Alexa Cheater

Director of Product Marketing, Kinaxis

As the Director, Product Marketing at Kinaxis, Alexa is focused on understanding the challenges companies face in managing their supply chains—both the day-to-day and during major disruptions. She then develops and delivers informative, engaging and sometimes entertaining content that showcases how Kinaxis innovations drive the agility, visibility and resiliency companies need to transform their supply chains to adapt and thrive in our unpredictable world. She joined Kinaxis in 2015 and holds a Bachelor of Journalism (Honors) from the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Robert Ford

EMEA Senior Planning and Logistics Manager, Mars

Nikki Archer

Deputy Director, Head of Procurement and Commercial Policy & Strategy , The Scottish Government

As a highly experienced and globally connected procurement leader, Nikki has a proven track record over three decades of strategic and operational delivery within both public and private sectors. This has included directing transformational change projects at a local, national and international level, innovating to set and embed best practice standards across complex and diverse institutions, and building the capability of individuals, organisations and supply chains.

Since joining the Scottish Government, Nikki has played a key role in driving public procurement reform, including a number of initiatives addressing socioeconomic inequalities, the climate emergency and building a procurement profession for the future, with innovative programmes cited in global case studies.

A CIPS Fellow and former Member of the CIPS Global Board of Trustees, Nikki is an Accredited Assessor for the U.K. Government Commercial Function and is a Member of the CIPS Foundation Steering Committee, the CIPS Fellows Committee, and the Institute of Directors.

Agnieszka Dyduch

Global Planning Director, Avon

A highly driven Supply Chain leader, recognised for delivering consistent results through leading and inspiring cross-functional and multi-cultural teams, implementing innovative, value adding and resilient solutions.

Specialties: Supply Chain processes & organisation, leadership and change management

Charlie Neagoy

SVP of Customer Success, Librestream

A proven Business Development exec with more than 20 years experience in technical business development, sales, and product management. Charlie’s diverse industry experience includes digital media, streaming video, optical communications, aerospace, and industrial process measurement.

Prior to Librestream, Charlie was VP of Partner Sales at Inlet Technologies, a leader in live, over-the-top video streaming. In this role, he established relationships with systems integrators, content owners, and broadcasters to deliver live and on-demand video to any device, anywhere. His customers included ESPN, Major League Baseball, Apple, Microsoft, NBCU, and others. Inlet was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2011.

Previously, Charlie held increasingly senior roles at JDS Uniphase, ultimately as Director of JDSU’s Integrated Optics Business Unit, where he led the growth of its high speed optical components business to over $100M annually. He began his career with AT&T, where he held various roles in sales, product management, and finance.

Nick Dobney

Global Head of Procurement, Puma Energy

Here’s a quick summary of how I help businesses improve
Making significant cost savings to enable growth and improve profitability
 Collaborating with all business functions, marketing, logistics, IT, property, maintenance, finance, HR, legal and operations to positively challenge business relationships with suppliers
 Building procurement capability which prioritises value for money and risk management
 Obtaining efficiencies in processes and critical data insights with low cost digital ways of working
 Navigating multi Business Unit international companies quickly and successfully
 Engaging with C level executives with clarity and credibility from fast demonstration of results
 Drawing on deep cross industry experience of Retail, Fuel Supply, Food Service, Hospitality, Airline and Pharmaceutical

Guests

Alexa Cheater

Robert Ford

Nikki Archer

Agnieszka Dyduch

Charlie Neagoy

Nick Dobney

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