Pre-conference In-depth Learning Sessions – Wednesday 7 May

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Choose between:

Session A:  Global Sourcing Opportunities for Australian Oil & Gas Firms – Tapping China and Asia Supply and Making it Work

This in-depth learning session is for anyone that is engaged with offshore sourcing. Facilitated by a leading expert in global sourcing, Kobus van der Wath, attendees will gain the latest information on how to undertake successful procurement initiatives in Asia. The session will provide an update on ‘Why’ companies should undertake global sourcing, ‘Where’ to focus their attention, ‘What’ to procure and ‘How’ to make it work.

Agenda:

  • Trends in global sourcing – shifts in China’s relative competitiveness and new supply markets that matter
  • Products, categories and packages that make sense, especially for resource sector capital projects and MRO
  • Strategies, tactics and practical advice on managing the risks and outcomes – Dealing with quality, technical standards, negotiations and contracts
  • Selected cases and open discussion

Session leader:
Kobus van der Wath
, Founder & Group Managing Director, The Beijing Axis

Kobus is the Founder and Group Managing Director of The Beijing Axis a China-focused international advisory and procurement firm operating in four principal areas; Commodities, Capital, Procurement and Strategy. Clients include global multinationals with a China/Asia agenda and Chinese/Asian multinational firms with a global agenda. Kobus has been working in Asia for over 18 years and is based in Beijing. Before founding The Beijing Axis, he was Head of Investment Strategy and Global Market Research for Asia Pacific for Standard Chartered Bank Plc and, prior to that, he was a Senior Strategy Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Asia. In his early career, he was an Emerging Market Investment Strategist in London a Treasury Economist with Standard Merchant Bank in Johannesburg and an Economist with the South African Reserve Bank in Pretoria. He holds an MBA from INSEAD in France, a Master of Business from Curtin in Australia and BCom Honours degrees in Finance/Investments and Economics, respectively from UJ and Unisa in South Africa. He is regarded as a thought leader in China cross-border business, has published extensively and has been invited to present as the keynote speaker and to lead discussions in over 20 countries.


Session B: Designing and implementing a sustainable procurement model 

This in-depth learning session will provide advice, practical resources and case studies that will enable oil and gas procurement and supply chain practitioners to implement sustainable procurement practices, reduce risk and realise value in the supply chain.

Workshop facilitator Sara Redmond-Neal has had vast experience implementing sustainable procurement strategies across the business spectrum, and assisting these companies to achieve value for money on a whole life basis of the procurement model in terms of generating benefits not only to the organisation, but also to society and the economy.

Agenda:

  • The case for sustainable procurement-reducing risks and realising value with sustainable procurement
  • Laying the foundations-establishing a policy and strategy, engaging staff and building capacity
  • Identifying risks and opportunities of implementing a sustainable procurement strategy
  • Working with suppliers to enhance the sustainability of your purchasing
  • Embedding sustainability in the procurement process
  • Measuring outcomes and reporting on the progress of a sustainability strategy
  • Case studies of leading organisations about implementing  and continuing a sustainable procurement strategy

Session Leader:
Sara Redmond-Neal, Business Program Manager, Eco-Buy

Sara helps organisations manage the environmental and social risks in their supply chain through sustainable procurement. She helps run the ECO-Buy Membership Program, providing strategic advice based on international best practice standards to businesses and government. Sara’s other recent projects have included developing sustainable procurement guidelines for the Australian Government, establishing practical sustainability specifications and evaluation criteria for a university’s common purchasing categories, and conducting supply chain sustainability risk assessments for AGL, Telstra, City of Sydney and ME Bank.


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