Post-Conference Full-Day In-Depth Learning Sessions

Thurday 23 April

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These long format sessions will provide participants with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of some of the most critical issues facing today’s oil and gas procurement and supply chain managers. Delivered using a combination of seminars, interactive formats and hands-on exercises these sessions will give all in attendance an opportunity to expand their knowledge and delve into some of the more complex issues in the market.

Both sessions run for one full day. Registration and morning coffee is at 08:30 and sessions will conclude at 17:00. Lunch, morning tea and afternoon tea will be provided.

Choose between:

Session A Identifying and implementing cost reduction initiatives in the oil and gas sector
Session B: Strategies to improve procurement documentation quality
Session C Achieving quality outcomes when dealing with suppliers from low cost countries


Session A
Identifying and implementing cost reduction 
initiatives in the oil and gas sector

This practical and interactive session is tailored for oil and gas procurement and supply chain professionals who are directly involved in managing cost reduction initiatives.

This session will give you opportunities to discuss concepts at a high level with your peers without having to reveal strategy details or sensitive company information.

This in-depth learning session provides the opportunity for procurement and supply chain professionals in the oil and gas sectors to:

  • Have high level, interactive discussions with your peers, focusing on cost reduction in the supply chain
  • Share experiences on ways to implement cost reduction projects
  • Benchmark your procurement function maturity that relates to cost reduction activities with other companies in the industry

Key topics and take away skills/benefits:

  • Gaining insights into cost reduction definitions and finance buy-in
  • Developing better team structures and governance to deliver the cost reductions
  • Identifying new cost reduction opportunities in the supply chain
  • Strategies for implementing cost reduction projects
  • Driving cost reduction through continuous improvement projects and working with strategic suppliers
  • Managing internal stakeholders and building credibility of the procurement function
  • Learning how to measure realised outcomes from cost reduction strategies

Facilitator:

Jim Cowan
Managing Director
Caliba Group

 


Session B
Strategies to improve procurement documentation quality

This value-packed session is designed for procurement professionals and contract managers in the oil and gas sector who want to deepen their knowledge of documentation management and take away strategic lessons to increase quality in oil and gas procurement documentation.

This engaging full day learning session will analyse the latest developments and give new insights to attendees on how to implement the most effective documentation management systems to improve documentation quality. Participants will have open discussions about how to improve quality in procurement documentation and will work in small groups with a constant opportunity to ask questions and compare specific documentation experiences with other oil and gas procurement professionals in the field.

Key topics and take away skills/benefits:

  • Analysing the problems and challenges in procurement documentation
  • Developing skills to improve the quality in documentation management
  • Learning how other professionals tackled their documentation problems
  • Identifying the key elements of a successful information flows during complex oil and gas projects
  • Implementing these new documentation management skills to overcome current quality challenges
  • Discovering opportunities to introduce ICT into documentation systems
  • Creating effective mechanisms to protect intellectual property

Session C
Achieving quality outcomes when dealing with suppliers from low cost countries

This interactive session is especially designed for oil and gas procurement and supply chain managers involved in dealing with low cost oil and gas suppliers and who are actively looking for new strategies to improve quality in procurement outcomes. This is the opportunity to benchmark your strategy with other professionals in the field and to develop the necessary skills to manage low cost suppliers.

This session will show you how to manage low cost country oil and gas suppliers in an efficient way and how to protect yourself from the risks and dangers that could damage the outcomes in procurement processes. All the participants will gain insights in how to deal with these low cost suppliers and how to build in the necessary skills needed in addressing these challenges.

Key topics and take away skills/benefits:

  • Gaining insights into how to achieve better procurement outcomes with low cost country suppliers
  • Discovering ways  to overcome cultural differences for better supplier relationship outcomes
  • Overviewing the main problems and challenges in steering low cost suppliers
  • Avoiding expensive rework by introducing follow up mechanisms to ensure quality throughout the product lifecycle
  • Learning how to protect your company from the risks and dangers of global sourcing
  • Implementing best in practice low cost sourcing strategies
  • Comparing your strategy with other procurement professionals

Facilitator:
Greg Edmonds
CEO
Project Procure

 

 


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