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Claire Tapping

Head of Sourcing & Commercial - IT and Business Process Outsourcing
Rolls-Royce

Claire is the Head of Sourcing & Commercial for IT and Business Process Outsourcing at world leading power systems provider Rolls-Royce plc. With 16 years purchasing experience in the Aerospace & Defence industry, Claire specialises in using creativity and innovation to deliver business results in challenging supply chain conditions. Claire has held a number of direct and indirect purchasing roles including strategic commodity leadership, total lifecycle cost management and operational leadership of multi-functional teams.

Claire previously supported the CPO in creating the long term vision, strategy and road map for the Purchasing organisation including the delivery of the global Purchasing shared services organisation. In May 2014 she took her current role to lead IT procurement globally.

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Day 1 - Optimising the efficiency and effectiveness of IT procurement

Sunday, December 11th, 2016

09:10 Keynote Case Study - How to develop strategic thinking around IT procurement that links to your business KPIs

As corporations’ technology needs continue to grow, the role of IT sourcing is becoming more and more important. Since technology now touches almost every aspect of a company’s operations, how does IT sourcing interface with other departments and overlay with other spend categories?

How is the voice of procurement within the IT space in your organisation?
How is strategic thinking developed around IT and IT procurement to link to business KPIs?
What role should IT sourcing have in securing technology needs for marketing, HR, legal, and manufacturing?
What are the best practices in place for building cooperative relationships between departments?
Where will talent come from in the future to lead IT procurement?

Day 2 - Taking your IT procurement to the next level

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

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