Vendor manager and procurement manager have different goals in the same company. Vendor managers want to build a strong, long-term relationship with their vendors, while procurement manager is looking for the best deal and tend to switch vendors. This creates a disparity, long term vs. short term. In addition, there is a need to cooperate with contract managers, as they are involved in the procurement process by virtue of being deadly. By the pursuit of different goals conflicts of interest can develop. In terms of IT procurement, the right balance must be found within an organization to jointly achieve the best result for the organization.

– How can we find a common denominator to meet the interests of all departments involved?

– How can we prevent and avoid conflicts between vendor management and procurement management?

– What can vendor manager and procurement manager learn from each other?

KEY TOPICS

Sourcing strategies and governance – Developing effective strategies to optimize the sourcing and supply of IT services and products in an increasingly changing technology landscape

Best in class approaches to identifying relevant emerging technologies and supporting the business balancing speed with acceptable risk

Transforming IT procurement processes to increase speed, agility and cost optimization

Rethinking and adopting new IT finance strategies for budgeting and exposing hidden IT costs

Redefining the role and value of sourcing in a rapid-paced, agile and competitive business environment

Cost optimization – Gathering insights, understanding the business needs, improving cost transparency and lowering operating costs

Negotiating better deals for IT services, software, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and hybrid infrastructure

Successfully using dynamic price benchmarks and achieving business objectives with data-backed negotiations

Enabling SaaS transparency from Adobe to Zoom: How to identify savings potentials and optimize SaaS cost at speed?

Vendor management – Designing and implementing the ideal operating model for managing your vendor ecosystem to reduce vendor risks

Implementing a Vendor Performance Management Program to optimize vendor performance

SaaS Governance – Defining and understanding who is responsible for decisions on new purchases, contract negotiations, onboarding, and off-boarding of users in the context of SaaS

Innovation vs. costs – Improving collaboration between IT and IT Procurement to drive digital business

Build vs. buy in the age of digital transformation – From full outsourcing to a selective multi-/service tasking or even back to insourcing and building in-house IT services

RPA and intelligent automation meet IT Procurement – Progressing efficiency with automated processes

From renewal alerts and IT asset visualization to contract management – Identifying the best tools for effective IT Procurement

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