Adam Boal

SVP for Procurement CBRE

Adam is the SVP for Procurement at CBRE, leading the procurement network as the Global Head of Procurement, Their network includes 1000+ procurement professionals and over $50 Billion in spend. Responsible for Corporate Procurement, Risk, Sustainability, Supplier Diversity, Shared Services, Tool and Data & Analytics and driving synergy and improvement across the organization. Prior to that, he was at AstraZeneca, where he oversaw $3.5 Billion in spend managing Global Commercial, Global Medical and the Americas procurement functions. Prior to that he held senior procurement roles for Edgewell Personal Care, Amgen, L’Oréal and Colgate Palmolive. In addition to procurement, he has run services in travel, meetings, fleet, external workforce and marketing fulfillment.

Day 1: Transforming Your Procurement Organization

8:55 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Today’s CPO: Embracing Digital Procurement And Enacting Transformative Change

The modern Chief Procurement Officer goes far beyond purchasing and must straddle the line between operations, finance, and everything in between. Steering an effective digital procurement transformation is a critical piece of a CPO’s role within an organization, including streamlining and enhancing every part of your organization from sourcing to labor, and more. Listen to a renowned procurement leader on the best ways to transform and future proof your procurement center.

Building a digital procurement transformation roadmap to directly align your team and budget, with long-term organizational objectives
Encouraging collaboration and continuous improvement to best identify areas to advance your procurement processes
Enacting change management to ensure the adoption of new purchasing processes within your organization
Gaining at seat at the table via collaboration and changing the perception of procurement as a roadblock
Defining what digital maturity is for your procurement organization, to know when the digital transformation “ends” and new goals can be pursued

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Adam.

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