Success stories
A full day of insightful presentations, customer success cases and 1–1 meeting with peers.
Who we met
Tobias Schoenherr
Hoagland-Metzler Professor in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University
Aaron Plush
Senior Manager, Supplier Value Optimization at Citrix Systems, Inc
Sam de Frates
Global VP, Commercial Performance, Capabilities and Services at Mars
David McMurray
Chief Procurement Officer at Kellogg's North America
Dana M Small
Top Procurement Influencer
Keith Tice
Chief Procurement Officer at GoDaddy.com
Neeraj Shah
CEO at supplier.io
Darren McGrath
Vice President Global Procurement at Werner Co.
Agenda
9:00 AM CDT
Welcome to SievoFriends Americas!
9:00 AM CDT
Welcome to Action Day!
Sievo Business Update
Johan-Peter Teppala, CEO at Sievo
Performance Tracking Culture at Mars
Sam de Frates, Global VP, Commercial Performance, Capabilities and Services at Mars
From Opportunity Insights to Actions
Ville Tukiainen, Head of Service Design at Sievo
Sievo is all about lowering the bar from opportunity to action. In this session we’ll be giving you a sneak peak in to our opportunity identification engine being developed. It is a super simple way of scrolling through opportunities, taking action or declining them and tracking the progress of opportunities. This an interactive workshop, so we also want to hear when, how and where you identify opportunities.
Supplier Diversity at Citrix
Aaron Plush, Senior Manager, Supplier Value Optimization SVO at Citrix Systems Inc
Sievo Product Updates and Direction
Heta Ruikka, VP of Product Management at Sievo
Taking Buyer-Supplier Relationships to the Next Level
Tobias Schoenherr, Hoagland-Metzler Endowed Professor of Purchasing and Supply Management at Michigan State University
While the value of good buyer-supplier relationships is well recognized, many companies fall short on truly leveraging the power of these relationships. As such, it is not just about having relationships, but it is about understanding the nature and value of those relationships, as well as how to proactively nurture them in good times and bad. This requires procurement to move to a new paradigm and mindset, pertaining not only to how to manage supplier relationships, but also how to manage relationships to internal stakeholders. In this session I will introduce you to what this means and how to make it happen. The insights will be based on two decades of research in this area, as well as multiple company projects that had better buyer-supplier relationships as its objective.
From Process to Data-Driven Procurement
Sammeli Sammalkorpi, Co-founder & CEO at Sievo
The Role of Digitalization in WernerCo’s Procurement Transformation
Darren McGrath, Vice President Global Procurement at WernerCo
Succeed Together – Customer Service at Sievo
Viivi Campbell & Abraham Morales, Key Account Managers at Sievo
Using Data to Accelerate your Supplier Diversity Program
Neeraj Shah, CEO at Supplier.io
In recent months, companies have increased their focus on supplier diversity efforts. For the first time, companies are committing to public supplier diversity goals. This increased focus and visibility on supplier diversity make it essential that sourcing organizations can methodically implement and monitor their programs. In this session, we’ll provide background on the current supplier diversity environment and illustrate how sourcing teams can easily track supplier metrics within their Sievo environments.
Future of Self Service
Tuomas Kähärä, Analytics Architect at Sievo
Join us in this workshop to hear about the future of Self-Service Analytics. We’ll be presenting some of our ideas but mainly this interactive session is your opportunity to tell us how you’d like to see self service developed. We’ll be discussing when, how and for what purposes you currently use Self-Service.
Engaging suppliers to gather insights and accelerate actions – CPO perspectives
Dave McMurray, CPO/VP Procurement at Kellogg’s North America & Keith Tice, CPO at GoDaddy
Live panel discussion with Chief Procurement Officers, Keith Tice (GoDaddy) and David McMurray (Kellogg), moderated by Perttu Paarma (VP of Professional Services at Sievo).
The ABC’s of Building Your Personal Brand
Dana M Small, Top Procurement Influencer
Most procurement professional don’t think about building a personal brand, or the potential benefits to their careers. But without it, you are always a step behind your colleagues. Join Dana Small in learning the basic ABC’s of building your personal brand, and best practices in getting started.
What’s this all about?
Exclusive training
Turn your insights into action and get more out of Sievo solutions! Exclusive training and presentations from product specialists and Sievo customers team.
New friends
Get to know your Sievo team and peers from across the world. Share your experiences and discover new opportunities to collaborate.