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CIPS-Switzerland branch event "Women in Purchasing"

5th October 2016 Zurich Hosted at Swiss Re


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1. Agenda, photos & Misc. 3-7

2. Event Survey Results 8-15

5th October 2016 – Women in Procurement

CIPS-Switzerland, 5th October 2016


5th October 2016 – AGENDA Women in Procurement

17:30 Event Registration

18.00 Welcome and Introduction to the International Landscape of Women in Procurement, John Everett, CIPS Switzerland and Dow Chemical

18.15 "Lets finally break the glass ceiling", Alkistis Petropaki, Advance Women in Swiss Business

18.45 "Male or female leader in Procurement: does it matter", Katharina Stenholm, CPO at SAB Miller

19.15 "Dont tell my husband - winning women style", Mary-Jane Hogg, Commercial Director at Dow Chemical

19.45 Refreshments and networking 21.00 Event close



And you‘re in GREAT company tonight Approx. 100 individuals, of whom

~ 25% are CIPS members.


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3M EMEA GmbH

ABB

Advance – Women in Swiss Business

Bank for International Settlements

Cembra Money Bank AG

Chain IQ Group AG

Chemtura

Compass Group (Switzerland) SA

Corning Incorporated

Customer Value Management GmbH

Deloitte Switzerland

Elaine Pringle Photography

Estée Lauder AG

Franke

Fritolay Trading Company

Gategourmet Switzerland

Grundfos

Hays Schweiz AG

Holcim

Johnson & Johnson

Kuehne+Nagel

Leica Geosystems

MWV International Sarl

Nestlé

PA Consulting Group

PepsiCo

PMMS Consulting Group

Rapid Results Procurement

Roche

Sidel

Sika

Swarovski Corporation AG

Swissport

Trans Atlantic Pipeline

Unilever

Unilever

United Biscuits UK Limited


Images from the evening

Elaine Pringle Photography www.elainepringle.com

Speakers A Petropaki K Stenholm MJ Hogg

J Everett P Wilson Event Organizer Swiss Re, Event Host


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Images from the evening

Elaine Pringle Photography www.elainepringle.com


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Next steps....

Pauline King, CIPS-Switzerland, is calling for Swiss-based procurement women to join her and form a CIPS-CH-WiP forum.

Please contact her on [email protected]

If you have an interest in participating in the foundation of this forum.


mailto:[email protected]


Event Survey - Question 1:

How did you get to hear about this CIPS event..?

Learning

mutliple channels

of communication

contribute to

good participation

5th October 2016 – Survey/Feedback Women in Procurement



Event Survey - Question 2: Where are you resident..?

Learning

Most people

attending from

the local area.



Zurich-area 73%

Bern-area 6%

Zug-area 6%

Basel-area 11%

Geneva-area 1%

Schaffhausen-area 1%

Lausanne-area 2%

Outside-CH 0%



Using a scale of 0 (= low) to 10 (= high), please rate the presentations:

Delivery

style

Presentation

Content

Alkistis Petropaki 8.5 8.4

Katharina Stenholm 8.1 9.0

Mary-Jane Hogg 9.3 9.0




Event Survey - Question 4 & 5:

Several attendees volunteered as future presenters.

Also, the following candidates topics were raised:



Digital advances in procurement, work-life balance, procurement evolution, continuous education, relationship and communication, value delivering beside savings in $, how to find a job, procurement in CH (opportunities and challenges), indirect spend, eProcurement, salary/reward, Industry, more on women in business how to be successful in procurement and how to contribute stakeholders, more about specific requirements for women in procurement, make or buy' vs. Outsourcing, procuring offshore and near-shore resources, how cooperation between sales/ marketing with procurement can benefit the companies, best procurement organisations to work in, career aspects- being a CPO future procurement, more women role in procurement, confidence in pursuing managerial roles as women how to make procurement people have more diversity role in different functions, diversity



How many times per year would you like to participate in a CIPS Swiss event (Networking, presentations, site visits, etc..)



Monthly 2%

Bi-monthly 27%

Quarterly 51%

6-months 17%

Yearly 3%


Question 7: > 80% of the participants were purchasing practitioners

80-20 mix of Specialists/managers and Directors/CPO

Total spend influence of the survey participants > 50.0 Bn CHF (approx. 50 Bn$)



4.7%

11.6%

4.7%

16.3%

62.8%

20.9%

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20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

CPO Global Director Regional Director Purchasing teamleader

Category/PurchasingManager

Purchasing Specialist


Event Survey - Question 8: What‘s your nationality?



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4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

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18.0%


• One of the best attended events for CIPS-CH (with 100 bookings) … with the lowest “no-show” rate … 15% of the attendees were men

• Attendees were notified about the event by several different communication channels

• All event speakers gave really great presentations

• Many topics for future meetings proposed

• Majority of attendees favour Quarterly/Bi-monthly meetings

• Approx 50 Bn$ of purchasing influence at the event

• A diverse mix of participants from CPO‘s to junior buyers

• 22 different nationalities present at the event

5th October 2016 – EVENT SUMMARY Women in Procurement



• Appendix




Events are free to CIPS members. Non-Members pay £25/event

Typically 50 to 100 people attend each event

Zurich: -> 27th January, "Purchasing Information Systems"

-> 10th March, " Supply Management Excellence from Kanton Zug"

-> 13th June, "Disruptive Management of Indirects"

-> 5th October, "Women in Procurement"

-> 14th December, "Procurement Quiz & Wine-tasting"

Geneva/Lausanne: -> 15th September, "Innovation and Procurement"

Basel: -> 10th June, "Brexit - Are you affected?"

-> 15th September, "Beyond the Obvious Savings Numbers" -> 10th November, "Future purchasing competencies & skills"

Snapshot of the CIPS-Switzerland 2016 event list



CIPS-Switzerland events, typically 1/. Very internationally diverse (reflecting the Swiss purchasing community) e.g. 2/. Super range of attendees (from senior to junior roles) e.g.

12.8%

25.5%

12.8% 14.9%

25.5%

8.5%

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10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

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CIPS-Switzerland / 2016 Community

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Ticino Zug-Luzern & Zurich

Basel Geneva & Lausanne

(note: 25 are UN students)

=> Approx. 250 members => But, where are our subscribers located...??



• Linkedin.com CIPS-CH on Linkedin.com had 249 (2013) connections CIPS-CH on Linkedin.com has 705 (March-2015) connections CIPS-CH on Linkedin.com has 970 (Oct-2016) connections

• CIPS-CH subscriptions (CIPS members listing CH as residence) CIPS-CH subscription rate has increased ~ 88% since branch start...!

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1. Courtesy to the Presenters

& others in the audience 2. Your feedback is very

important to CIPS-CH



5th October 2016 – AGENDA "Women in Procurement"

17:30 Event Registration

18.00 Welcome and Introduction to the International Landscape of Women in Procurement, John Everett, CIPS Switzerland and Dow Chemical

18.15 "Lets finally break the glass ceiling", Alkistis Petropaki, advance Women in Swiss Business

18.45 "Male or female leader in Procurement: does it matter", Katharina Stenholm, CPO at SAB Miller

19.15 "Dont tell my husband - winning women style", Mary-Jane Hogg, Commercial Director at Dow Chemical

19.45 Refreshments and networking 21.00 Event close


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