David Panzera

Strategic Sourcing Manager
Arkema Inc.

Dave Panzera has over fifteen years' experience in global procurement in the chemical and automotive industries. He is a veteran of multiple expatriations, having spent over ten years living and working in Europe and Asia. Dave is currently Strategic Sourcing Manager at Arkema Inc, where he has responsibility for commodity and intermediate chemicals. He also serves as Second Vice President of the ISM-Philadelphia.

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Day 2

Friday, April 11th, 2014

09:20 Panel Session: Strategic Sourcing: Reducing Risk With Your Supply Base And Delivering Savings That Enable Competitive Advantage

Florian Dussler, CEO, Transporeon Group Americas
David Panzera, Strategic Sourcing Manager, Arkema
Ephraim Rabin, CEO, Parchem Fine & Specialty Chemicals

How do you ensure that your suppliers are resilient? Do they have multiple production facilities capable of producing the material if one plant is disrupted? Are their plants geographically spread out to minimize the danger posed by natural disasters? When you’re
relying on a sole source supplier or multiple suppliers that use a single transportation route, how much material should be held as safety stock? These are some of the questions that strategic sourcing managers are grappling with as they attempt to minimize risk. Join this engaging panel discussion so you can adopt strategies that mitigate risk. Panelists will also address how you can monitor and manage supplier performance, systematically reviewing quality and cost.