ISM LA December

Supplier Management Seminar

“How to obtain more value from your supply base”

A discussion of four elements of Supplier Management and how these can be used with any supply chain organization. Participants will gain insight into assessing their suppliers, understanding the maturity level of your supply chain organization and provide tools to categorize vendors, improve supplier performance and relationships and reduce risk to your company.

In this Seminar you will Learn:

Understanding the four essential elements and processes of Supplier Management
Understand why Supplier Categorization / Segmentation is fundamental
Assess the maturity of your own supply chain organization, and learn what can be done to increase the skills and expertise of your organization
Match tools, processes and strategies within your current organization to improve supplier performance, and reduce risk, then expand / improve as your organization matures

Overview:

1.   Supplier Categorization / Segmentation
   a.    Why all suppliers are not equal.
   b.    How you identify which suppliers are critical to your business, and how to work with them more effectively.

2.   Supply Chain Organization Maturity
   a.    Is your organization ready and able to take a seat at the executive table?
   b.    Are you able to influence and contribute to your organizations bottom line results consistently and be recognized for those contributions?

3.   Four Elements of Supplier Management
   a.    Basic skills needed in a Purchasing organization.
   b.    Supplier Performance – key metrics you should be using to monitor/assess suppliers.
   c.     Supplier Relationship Management – Why this is important, and how you can improve results from suppliers without subsequent negative repercussions.
   d.    Supplier Risk Management – How to identify, avoid, and mitigate risks from your supply base.

4. Learn how to put all these pieces together to develop and implement resources, plans and strategies to improve your supply chain organization, improve supplier performance and maintain positive relationships, derive more value from your supply base to increase your organization’s contributions to your company’s goals and objectives.

Who Should Attend?

People who are just starting in the supply chain will gain valuable exposure Supplier Management fundamentals
Experienced professionals will receive a good working review tools and techniques pertaining to increasing the value from their suppliers
People seeking CPSM certification will be exposed to many of the ideas, tools and concepts which are included in the examination materials

Continuing Education :	Participants are eligible for 7.5 hours of continuing education credit
Included :	Paid registration includes handouts, continental breakfast, lunch & afternoon snacks

Presented by Supply Chain Innovations, Inc.
Jane Tierney & Kathy Kristovich

Jane Tierney

Jane Tierney is Supply Chain professional with experience in all aspects of Supply Chain Management: Planning, Procurement, Logistics and Order Fulfillment. Jane’s experience crosses a variety of industries including Defense/Aerospace, Commercial Manufacturing and Technology working for General Dynamics, HP and ITT / Exelis and most recently Haas Automation. Jane holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri, an MBA from San Diego State University and CPSM certification. Jane is founder and president of Supply Chain Innovations.

Kathy Kristovich

Kathy Kristovich is a program manager at Agilent Technologies. She manages Agilent’s global procurement processes. She leads the development and roll-out of these standards and training worldwide. Kathy has held various positions dealing with compliance, organizational development, management and training of various procurement processes including supplier performance measurement, relationship management, and strategy development. Prior to working for Agilent, Kathy worked at Hewlett-Packard where she started the Procurement Education Department implementing a skill assessment program, recruiting program and managing a training program where courses were delivered worldwide. Kathy also held various other positions dealing with procurement process improvement, training and benchmarking over the years. Kathy has a MS in Procurement & Contract Management from Golden Gate University, a BS from Arizona State University and a C.P.S.M.