Sandeep Dandekar

Exceutive Vice President – Procurement & Materials Management
Netmagic, an NTT Communications Company

Sandeep Dandekar, as the Executive Vice President, Procurement & Materials Management at Netmagic (an NTT Communications Company) since August 2013. He has been spearheading the IT procurement initiatives for the company which would form one of his core functions. He discovers profitable suppliers to initiate business partnerships, negotiate with external vendors, examine & re-evaluate existing contracts, track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness, anticipate unfavourable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies, perform risk management regarding supply contracts & agreements and control expenditure and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.

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Day 1

Wednesday, December 6th, 2017

14:40 Panel discussion: Procurement as a linkage function: How can procurement facilitate and drive an improved and aligned dialogue between internal and external stakeholders?

• How can procurement be more accessible to the rest of the organization?

• Evaluating the influence of procurement: What criteria do you use?

• Reversing communication channels: How can procurement take the lead with the sales teams?

• What is procurement’s role in bridging communication gaps within the organization?

• How can you succeed in getting your stakeholders to understand & support your procurement decisions?

16:50 Panel discussion: Identifying supplier risk: How can you create an effective supplier risk matrix based on your company’s needs?

• What steps do you take in identifying and removing bad suppliers?

• How can you mitigate the financial risk with the suppliers?

• How can you best maintain the continuity of the current supply base with fewer suppliers?

• Evaluating the concept of buying parts of your supply chain to decrease the vulnerability to your supply chain

• What are the implications of increasing global uncertainties on your supplier networks & how can you best prepare for them?