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Louise Deane

Marketing Procurement Category Manager
Suntory

Louise is responsible for the application of the Group Indirect Strategic Plan for Marketing Procurement, while developing local activities for the Business Unit and cross-BU activities. She manages projects and categories to generate savings and extend coverage, report activity and achieve savings. Louise develops and implements category strategies or a purchasing action plan, in accordance with the Group Indirects Global Strategy, and drives implementation in alignment with the organization. She also leads cost reduction initiatives in line with strategies and business needs. Louise will be participating in two Panel Discussions: ‘Communicating Your Value Proposition To Internal Stakeholders: What Proven Strategies Achieve True Cross Functional Collaboration?’ on the 14th June and ‘Finding The Best Talent To Deliver On Future Marketing Procurement Needs: What Will Be The New Skill Sets Required?’ on the 15th June.

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14th June - Day 1 - Fostering Strategic Collaborations To Drive Greater Business Value

Monday, June 6th, 2016

16:00 Interactive Panel Discussion - Communicating Your Value Proposition To Internal Stakeholders: What Proven Strategies Achieve True Cross Functional Collaboration?

Moving beyond theory to successful cross functional partnerships – What are the lessons learned along the way to make it work?
Examining language, shared KPIs, domain expertise, process optimisation – how and where can we most effectively engage with our marketing partners to meet business drivers?
Getting a seat at the table – how can you position your function to become an accepted part of the marketing board meetings?
What are the proven approaches to achieve a truly successful partnership with marketing stakeholders?

16th June - Day 3 - Exploiting New Frontiers In Technology And Talent Management

Saturday, August 6th, 2016

11:40 Interactive Panel Finding - The Best Talent To Deliver On Future Marketing Procurement Needs: What Will Be The New Skill Sets Required?

When hiring which one of these criteria should take a priority over the other – soft skills, cultural match, and category expertise in areas such as digital, consumer products and market intelligence?
Is it better to train internally or hire outside expertise? Where have you seen the most success?
Where the marketing procurement leaders of tomorrow are coming from - is it better to recruit from agencies, or internally from marketing departments and procurement?
Comparing external resources for discovering new talent - LinkedIn, recruitment companies, graduate networks, mentoring programmes and other online or outsourcing networks - is there a clear winner?