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Ton Geurts

Chief Procurement Officer
NV Bekaert

Formerly Chief Procurement Officer of top chemicals business AkzoNobel and before that a career professional at DSM Ton now heads up the global procurement team for wire transformation business NV Bekaert. A deeply experienced procurement leader with valuable lessons to share Ton recently completed the Harvard Advanced Management Program, adding to his already considerable business skills and making him an excellent addition to this year’s ProcureCon Europe speaker faculty.

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Value Creation – Harness Innovation, Co-Create Value and Boost Performance with Your Suppliers

Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

10:10 LEADERSHIP DISCUSSION: Asking the Intelligent Questions of Your Supplier Strategy to Realise More Profitable Relationships

Use this interactive panel discussion to learn what top procurement experts think are the top 5 questions to ask when it comes to supplier relationship management that yields value for the business. Get your voice heard too during ample question and answer time with the experts! Key questions to be answered include:

Are you doing everything you can to get your suppliers performing the way you need them to?
Do your suppliers view you as their customer of choice? If not why not?
How should you manage strategic suppliers if you don’t have the resources to do so?

11:30 CPO Case Study: Value Chain Integration – How to Develop Better, Value Driven Relationships with Suppliers

Isolate the key components of the best relationships to replicate them in your own supplier relationships by learning from Ton’s vast experience in managing global supply for the biggest businesses. Attend to understand what it takes to:

Make your business more attractive to work with for your suppliers
Boost supplier innovation beyond what you expect to exceed expectations of your internal business partners
Integrate the most profitable suppliers into your value chain for sustainable results