Edward McAndrews

Head of Procurement-North America
AstraZeneca

Ed is currently the Head of Procurement for North America at AstraZeneca. In this role he leads the US and Canada in market procurement teams. He also has global accountability for AstraZeneca’s core commercial categories including Advertising, Digital/Media, Market Research, Contract Sales and PR. Prior to his role as Head of Procurement, Ed held multiple Global Category Leader roles where he developed and implemented global category strategies across key global markets. Established, developed, and managed key global supplier relationships and implemented global category best practices and sourcing programs. Ed has experience in procurement technology implementing Ariba platforms on a global scale and process expertise in strategic sourcing and category management. Ed holds a Bachelors Degree from Eastern University and an MBA from St. Josephs University.

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Optimizing Supplier Relationship Management

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

09:15 Supplier Relationship Management: Extrapolating Incremental Value Beyond The Contract

The evolving nature of procurement extends outside of your organization right to the front door of your suppliers. As your role and responsibilities change, so does the expectation that suppliers need to provide innovative expertise, technologies and operations. Are you driving new ideas and getting the most from your suppliers? Discover what you can do to achieve success in driving supplier innovation.
• How do you work with your suppliers to ensure that they are
innovating?
• Realizing business value and growth through ongoing strategic
innovation
• New insights in transformative and disruptive innovation and the
impact on resources and processes
• Developing innovation days with suppliers and the means for
making them successful