Richard Beaumont

Richard Beaumont

Founder Beaumont Procurement

Day 1 | 21st April

8:45 AM Chair’s Opening Remarks

9:20 AM Leadership Panel Discussion with Live Polling and Q&A – How Can You Hire, Train and Develop Your Talent to Combine Human Insight with Machine Intelligence to Gain a Competitive Edge?

  •  How to recruit hybrid procurement talent blending commercial judgement, digital fluency, and analytical thinking
  • Rethinking procurement capability models to combine human expertise with AI-enabled decision support
  • Assessing future procurement skill requirements to close capability gaps and strengthen organisational competitiveness
  • Evaluating training programmes that embed data literacy and technology confidence across procurement teams

11:55 AM Leadership Panel Discussion with Live Polling and Q&A – Collaborative Supplier Partnerships: How Can Procurement Leaders Drive the Co-Creation of Value and Share Costs to Build More Resilient Supply Chains?

  •  How to build collaborative supplier partnerships that unlock shared value and strengthen supply chain resilience
  • Rethinking supplier engagement models to enable co-innovation and mutual long-term commercial benefit
  • Assessing partnership opportunities where shared investment reduces cost pressures and supply risk
  • Evaluating collaboration frameworks that incentivise suppliers to deliver innovation, efficiency, and reliability

2:45 PM Leadership Panel with Live Polling and Q&A – How Can You Foster Trusting Relationships to Sustain Transformation Momentum During Volatile Teams and Deliver Lasting Performance Gains?

  • How to build trust across procurement teams and stakeholders to sustain transformation momentum during volatile periods
  • Rethinking leadership behaviours that strengthen credibility, alignment, and commitment across procurement and business partners
  • Assessing organisational trust gaps that undermine transformation progress and long-term procurement performance
  • Evaluating communication practices that reinforce transparency, confidence, and engagement during change initiatives

5:15 PM Leadership Fireside Chat with Live Polling And Q&A – How Can You Partner with Innovative Suppliers and Harness Market Insights that Give You an Edge and Accelerate Your Digital Journey?

  •  How to partner with innovative suppliers to accelerate digital procurement capabilities and unlock new competitive advantages
  • Rethinking supplier engagement to capture market intelligence that informs smarter procurement decisions
  • Assessing supplier innovation potential to identify partners that can accelerate digital transformation
  • Evaluating external market insights that sharpen procurement strategy and strengthen competitive positioning

5:45 PM Chair’s Closing Remarks

Day 2 | 22nd April

8:55 AM Chair’s Opening Remarks

2:45 PM Leadership Fireside Chat with Live Polling and Q&A – How Can You Lead the Way with Coordinating Teams, Integrating New Technology and Managing Suppliers and Risks to Stay Competitive in a Volatile World?

  •  Assessing leadership approaches that coordinate teams, suppliers, and technology to maintain competitiveness during volatility
  • How to align procurement teams, digital tools, and supplier strategies to respond faster to market disruption
  • Transforming procurement leadership to orchestrate people, technology, and suppliers into a resilient operating model
  • Successful strategies to balance supplier risk management with innovation and agility in unpredictable markets

3:50 PM Oxford-style Debate with Live Voting: Sustainability is Under Attack and ESG is Yesterday’s Buzzword: We Should Cut Back on ESG Spend to Stay Competitive and Relevant. FOR and AGAINST.

FOR (Cut back on ESG spend):

Reducing ESG investment frees capital to prioritise cost competitiveness, operational resilience, and short-term profitability in volatile markets.

AGAINST (Maintain ESG investment):
Sustained ESG investment strengthens long-term resilience, regulatory readiness, and supplier partnerships while protecting brand and stakeholder trust.

4:20 PM Chair’s Closing Remarks

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