Conference Day One
Tuesday 1 December 2015
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08:15 Registration and welcome coffee
08:50 Opening remarks from the Chair
Sanjay Sridher, Managing Director, Accenture Consulting - ANZ
Transforming government procurement operations to improve outcomes
09:00 International Keynote Case Study: Understanding how the Government of Canada implemented a Procurement Ombudsman Office to promote fairness, openness and transparency in federal contracting
- Identifying different ways to enhance federal government accountability
- Benefitting from a new avenue for suppliers and federal organisations to address procurement related concerns
- Best practices from the Procurement Ombudsman Office – what did we learn?
Frank Brunetta, Procurement Ombudsman of Canada, Government of Canada
09:40 Case Study: Analysing how Public Transport Victoria is implementing procurement reform to achieve increased levels of accountability, probity, scalability and value for money in procurement operations
- Benefitting from complexity and capability assessment procedures to increase efficient outcomes in state government procurement divisions
- Identifying how to design a strategic planning strategy across government departments to achieve better value for money procurement decisions
- Applying a more structured approach when informing, evaluating and negotiating with suppliers
Lisa Williams, Chief Procurement Officer, Public Transport Victoria
10:10 Case Study: Increasing industry engagement as the cornerstone of a new procurement model in NSW
- Improving communication between government and suppliers at all levels and across all categories of goods and services to increase constructive engagement with the private sector
- Analysing how NSW Trains is implementing supplier engagement strategies
- The importance of attracting new strong commercial views and experiences from the supply and the role of communication and governance in supporting our engagement
Siju Johny, Chief Procurement Officer, NSW Trains
10:40 Morning tea
11:15 Case Study: Creating a Supply Chain Excellence foundation in Supplier Relationship Management
- Analysing ways to unlock more value during a contract lifecycle – Health Purchasing Victoria’s ‘group buy initiative’
- Identifying further saving opportunities by understanding new purchasing data trends
- Where can current procurement models be further improved?
Alba Chliakhtine, Director Procurement, Health Purchasing Victoria
11:45 Case Study: Transforming procurement operations in the university sector by creating a flexible procurement hub
- Identifying the key elements when designing a roadmap to transform procurement at the Australian Universities Senior Finance Officer Group (AUSFOG)
- Gaining insights into the journey that the University sector have been on, with a specific focus on the establishment process, supplier selection and potential value derived from the initiative
- Understanding how to implement a flexible and aggregated spend model to achieve source-to contract indirect cost savings and procure-to-pay process efficiencies
Richard Allen, Chief Procurement Officer, University of Sydney
Peter Prest, Chief Financial Officer, University of South Australia
12:15 Value realisation by raising your line of sight - a transformation requirement in this digital age
- Understanding what the digital age means for all procurement and financial functions within your organisation
- An understanding of the changing market models to identify what we need to do to stay ahead of the ‘curve’
- An invitation in understanding benchmarking, where we all fit in this paradigm and how we can help
Lorraine Longato, Director Value Engineering, ANZ, Procurement & Business Network, SAP
12:45 Networking lunch
Introducing a more commercial approach within government procurement divisions to achieve more efficient purchasing outcomes
13:55 International Case Study: Reviewing the opportunities and limitations when implementing more commercial approaches in public sector purchasing divisions
- Discussing different commercial approaches such as contracting out, purchaser – provider split, corporation and alternative models that might provide better procurement outcomes
- Highlighting the challenges of implementing these commercial approaches into the public sector
- What are the limitations of a commercial approach in the public sector?
Sara Hay, Chief Procurement Officer, Auckland City Council
14:25 CPOs Panel Discussion: Reorienting public sector procurement from a traditional administrative approach to delivering services on a commercial or quasi commercial basis
- What are the key issues in the traditional procurement approach within government departments and agencies?
- Which commercial purchasing approaches can be implemented into civil service practices?
- How can government purchasing divisions overcome the regulation barriers to become more cost efficient?
Panel moderator:
Sanjay Sridher, Managing Director, Accenture Consulting - ANZ
Panellists:
Sara Hay, Chief Procurement Officer, Auckland City Council
Lisa Williams, Chief Procurement Officer, Public Transport Victoria
Siju Johny, Chief Procurement Officer, NSW Trains
Justin McKenzie, Procurement and Supplier Manager, Power and Water Corporation
Implementing the right contract management strategies to reduce complexity and increase cost effective public sector procurement performance
15:10 Case Study: Analysing how the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is implementing record-keeping standards for suppliers in order to achieve better procurement practices
Paul Kruspe, Assistant Commissioner Procurement, Australian Taxation Office
15:40 Afternoon tea
16:15 Making long term arrangements to increase performance within key contracts
- Preventing non-compliance and underperformance outcomes by implementing feedback mechanisms
- Identifying the crucial factors in developing a proactive supplier relationship approach
- The pitfalls often seen in contract management and how to overcome them
Tony Ballard, Group Manager Strategic Procurement, Ergon Energy
Improving procurement capabilities and attracting better procurement staff to maximise benefits
16:45 Improving staff procurement capabilities by implementing continuous training opportunities
- Benefitting from feedback mechanisms during the procurement process
- Stimulating procurement staff by encouraging innovative thinking, teamwork and creating a flexible and enthusiastic work culture
- Investing in staff capabilities by providing training opportunities to develop more commercial capabilities and culture to achieve ‘best value’ rather than ‘fair value’
Justin McKenzie, Procurement and Supplier Manager, Power and Water Corporation
17:15 Closing remarks from the Chair
17:25 End of Day One and networking drinks
19:00 Official event dinner