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Procurement is Becoming Increasingly Challenging, and a New Turn in the Sector is Being Created by Digitalization and Sustainability

Challenge after challenge from which the procurement sector cannot protect itself. New trends, uncertainty, and challenges have irrevocably marked this sector. Lockdowns, the blockage of a ship in the Suez Canal, natural disasters, labor shortages, the war in Ukraine, rising energy prices… The last few years have been truly challenging for all aspects of business operations. However, throughout this period, supply chain issues have been particularly hard hit. Procurement is becoming increasingly challenging, and alongside this, a new turn in the sector raises the question of digitalization and sustainability.

You can listen to more about all this this year at the 18th Procurement Conference, which will be held on October 26 at the Hilton Garden Inn Zagreb and online in Croatian and English with simultaneous translation.

This conference is a permanent annual conference through which Lider aims to enhance the procurement profession through the exchange of knowledge and experience and the sharing of best ethical practices. The goal is to improve the status of the procurement function in companies, which is achieved through contributing to the added value of companies.

We will address all of this again this year through nine presentations, one one-on-one conversation, and one panel. Since the conference is jointly organized by the Croatian Association of Procurement Professionals and Lider, the opening speech at the conference will be given by Mirela Senica, president of HUND. Presentations will also be held by: Markku Henttinen, Petteri Nisonen, Branko Žibret, Niranjan Seshadri, James Marland, Milan Ora, and Draško Jelavić.

Additionally, the panel discussion on the topic ‘People-Technology-Sustainability’ will feature Kristina Šorić, Blaženska Knežević, Dario Riđan, and Ivana Cvetko Iliev, while Zdravka Demeter Bubalo will participate in the one-on-one conversation.

The concluding motivational lecture on motivation and communication will be delivered by Dr. Sanela Peresciutti.

The importance of the aforementioned topics is also illustrated by the fact that last year, 219 representatives from 114 companies from Croatia and abroad participated.

More about this topic can be found at this link.

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