Sourcing Outlook

Increase top line growth and reduce bottom line costs

Mats Johansson | BPO Contract Manager | Volvo Car Group

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As the overall responsible for business process outsourcing at Volvo Car Group as well as with great knowledge within RPA development and analytics – Mats Johansson, BPO Contract Manager at Volvo Car Group is an interesting addition to Sourcing Outlook 2017.

About Volvo Cars

This is Volvo

The first mass-produced Volvo car rolled off the production line in Gothenburg in 1927. Since then, Volvo Car Group has delivered a steady stream of Volvo models equipped with world-leading innovations. Today, Volvo is one of the most well-known and respected car brands in the world with sales in about 100 countries.

Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) has been under the ownership of the Zhejiang Geely Holding (Geely Holding) of China since 2010. Volvo Cars formed part of the Swedish Volvo Group until 1999, when the company was bought by Ford Motor Company. In 2010, Volvo Cars was acquired by Geely Holding.

The ‘Volvo’ name is owned by Volvo Trademark Holding AB, which is jointly owned by Volvo Cars and Volvo Group.

The company’s corporate and brand strategy “Designed Around You” puts people at the centre and is a foundation and a guide for the business, the products and the corporate culture.

Volvo cars are marketed and sold by regional market companies and national sales companies through approximately 2,300 local dealers in about 100 countries. Most of the dealerships are independent companies. As of December 2015, Volvo Cars had almost 29,000 employees around the globe.

Volvo Cars produces premium-segment car models in three versions: Sedans (S60, S90), Versatile estates (V40, V60, V90) and Cross Country vehicles (XC60, XC90).

In 2015, Volvo Cars sold a total of 503,127 cars, the first time ever in the company’s history that it sold more than half a million cars. Relative to the strength of the brand, Volvo Cars is a small producer, with a global market share of 1–2 percent. The largest market, China, represented some 16 per cent of the total sales volume in 2015, followed by Sweden (14%), the US (14%), the UK (9%) and Germany (7%).

Cesare Guarini | Head of Procurement – Strategy Initiatives | Clariant

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Welcome Cesare Guarini, Head of Procurement – Strategy Initiatives at Clariant! Together with Cesare and EcoVadis you will be able to sit down during round table discussions and share insights into how to incorporate sustainability into procurement as part of a strategic business development strategy.

About Clariant

As one of the world’s leading specialty chemical companies, Clariant contributes to value creation with innovative and sustainable solutions for customers from many industries. Our portfolio is designed to meet very specific needs with as much precision as possible. At the same time, our research and development is focused on addressing the key trends of our time. These include energy efficiency, renewable raw materials, emission-free mobility, and conserving finite resources. Our business units are organized into four business areas: Care Chemicals, Natural Resources, Catalysis and Plastics & Coatings.

Isabelle Kemlin | Alliance Director | CBRE

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Isabelle Kemlin is today working as Alliance Director at CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with 2016 revenues of $13.1 billion and more than 75,000 employees.

Until recently, Isabelle was the Key Account Executive at Veolia Nordic, a provider of an array of solutions related to water, waste and energy. Veolia has about 163 000 employees worldwide.

A little over a year ago Isabelle was the responsible for negotiating and closing a Vested Outsourcing Agreement, the first deal in the Nordics within the Facility Management sector. Also the first European agreement which went through a Vested Request for Partner process.

It is in this capacity and with the base in these experiences Isabelle is joining Sourcing Outlook 2017 to share her perspective on the agreement created with Telia Company. Isabelle will share her supplier perspective, what led up to deciding to move ahead with a Vested agreement, in what ways thinking and doing different was and is vital and what the lessons learned are.

Ingrid Wallgren | Global Category Manager | Telia Company

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EBG | Network are happy to welcome both the “business” and procurement on stage on October 19th. Finding ways to not only reduce cost but ad value long term is a priority for most organizations. Doing so from strategy, along operational decisions and through governance structures is a challenge and take patience.

On October 19th Ingrid and Andreas will share how they chose and choose to work closely with a key supplier in order to achieve desired outcome.

Following their key note you will be able to sit down and share ideas with Andreas and Ingrid during round table discussions called Theme Discussions.

Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics Company

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About Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics company
We capture and treat private company information for better decision making and increased efficiency.
Welcome to the business of certainty. We offer the most powerful comparable data resource on private companies. With extensive information on companies’ financials, risk scores, PEPs and Sanctions, and probability of default indicators, our solutions can help you manage your supplier risk, leverage your spending power and be certain of a lot more:

  • Validate your suppliers and business partners
  • Get the full picture using our extensive corporate ownership structures
  • Reduce financial risk with our standardised financial data and risk metrics

Procurement Catalyst is a risk assessment tool that enriches your supplier data with our market intelligence. Your data is blended with ours and clearly displayed for easy interpretation and a better view on your supplier portfolio. It can be completely aligned with your existing procurement processes. Make better-informed decisions with a higher level of certainty – and save a huge amount of time.

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