The first virtual round table from IPSM in partnership with Procurement Central was dedicated to “The necessity of category management in real-life business“.

Alena Kuramshyna and John Thompson shared case studies from their own experience of using category management in procurement.

The second virtual roundtable was dedicated to “Procurement outsourcing: can it bring value for the business?“.

Three procurement experts: Larry Beard (UK), Elaine Durante (UK) and Sergiy Dovgalenko (Ukraine) discussed such questions as:

• What are the benefits of procurement outsourcing for businesses?
• What categories of procurements can be outsourced, and which ones should be kept for the company?
• What kind of preparatory work is worth doing before procurement outsourcing?

The 3rd virtual round table from IPSM and Procurement Central was dedicated to ‘Supplier Relationship Management (SRM ). Is it in the relationship or the contractual management?’

We’ve discussed the following topics with speakers from UK and Ukraine:
– What is SRM? Its role in the modern world and corona-situation.
– Contract management as a legal instrument to form relationships with suppliers.
– How do form fruitful relationships and manage them? Secrets from speakers.

Our speakers:

• Victoria Sebko (Ukraine) – Head of Procurement for Production assets at Kernel, Graduated from CIPS.
• Peter Sammons, MCIPS (UK) – Procurement Manager, Senior Trainer at Procurement Central, books author “Contract Management – Core Business Competence”, “Cost Cutting – A Cultural Shift To Sustainable Cost – Base Reduction”

Look how leaders apply similar (or not?!) procurement tools and solutions in the countries with different economies: Mature Economy vs. Emerging Market Economy.

One more virtual round table from IPSM Procurement and Procurement Central was named “Is Procurement ethics and sustainability still relevant during the covid-crisis?”

We’ve discussed the following topics with speakers from UK and Ukraine:
– Why is it important to follow Ethic rules in procurement?
– Can we use sustainable criteria in the bidding and evaluation process now? Is this possible in public procurement or only in commercial procurement?
– What are the success stories of sustainable procurement?

Look how leaders apply similar (or not?!) procurement tools and solutions in the countries with different economies: Mature Economy vs. Emerging Market Economy.

At the fifth event in a series of virtual roundtables with Procurement Central, we talked about «Cost out Value in. How to generate sustainable savings post-Сovid?», we discussed such questions as:

✔️ Savings are not the only value that procurement can bring.
✔️ What should procurement and business do after covid time when markets are growing and we see a shortage of some materials and resources?
✔️ What Is the difference in bringing value between public and commercial procurement?

Our speakers:

• Jonny Michael BSc, ACA (UK). CEO of JMCL Consulting, Chartered Accountant.
• Oleksandra Shekhovtsova (Ukraine). Procurement Director at Raiffeisen Bank.
• Malcolm Smith FCIPS (UK). Associate Director of JMCL Consulting.

Let’s see how leaders apply similar (or not?!) procurement tools and solutions in the countries with different economies: Mature Economy vs. Emerging Market Economy.

At the last live broadcast from IPSM in 2021, “Procurement and Supply chain – 2022: What to expect”, we talked to international experts about what was planned, what happened in 2021 and what to expect in 2022.

Each speaker answered two questions:
1) What to expect in 2022? What challenges will the new year bring?
2) What should a modern procurement and supply chain professional know to “survive” in instability and pandemic realities?

Our guests:
– Pavels Antonovs, General Managing Director at MERE
– Olena Slobodianyk, National Procurement Officer of NGO
– Steve Novetsky, Procurement Strategist, Innovative Procurement Ltd
– Vasyl Bychynskyy, ITAM Manager at SoftServe

We’ve also talked about:
– lockdowns and problems with shipments,
– semiconductors shortage,
– shortage of commodities
– price increase
– shipping container shortage,
– Brexit consequences,
– trade wars.