Sourcing & Procurement Asia Summit 2011 - SCLG

Sourcing & Procurement Asia Summit 2011
Pham Van Hoanh, Vietnam Financial Review, Editor-in-Chief:
Keynote: Global issues that will impact Procurement in Asia and Vietnam 2011-2012
Vietnam Financial Review (VFR) is an official publication of the Ministry of Finance, one of the leading financial magazines in English in Vietnam.
VFR is the country’s most in-depth magazine providing analysis of Vietnam’s financial market, focusing on important matters such as legal frameworks,
business and investment information. From practical guidance to exclusive interviews with business leaders and alerts on new opportunities, investors have
found the best of what the Vietnam’s financial markets have to offer.
VFR’s main readers are the foreign business community in Vietnam and in the region. It is also an information channel for diplomats and foreign
politicians working in Vietnam. It has a wide range of high-profile clients operating in a variety of businesses such as HSBC, Vietinbank, KPMG,
Fortuna Hotel, etc. VFR’s distribution channels currently focus on Vietnam’s two main cities - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City - and key cities and
provinces such as Binh Duong, Danang, Hue, Haiphong, Quang Ninh, and others. Within the last four years VFR has also reached foreign markets such
as Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, the United States, and Germany. VFR can be found at most embassies, consulates, and foreign chambers
of commerce and industry in Vietnam, airports lounge and on international flights of selected airlines such as Vietnam Airlines, United Airlines, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines,
and Hong Kong Airlines, With the rapidly growing database of thousands of local and foreign business contacts in financial, construction sectors as well as many other
related sectors, VFR will bring your events to right clients for lasting value.
Mr. Hoang Minh Chau, Purchasing Manager, Trung Nguyen Group (Panel)
Mr. Chau, holds a Master of Business in Operations Management, from University of Western Sydney, Australia, is in charge of all operational, strategic,
planning and business aspects of Procurement for the Trung Nguyen Group.
Trung Nguyên is a Vietnam-based business group involved in the production, processing and distribution of coffee. Trung Nguyên is a major domestic
coffee brand within Vietnam, and exports its products to 25 countries, including major Asian markets such as Japan and Singapore.
It is most noted for its Trung Nguyên brand of coffee products; sub-brands include Creative Coffee,Weasel kopi luwak and Legendee simulated kopi
luwak coffee, Passiona low-caffeine coffee, andG7 instant coffee, along with the Tra Tien tea brand.
The group, established in 1996 in Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak Province, is composed of six members: Trung Nguyen Corporation JSC, Trung Nguyen
Instant Coffee Company JSC, Trung Nguyen Coffee LLC, G7 Commercial Services Company, Nam Viet Media Retail Company, and Vietnam Global
Gateway Joint Venture Company. Its director and CEO is Dang Le Nguyen Vu.
Dr James Kang, Director of International Relations, Public Procurement Service of Korea
Case Study: e-procurement programmes
Public Procurement Service (PPS) is the central procurement agency of the Korean government providing goods, services, public works, and information
in the best possible manner to enable public organizations to conduct their business and thereby best serve the citizen.
PPS focus on both domestic and foreign procurement and has an annual volume of USD 12 billion in spend. PPS also handles contracts for the government’s
major construction projects valued at USD 17 billion.
Other services of PPS will be to stockpile and supply raw materials, coordinate and audit the government, handles property related
matters on behalf of the government and most importantly: Manage and operate KONEPS – Korea ON-line E-procurement System.
Dr Kang is the Director of International Relations, Public Procurement Service, Korea, is a Permanent Member with Korean Association of Shipping Studies,
a Director with Korean Society for International Trade Studies and he was the Chairman, Government Procurement Experts’ Group (GPEG), APEC till 2010. Previously
he was, Corporate Planning and Coordination Office, Hyundai Business Group, Coordinator, Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee, and Deputy Director, International
Commodity Bureau, Public Procurement Service.
