words from Peter Kraljic

During the ceremony we had a call with Peter Kraljic. Here is the transcription:

Bernard Gracia (BG): Peter! Thanks for joining us tonight for this 13th ceremony of the EIPM Peter Kraljic Awards. First question. How are you now?

Peter Kraljik (PK): Thank you for calling me and compliments and congratulations to all the people who are here. I’m well, I was checked, and the doctor was very happy. And so is my wife. We are well. Thank you very much.

BG: Thank you, Peter for this great news. My next question is: You have been the President for 13 years of the EIPM-Peter Kraljic Awards. Do you see an evolution in the procurement world and do you see an evolution in the companies awarded? Can you say some words about that?

PK: I am impressed. Just after I got this year’s presentation, I looked at it and then I looked at some of the presentations we had in the past and I am amazed and impressed by the progress done in purchasing and supply functions over the last 12 or 13 years. This year, there are new topics which were something we didn’t even think about 10 or 12 years ago. If you just think what we’re talking about today, like business orientation or circular ecosystems, transformation excellence or entrepreneurship, these are all very important items. So, compliments to all participants and all companies involved. For me, this is a clear sign of our progress, of the terrific progress of companies and of the purchasing and supply function. So, compliments to everyone involved over the last 13 years. This is a real progress.

BG: Thank you Peter. To conclude… some advice for the procurement world and for potential companies who are running for awards for next year?

PK: The only advice would be to continue not only to source new suppliers but also to develop new responses to the changing political and technological environment we are seeing. These changes are progressing very fast. We have seen over the last 20 years more technological progress and political changes than in the decades before. So, my only suggestion would be to keep pace with this development and continue to become an even more integrated central function in any corporation, be it small or big, like this year’s awards. We see in companies of different sizes, a wide range of purchasing involvement in business matters. It shows that purchasing or supply management is really becoming a core function for any corporation. That would be my only advice.

BG: Thank you, Peter.

PK: Thank you also to you and compliments to the EIPM for all this effort. I think you’re really becoming a very important change agent in the whole area. So, compliments to all of you, your whole team and to all participants. And congratulations to the winners and have a great evening.

Webinar: How Procurement is perceived by stakeholders

  • November 10, 2022
  • 10am & 4pm (CET)
  • Online
  • Participation is free-of-charge but, as the number of places is limited, registration is compulsory

What’s the problem?​

Procurement is perceived and monitored as saving machine.

  • Procurement has historically emerged as a support function
  • Procurement is traditionally measured on the reduction of costs and risks
  • Procurement is confronted with market, technology and cost opportunities
  • Procurement needs to change what stakeholders expect from us
  • Procurement needs to re-format its relations with stakeholders

The intention of this webinar

EIPM believes that Procurement needs to:

  • Gauge how stakeholders perceive us
  • Change the perception by stakeholders
  • Take initiatives
  • Be disruptive
  • Monitor their perception of Procurement
  • Measure our value contribution

The synopsis of this webinar

The themes of this webinar are:

  • Surveying stakeholders’ perceptions
  • Increasing mutual cognition
  • Improving stakeholders’ satisfaction
  • Undertake disrupting endeavours
  • Fostering value-creating relationships
  • Monitoring our involvement by stakeholders
  • Measuring differently our contribution

Choose your session

10am CET
4pm CET

Speaker

François Dousset

François Dousset works as consultant and trainer for Supply Management. He is specialised in Purchasing Techniques and methodology, with particular interest in market analysis, strategic positioning and cost and value management. In addition to that, he trains and coaches teams to Negotiation, Leadership and to organisation and change management. Part of his teaching and consulting activities is focused on the training programmes EIPM is running worldwide.

Webinar: Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

  • October 20, 2022
  • 10am & 4pm (CET)
  • Online
  • Participation is free-of-charge but, as the number of places is limited, registration is compulsory

What You'll discover

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) has always been used as a good tool / method to understand the pain points of a particular process. It has gained even more prominence over the past few years as we live in a VUCA environment with higher risks.

In this webinar, we’ll cover:

  • What is Value Stream Mapping?
  • What are the different components of a value steam?
  • What are the different steps in designing a value stream?
  • Some applications of VSM.

Who should attend:

We target curious and ambitious procurement professionals – Category Managers and Buyers who are interested in getting a deeper knowledge about the value stream of their purchases.

Choose your session

10am CET
4pm CET

Speaker

Manish Shanbagh

Manish Shanbhag has over 18 years of International experience in supply chain consulting  in the retail sector, Sourcing / Procurement in the Energy (manufacturing) and Transport sectors. Manish has several years of experience in defining and managing Sourcing and Performance methodologies, tools and key initiatives.

