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David Lyon

CPO
Cancer Research UK

David manages an indirect spend of £300 million, where he focuses on leading functional transformation through process improvements and organisational capability development. In his role, he uses his extensive sourcing and supply chain management experience across all procurement categories as a global procurement leader / CPO to lead organisation-wide change through procurement effectiveness and business leadership.

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10 May – Impacting top line growth

Sunday, June 4th, 2017

14:20 Talent management - How to attract and retain talent in indirect procurement (limited to 25 attendees)

How to examine where the gaps are in your talent - what you want vs what you are getting?
Outlining what you should look for in the recruitment and interview process
How can you retain talent when indirect procurement skills are more easily transferable?
What career path development can you put in place to help develop your team into indirect spend leaders?
Examining the schemes to send high performers to experience indirect procurement at other companies
How can you maintain and strengthen competencies?
How can you keep your team motivated?
What does the the profile of the indirect procurement leader of the future look like?
To what extent should you prioritise subject matter expertise over procurement expertise?