Bringing you the trends and insights on sourcing effectively from emerging markets!
Annually, Dragon Sourcing organizes a half-day seminar where 4-5 prestigious guest speakers from multinational corporations are invited to talk about their companies’ procurement experience from emerging markets. The venue typically involves around 70-80 procurement professionals and is free to access.
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Past Procurement Seminars
September, 2017
Sourcing and Purchasing – Value Creation Opportunities in China and Asia Pacific
– Venue: JinJiang Tower, No. 161 Chang Le Road, Shanghai
– “Holistic Assessing Your Procurement’s Organization Effectiveness in China” by Olivier Levy, Managing Director of Dragon Sourcing
– “Asia Sourcing Transform – Beyond Cost Saving” by Marco Qu, Asia Sourcing Representative of Gerdau
– “Sourcing Role within Sustainability Agenda” by Tomi Buic, Managing Director Asia of Clas Ohlson
– “Trade Tips – 30 years of Vendor Control” by Daniel Krassenstein, Director Asia Operations of Procon Pacific
– “New Trends in Purchasing, New Skills” by David Dufour, Senior Program Manager of EIPM
– “EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Service) Supply Chain” by Changpu Ma, Sourcing Manager of Saint Gobain
– “Plenary discussion: Coping with material price recent rapid increase due to environment control” facilitated by Chester Chen, Senior Consultant of EIPM
September, 2016
Trends and Best Practices in Sourcing
– Venue: Marriott Hotel Riverside, Shanghai, China
– “Evaluation of Locations for new Production Site in Asia Pacific. Is China still leading? ” by Olivier Levy, Managing Director of Dragon Sourcing
– “Cost Optimization in a very regulated public market – high speed train railway industry” by Dongqing Sun, Purchasing Manager of Vossloh China
– “Global Automotive Projects in China” by Wolfram B. Oechsner, Director of Procurement Asia of DRÄXLMAIER Group
– “A pragmatic approach to implement and manage Purchasing Excellence” by Paul Voets, Vice President Global Operation of BISSELL
– “The Future Buyer” by Quang Tran, Regional Head of Procurement of DSM
June, 2015
Trends & Best Practices in Global Sourcing
– JinJiang Tower, No. 161 Chang Le Road, Shanghai
– “Global Sourcing Trends & Best Practices” by Richard Laub, CEO of Dragon Sourcing
– “Adjust Your Sourcing Strategy to Drive Supplier Excellence” by William Zhang, Director of Global Sourcing SDA of Electrolux
– “ Purchasing in China Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow” by Josef Luerkens, Ex-Vice President Purchasing Asia, Project Manager, and Senior In-house Consultant of Brose
– “ZPMC’s Strategy of Global Sourcing and its Transformation and Upgrade” by Min Zheng, Material and Equipments Procurement Department, Standing Vice Managing Director of ZPMC
– “Global Sourcing in today’s 3 speed World” by Vincent Yang, Director of Purchasing and Demand Chain, China and Northeast Asia of SKF
June, 2014
Trends and Best Practices in China Sourcing
– JinJiang Tower, No. 161 Chang Le Road, Shanghai
– “China Purchasing Office Assessment” by Olivier Levy, Managing Director of Dragon Sourcing
– “The Relevance of a Structured Approach in the Discovery of a New Supply Market” by Filippo Velli, Head of Group Technical Sourcing Department of Ferrero
– “Supplier Due Diligence and Other Related Key Issues” by Brian Bunker, Managing Director Asia of Riverside Asia Partners
– “New QC/QA Externalisation Trends” by Managing Director of API
– “Lessons Learned from Purchasing for a Chemical Plant in China and in Europe” by Vincent Deperrois, ADISSEO Chief Operating Officer and Bluestar Adisseo Nanjing General Manager
June 23, 2011
Trends and Best Practices in Sourcing
– Venue: Orchid Room, JinJiang Tower, No. 161 Chang Le Road, Shanghai
– China Go West Sourcing, by Olivier Levy, Managing Director of Dragon Sourcing
– Global commodity strategy in automotive and transfer of global leadership to LCC regions, by Philippe Thegner, Purchasing Director East Asia, Federal Mogul Corporation
– Sourcing in China VS procurement in China for Chinese market: Expectations and Strategies by Vincent Legros, Managing Director, Saint-Gobain PAM China
– Supplier Competence Development, by Paul Voets, Head of Purchasing, Manufacturing and Sourcing of Philips Lighting, Asia Pacific
– Experiences of dealing with local and international suppliers in China, by Lassi Virtanen, Sourcing Director Asia Pacific, UPM-Kymmene
– How to drive aligned Asia procurement to support our fast growth, by Nis-Peter Iwersen, Vice President Purchasing Asia Pacific, Schaeffler
June, 2010
Venue: JinJiang Tower, Shanghai, China
-“LCC Sourcing Strategies-Beyond China” by Olivier Levy, Managing Director of Dragonsourcing.
