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9:00 am Morning Registration, Breakfast & Networking
Transforming Strategic Procurement
Workshop A
10:00 am Building Procurement Functions That Scale With Business Growth & Increasing Project Complexity
- Standardizing procurement processes and governance to scale operations without compromising project delivery or supplier performance
- Balancing day-to-day project execution with long-term capability development to improve procurement maturity and operational resilience
- Leveraging supplier alignment, digital technologies, and standardized workflows to strengthen forecasting and support increasingly complex construction programs
Practical Takeaway: Identify the processes, governance structures, and digital tools needed to build a more scalable procurement function while maintaining project performance and supplier relationships as complexity increases
12:00 pm Networking Lunch
Workshop B
1:00 pm Expanding Direct Procurement to Increase Commercial Control & Reduce Subcontractor Reliance
- Developing direct procurement strategies to increase commercial control over critical materials and equipment procurement
- Establishing procurement processes, supplier relationships, and governance frameworks to successfully transition from subcontractor-led purchasing
- Evaluating where direct procurement creates the greatest value to improve cost certainty, supply resilience, and project outcomes
Practical Takeaway: Determine where direct procurement can deliver the greatest commercial value and establish the supplier relationships, processes, and governance needed to increase control while reducing reliance on subcontractor purchasing
3:00 pm Afternoon Refreshments
Workshop C
3:30 pm Driving Internal Procurement Adoption to Increase Organizational Buy- In & Accelerate Procurement Transformation
- Overcoming organizational resistance and legacy procurement behaviors to accelerate adoption of new procurement models across business units
- Demonstrating procurement’s strategic value to strengthen executive sponsorship and embed procurement within broader business decision-making
- Leading procurement transformation through structured change management to sustain long-term adoption across the organization
Practical Takeaway: Build a clear case for procurement’s strategic value and apply practical change management approaches to overcome resistance, secure leadership support, and drive lasting adoption across the organization