Program content
During the past 20 years, the procurement and supply chain profession has radically evolved. Once a tactical and back-office function, it is now a strategic business opportunity that can be fundamental to the financial success of any organization. A few leading companies have achieved an enormous competitive advantage and outstanding bottom-line performance by incorporating a procurement and supply chain strategy into their core corporate strategy. Why haven’t more companies seized this same opportunity? The reason is very simple: a lack of understanding at the senior executive level.
Learning Objectives
Virtually all books on procurement and supply chain have been written for the day-to-day practitioner. A rare exception is Straight to the Bottom Line® a virtual how to guide for executives and senior managers, detailing organizational transformation, how to improve profitability, and deliver enterprise effectiveness and efficiency. Robert A. Rudzki, co-author of this important business book, presents the critical leadership role senior executives must play in creating a clear roadmap for increasing shareholder value.
Says Dick Conrad, former Senior VP, Global Operations Supply Chain, Hewlett-Packard: "Straight to the Bottom Line® is the definitive work on procurement/supply base management. Every CEO, CFO, CPO and their boards who are interested in increasing shareholder value need to read this and then make it required reading for their management and procurement teams."
In this Web seminar, based on the book, Rudzki will discuss how to turn the enormous top-line and bottom-line potential of supply chain and procurement into reality:
- Specifically how modern supply management can be a strategic driver for improving ROIC, EPS and Cash Flow
- Examples of the scope of improvement opportunity
- Key elements in transforming your own practices into world-class.
Participant level of understanding
This seminar is for business executives who are seeking immediate and significant improvements in their organization’s financial performance. This seminar will benefit leaders tasked with developing company strategy and plans, setting corporate priorities, and improving corporate or business unit performance.
Who Should Attend?
Senior executives responsible for making strategic decisions. CFOs, Controllers Managers or Directors accountable for both operational performance and achieving strategic objectives Coordinator of a project-based improvement program such as MBO or TQM.
About Robert A. Rudzki
Robert A. Rudzki, a former corporate executive, is President of Greybeard Advisors LLC, an advisory firm that helps organizations improve their near-term financial performance and their long-term viability. Rudzki also serves on the board of directors of a privacy-software company and is a member of the advisory boards of several companies. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and management meetings.
Rudzki has more than 25 years of leadership experience across several industries. He has personally led several business transformation efforts that resulted in significant enhancements in corporate performance.
Prior to founding Greybeard Advisors in 2004, Rudzki served as Senior Vice President of Materials Management and Chief Procurement Officer for Bayer Corp. At Bayer, he led a nationally recognized transformation that generated significant improvements in costs and working capital. Prior to Bayer, he was an executive at Bethlehem Steel Corp., where he oversaw Bethlehem's global procurement and transportation activities, which were recognized as "top quartile" in a global benchmarking study conducted by A.T. Kearney. His group was recognized by Purchasing magazine as a "Best Place to Work."
In the course of his career, he has held various executive management positions, which included finance, accounting, procurement and logistics, business development, and P&L responsibility – and has interacted with hundreds of companies. He is co-author of the book Straight to the Bottom Line® and author of the business best-seller Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death and Build a Resilient Enterprise.
(Straight to the Bottom Line® is a registered trademark of Greybeard Advisors LLC)