He graduated from Chonnam National University, graduated with MA in Literature from Hankook University of Foreign Studies, graduated with MA in International
Economics, from Sungkyunkwan University and has a Ph. D. in Business Administration from Chungnam National University.
Jessica Mahre, VP, Asia Pacific, A.T. Kearney Procurement & Analytic Solutions, China
Case Study: How can Procurement value create opportunity?
A.T. Kearney is a global management consulting firm that uses strategic insight, tailored solutions and a collaborative working style to help clients achieve
sustainable results. Since 1926, we have been trusted advisors on CEO-agenda issues to the world’s leading corporations across all major industries. A.T.
Kearney’s offices are located in major business centres in 37 countries.
Jessica Mahre is the Vice President of A.T. Kearney Procurement and Analytic Solutions out of the Shanghai office. She has over 20 year of industry and
management consulting experience helping global companies to achieve operational excellence, especially in strategic sourcing and procurement
excellence.
Industry experience includes telecommunications, airline, automotive, pharmaceutical, high tech, retail, automotive, chemical, banking,
insurance, state and federal government, and consumer products. Jessica’s areas of expertise includes Strategic Sourcing, Low Cost Country Sourcing,
e-procurement implementation, Procurement Centre of Excellence, IPO (international purchasing office) design, Procurement Transformation and Complexity Reduction.
Jessica has sales, marketing, procurement and operating experience in China, Malaysia and North America. Jessica has prior work experience with Carlson Wagonlit
Travel, where she was the Director of Global Procurement, and with GE Capital IT Solutions, where she was the Purchasing Manager. She holds an MBA from Zicklin School
of Business from Baruch College, the City University of New York and a B.S. in Agriculture from the National Taiwan University.
Jay Kim, Direct Procurement Manager, ASEAN and Seeds Grower Procurement Manager, APAC at Syngenta Asia
Pacific Pte. Ltd
Applications of Sustainable Procurement and engaging suppliers by building up trust
Syngenta is one of the world’s leading companies with more than 26,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to our purpose: Bringing plant potential
to life. Through world-class science, global reach and commitment to our customers we help to increase crop productivity, protect the environment and
improve health and quality of life.
Jay Kim is currently Direct Procurement Manager, ASEAN and Seed Grower Procurement for Syngenta Asia Pacific Pte.Ltd, with the responsibility for
sourcing strategy of chemical, packaging materials and tolling for Syngenta formulation production for ASEAN territory.
As per request of the company’s strategic reformation to meet the food crisis challenges, he extend his accountability to develop and deploy the
sourcing strategy for Seed for APAC region.
Jay has experiences in almost whole range of supply chain functions such as planning, Import & export customs, planning, warehouse and distribution in
Korea since he started his career with JunJin Putzmeister since he graduated Chungbuk national university in 1993.
Prior to joining Syngenta Jay had worked for another Swiss base company Hoffman La Roche as ERP(SAP) consultant with the responsibility for the system implementation
and maintenance projects in Australia and Singapore.
Anis Tabka, Vice President - Supply Chain Management, Emirates Integrates Telecommunications Company (du), UAE
Anis Tabka is a Tunisian American with over 15 years of Telecommunications experience both on the Service provider (Procurement and Supply Chain)
and Telecommunications equipment vendor (Commercial for Global operators). Anis has accumulated wide experience working in very diverse
environments from very large and established Fortune 500 companies like AT&T and Siemens in USA and Germany to start-ups in the Middle East (UAE) He
has spent a large portion of his career working in Siemens Global Accounts Management handling major US Telcos. He has also held Financial Controlling
positions with R&D and production.
du has been launched in 2007 as the 2nd Telecommunications service provider to compete against the incumbent provider Etisalat in a market which
is highly penetrated (+140%).
Despite the high launch challenges faced by du (difficulty in obtaining new tower sites, reluctance of the competition to share sites, weak
Telecommunications regulations, and huge staff diversity due to nature of labor market and high expectations from customers), du was able to launch its services and
gradually gain market share from the incumbent.