Pieter Swarts

CPO
KPN

Peter has worked for KPN for the past 5 years providing strategic direction on how to best drive the procurement function forward. Peter has worked to simplify the procurement process and drive innovation through procurement to deliver growth and profit to the business and through this has grown his own team to 40. Peter has had ongoing success in driving value for KPN through cost saving programs, has improved the quality and services delivered from his team and impacted collaborative partnerships with the business segments. These achievements make Peter best placed to speak on influencing and impacting top-line growth. KPN is a Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company with over €10 billion in operating revenue.

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Conference Day One – Tuesday 4 April 2017

Tuesday, April 4th, 2017

09:10 Keynote presentation - How to use procurement category expertise and apply this knowledge to improve top-line growth

How can you lead your procurement journey from pure cost savings to contributing to revenue growth?

How can you use innovation to report on value, monitor and gain real-time visibility on category spend and cost savings for your business?

How can category teams business partner with the lines of business in your company to influence revenue?

What are the future trends on how your procurement team add value to your business?

16:10 Wine and Beer round tables: Industry specific. What are the main procurement challenges within your industry and how can you overcome them?

This interactive session provides the opportunity to discuss your most pressing challenge with your peers in a small, industry specific group of 10. Don’t miss this fantastic chance to solve your issues and make important new contacts with procurement professionals from your industry!

Round table 1: Financial Services & Insurance – Gareth Mawdesley, Head of Procurement, NFU Mutual & Julian Herbert, Vice President, Everest Group

Round table 2: Utilities/Energy – Christoph Quick-Timmerhaus, Head of International Procurement, RWE

Round table 3: Travel – Claudia Unger, Founder, Claudia Unger Limited (ex Director of Research and Intelligence BCD Travel)

Round table 4: Consultants – Marc Rajal, Head of Procurement Transformation, Deloitte

Round table 5: Technology – Marco Stenvert, CPO, Wolters Kluwer

Round table 6: Telecoms – Pieter Swarts, CPO, KPN

Round table 7: Logistics/Distribution

Round table 8: Publishing/Media

Round table 9: Retail – Tim Brennan, Head of Procurement, Marks & Spencer & Tim Snow, Head of Procurement, Debenhams