-“Create New Value beyond Strategic Sourcing” by Raymond Chai, Supply Chain Director of Kohler
-“From Zero China Sourcing to Trading Company in Three Easy Steps” by Steve Tewkesbury, Director of Super Cheap Auto Group
-“Challenge of Sourcing from Asia” by Simon Xie, Procurement Director of Honeywell
-“Partnership with Suppliers in Greater China for the Global Healthcare Enterprise” by Dittmar Nerger, Head of Strategic Sourcing of Bayer
June, 2009
“Trends and Best Practices of Sourcing in Asia”
Venue: Jin Jiang Tower Hotel, Shanghai, China
-“Leveraging an outsourced Buying Office for bottom line benefits” by Olivier Levy, Managing Director of Dragon Sourcing China
-“Local sourcing versus global sourcing” by Yann Teste, Director for south East Asia of Knorr-Bremse
-“Whirlpool’s China Sourcing- History and Approach” by Douglas F. Egerton, General Manager of International Procurement Offices in Asia of Whirlpool
-“Generating Value through procurement in a global mail order business” by Anne Langourieux, Managing Director of 3 Suisses China
May, 2008
- “Global sourcing case study for a FMCG company” by Olivier Levy, Managing Director of Dragon Sourcing China
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- “New sourcing opportunities in and out of China” by Ingrid Prechtl, Sourcing Engineer of Knorr-Bremse (Shanghai)
- “From purchasing to procurement: how to leverage PTP automation in Asia” by Mario Adamo, Vice President Procurement and Supply Chain of BlueScope Steel Asia
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March, 2007
- “How to Manage your Marketing Expenditures in China” by Olivier Levy, Managing Director of Dragon Sourcing China
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- “Setting-up an IPO, from business case to execution” by Francois Rousselot, IPO General Manager of Metso Minerals China
- “Purchasing and Supply Management in Academia and Practice – Impact for Sourcing Professionals in China” by Dr. Martin Lockstrom, Director of the Supply Management Institute
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- “Monitoring Quality Processes with Chinese Suppliers” by Gabriel Raymondjean, Quality Director of Carrefour Global Sourcing Asia
- “Challenges of Sourcing in China in the Oil Industry” by Fred Yong, China IPO General Manager of Shell
September, 2006
- “Sourcing in China – Human resources and Organizational Best Practices” by Richard Laub, CEO of Dragon Sourcing
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- “How to Create Value in Packaging Buying” by Vojtech Ludvik, VP Procurement InBev China
- “Quality Opportunities and Challenges in China Sourcing” by Fabrice Egloff, Executive Director of SGS Hong-Kong and China
- “Supplier Development and Qualification in China’s Automotive Industry” by Eric Hernandes, China Purchasing Director of Volvo 3P, and Marcelo Vargas, SQD Manager Volvo 3P