Vernon Kringas is the Director of the Procurement Operations Practice at Infosys Portland where he works with different flavours of procurement technology every day. Previously he was Vice President of Global Procurement Operations at Oracle Corporation, in senior Finance Roles at Coca-Cola Amatil and a consultant at KPMG.
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Vernon Kringas
Director Procurement Operations, Infosys Portland
All Sessions by Vernon Kringas
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Day 1
Wednesday 20th February 2019
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09.40
Digital procurement and customer centricity
09.40 - 10.20Digitisation is apparently one of the next key steps if you are to develop a world class procurement function. This session raises a number of questions about ‘digital’ procurement and its role in delivering a better customer experience.- What is digital procurement and how is it related to customer centricity?
- Why are we even talking about “digital procurement”?
- What are the implications of digital and customer centricity for procurement technology
- What are the technology options?
- Where do you start?
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16.45
How do you identify the right solution for you?
16.45 - 17.25With so many solutions out there, from the major ERP vendors to small, niche players, and with widely varying functionality and pricing, how do procurement leaders wade through the morass to find the solution that is going to be most appropriate to them?- What intangible factors should you consider when selecting technology vendors?
- Do you need to be more transparent with vendors in order to arrive at the best outcomes?
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