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Alastair Henderson-Begg

Global Head of IT Procurement
F.Hoffmann-La Roche

Alastair Henderson-Begg is a highly experienced procurement professional, specialising in the IT area over the last 20 years. He has operated in many different environments from heavily matrixed, multi-cultural global organisations leading multifunctional virtual teams to being a self-sufficient operator within small organisations.

In the field of IT outsourcing he has personally lead negotiations for contracts with a combined value in excess of $15bn, and spent 5 years as a consultant helping organisations across Europe optimise their outsourcing relationships.

For the last 12 years he has been based in Switzerland working for ABB, Novartis and Zurich Insurance. He Joined F.Hoffmann-La Roche in June 2014.

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Day 2 - Taking your IT procurement to the next level

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

10:00 Keynote Case Study – Aligning goals and building influence with IT: What does a successful relationship actually look like

How does Procurement demonstrate the value it can bring to its IT customers?
What are the challenges in creating a truly collaborative partnership, and what does that look like?
How to get involved in sourcing projects at the beginning instead of the end, to avoid sourcing event delays
How to work with IT to move beyond the “I know what I want, just get it” conversations toward true collaboration
How do we set expectations and define requirements of each other’s departments to achieve a sustainable alliance?
What hurdles need to be overcome to be seen as more than a tactical function? How can they be addressed?
How to align the procurement targets with KPIs of IT
Where should IT procurement sit within the organisation?
How to build mutual accountability to keep a partnership healthy

11:10 Drill Down Roundtables

Roundtable 1 – How can you better manage IT supplier risk?
Karl Mceneaney, Head of UK Procurement, Capital One

Roundtable 2 - How can you protect your intellectual property and data when negotiating cloud contracts?
Florian Schroder, Head of IS Commodity & Contract Management, Bombardier Transportation

Roundtable 3 - Context-based Benchmarking - driving value beyond cost

Sarah Burnett, Vice President of Research - Europe, Everest Group

Roundtable 4 -How do you find the right talent in the contingent workforce to ensure IT category management success?

Erwan Le Lan, Senior Manager, Solucom

Roundtable 5 – How can you control and manage costs associated with new and fast changing technologies?
Michael Delle, Region Head of SI & IT Sourcing, Ericsson

Roundtable 6 - How can you avoid costly audits by software companies?
Patrick Dickinson, License Expert & Product Manager, compartner

Roundtable 7 – How to develop strategic thinking around IT procurement that links to your business KPIs
Claire Tapping, Head of Sourcing & Commercial - IT and Business Process Outsourcing, Rolls-Royce

Roundtable 8 – Aligning goals and building influence with IT: What does a successful relationship actually look like
Alastair Henderson-Begg, Global Head of IT Procurement, F.Hoffmann-La Roche