25th EIPM Annual Purchasing Conference – ONLINE

  • November 8, 2022
  • 9am - 11am CET
  • November 22, 2022
  • 3pm - 5pm CET
  • December 7, 2022
  • 9am - 11am CET
  • Online

One World, One Vision: A shared leadership

As purchasing professionals, we are facing a wide array of challenges and expectations. Daily we keep the business running. Yearly, many of our projects create the future competitive advantage of the business. And for the many years ahead we will be part of the fight to preserve the habitability of our planet.

More than ever, from all over the world, we can share experience and broaden our vision of how procurement teams can strive in the world that comes.

This year EIPM conference is about diversity and leadership. We bring together people from different parts of the worlds to share views on their leadership agenda and what helps them to be successful. Starting in Japan, we intend to finish the day either in Africa or South America.

We also intend to create conversations across different generations. We expect seasoned leaders to share advice with the people that follow their steps. And we expect rising leaders to share their views about what they expect from leaders and role models.

We also intend to share inspiring experience. We will wonder how start-ups who sell electronic and connected products manage their supply chains; how open-source ecosystems create technologies that end up in our supply chains.

Our 2022 conference will be a learning journey from East to West, a journey of exchanges across continents and generations, a global discussion about what procurement leadership is.

Join Us!

Agenda

Speakers

Florian Simmendinger

Founder & CEO, Soundbrenner

Mirela Senica

Head of Client relations and Sourcing for EMEA, IBM

Giuseppe Mora

Director of Purchasing America, Barilla Group

Lily Xu

North Asia- Sr. Indirect Category Manager-Retail & Promo, L’Oréal

Osamu Uehara

Professor Emeritus EIPM Japon, Founder of Institute for Supply Management Japan, Inc.

Neema K. Lugangira

Member of Parliament, Tanzania

Özlem Düzyatan

Purchasing Director DYO Boya

Steve Helvie

VP of Channel for the Open Compute Project (OCP)

Xavier Sarrat

Associate VP Global Procurement Associate VP Global Procurement, Agilent Technologies

Chen-Grace Wang

Head Of Indirect Procurement, Dyson China

Andressa Reis

Global Category Buyer Data and Technology and Professional Services, Heineken

Talal S. Algharabi

Applications Solutions Category Director – Technology Procurement, STC

Svetlana Lukashevich

Regional Procurement for Russia & CA, MiddleEast & Turkey Imperial Brands

Suresh Balan

Global Head for Business and New Products, Life Science and Environment Global, MANN+HUMMEL

Alain Lejeune

Chief Operating Officer, HMD Global

Heimo Trampitsch

Senior Vice President, Flex

Jean-Francois Baril

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, HMD Global

Aparna Goyal

Purchasing Manager at Applied Micro Electronics “AME” B.V.

Malak Marai

Procurement Digital Transformation Consultant

Melani Flores

Senior advisor to procurement executives. Procurement SME

Partners

Webinar: The decarbonisation of supply chains

  • November 3, 2022
  • 10am & 4pm (CET)
  • Online
  • Participation is free-of-charge but, as the number of places is limited, registration is compulsory

Climate change requires to rethink how industries and supply chain operate. This is one of the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) imperatives that companies are facing.

This is caused by greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere that prevent heat from escaping earth. To be able to leave on earth, we need to radically reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The largest emission comes from carbon. As part of the 2016 Paris Agreement’s country representatives have decided that they aim to keep the rise of global temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and preferably at 1.5°C.

Since companies have started to commit to become carbon neutral or to achieve net-zero targets on climate change Their commitment cover direct emissions from their business operations and indirect emissions from downstream an upstream along the supply chain. Procurement is therefore expected to play a key role in achieving these targets.

The webinar aims at demystifying what this means for buyers and to provide practical suggestions on how to move forward on the topic.

This webinar will:

  • Present the stakes associated with climate change and the decarbonation of supply chains
  • Describe the difference between carbon neutral and net zero
  • Introduction to what this means in terms of: 
    • Internal and external communication
    • Role of procurement in upstream and downstream impact
    • Integration in strategy, goals, and targets
    • Integration in the procurement process
    • Measurement of impacts and digitalisation of the measurement
    • Integration in supplier selection
    • Integration in supplier relationship management
    • Breakthrough projects with some suppliers
    • Industry standards and industry initiatives

Choose your session

10am CET
4pm CET

Speaker

Hervé Legenvre

Hervé blends academic and practitioner thinking to create unique learning experiences.
He continuously looks at the trends that will shape the business world. He believes that the competitive edge of companies will increasingly be co-created with suppliers and other external partners. He has developped methodologies to map business ecosystems and to create IoT vision.