Michael Shaw

Advisory Board Member
American Council of Sourcing and Procurement Executives

Michael Shaw is the Founder and CEO of the American Council of Sourcing and Procurement Executives (ACSPE), which also serves more than 500 Chief Procurement Officers and SVPs Supply Chain. Prior to ACSPE Michael founded The Sourcing Source, a procurement industry analyst and executive advisory firm where he has worked with more than 250 Global 2000 organizations ranging from $250 million to $20 Billion in annual revenues providing guidance and insights for selecting procurement technology and services partners. While at TSS he was instrumental in developing the TSS proprietary Subject Matter Expert (SME) database covers more than 2000 categories and has identified more than 700 subject matter experts providing the largest network of Sourcing Category Subject Matter Expertise in the world. Mr. Shaw has spoken at and chaired numerous industry conferences and was voted one of Supply and Demand Chain Magazine’s “Pros to Know” for 2014.

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Day 1: Monday, September 28, 2015

Sunday, April 9th, 2017

08:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks

16:00 Panel: Strengthening Procurement Programs in a Superconnected World

Globalization has helped CPOs source the lowest costs and best values for goods and services. When everyone and everything is connected, do regional differences help or hinder the sourcing process? Hear from this panel of global procurement leaders to improve your global indirect procurement strategies.
• How do you get started in developing a global strategy across your divisions?
• Determining the optimal organizational structure for your global team
• How can you best communicate best practices between countries and implement them across the enterprise?
• What categories are ripe candidates for global sourcing?
• Driving contracts globally to extract savings and create value