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12th Annual Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management Confere

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Date: 29-Mar-16 to 30-Mar-16
Location: Lewis Towers at Loyola University Chicago / Chicago / United States
Category: Banking, Finance & Investment Conferences & Trade Fairs

uring the next annual Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management Conference leading practitioners from a diverse group of companies will go beyond the theory of supplier management to share cautionary tales and real-life experiences to detail the step-by-step process to move beyond transactional relationships to be more strategic in nature and tied to the overall business goals of the organization.

Regardless of where your organization may be in the maturity spectrum of strategic sourcing and SRM, this conference is uniquely designed to address the needs of senior executives looking to improve new or well established programs and drive competitive advantage through their collaborative relationships.

By attending this event you will expand and capitalize on knowledge of trends and best practices in supplier management as well as:

- Learn how to leverage the SRM value proposition that is fully aligned with the overall business agenda to ensure continued stakeholder engagement and support
- Turn SRM into a true value creation for the organization
- Understand and promote the required skills, capabilities, job requirements and training to strengthen buyer/supplier relationships
- Next steps in supplier evolution to drive the supplier management strategy to the next level of performance/effectiveness
- Change the organizational mindset around working with suppliers, including ways to build trust, improve communication, and optimally balance collaboration with traditional competitive sourcing strategies
- Nurture and motivate partnering behaviors to become the “customer of choice”
- Effective ways measure and monitor supplier relationships through the use of proven governance structures

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