Announcement Webinar Speaker Purchaser Academy

WLW (formerly "Wer liefert was") is a leading B2B platform that helps small and medium-sized enterprises in the DACH region to use and expand digital channels for their sales and marketing activities. The target group of this special academy are cross-sector procurement experts and professional researchers from start-ups, SMEs and corporations.

In the seven-part webinar series, which started in mid-June this year, top-class and experienced procurement experts provide valuable insights, inspiration and solutions for your procurement in exciting lectures and discussions on topics such as recruiting, further development, crisis management or sustainability.

The webinars are open to the public and cover the most important topics and areas in current purchasing activities:

Webinar 1 Crisis Management on 05 July from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

is dedicated to the management of crises, when it is called: "Anyone can handle fair weather! How purchasing emerges stronger from crises". 

Speaker: 

• Roman Oncsak (Corporate Communications Manager at Visable),

• Moritz Fürste (Olympic hockey champion and sports entrepreneur HYROX),

• Stephan Chassaing de Bourdeille (Founder oopus valley network)

Webinar 2 Sustainability on 14. Juli from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.
explores how companies can transform purchasing and procurement in a sustainable way.

Speaker: 

• Carsten Brandt (Head of Brand & Communications at Visable),  

• Karla Jabben (Sustainability Manager at OTTO) ,

• Maren Riegler (Consultant for the strategic development of procurement organisations, self-employed)

* You can find me as speaker in the third episode of this webinar series *

Webinar 3 Specialists in Purchasing on 01 September from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

this is about recruiting and especially developing professionals in the field of purchasing & procurement. 

Speaker: 

• "Impulse":

Employer communication expert Andreas Scheuermann (Auctority) will highlight the most important factors in companies' communication with potential new employees in purchasing.

• "Brain Opener":

Talk with ex-Bundesliga goalkeeper (HSV, SC Freiburg) Richard Golz, who has been working as a personnel consultant at Hager Executive Consulting GmbH since the end of his football career, about filling key positions in sports organisations and what purchasing can learn from this.

• "Keynote":

Christian Thöne (founder and executive coach at managementconsulting & coaching) discusses central issues of personnel development in purchasing and gives practical instructions for action.

Webinar 4 Tech and Innovation on 15 September from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Here, technologies and innovation are brought into focus, which will bring purchasing and procurement to aneues level.

• The digital transformation has long since found its way into purchasing and procurement, and exciting technologies and innovations are increasingly coming from start-ups. We present the most interesting innovations.

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Webinar 5 Raw Materials on 05 October from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

"SOS: This is how shopping still gets its raw materials"

• focuses on the biggest challenges in purchasing raw materials and instructions on how to ensure material flow and supply chain stability even under difficult conditions.

Webinar 6 Raw Materials on 09 November from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

"Ideal Teflon: This is how all disturbances will bounce off in the future".

• Reacting to supply chain bottlenecks in the short term is one thing, but making yourself permanently "weatherproof" when purchasing important goods is another. Here we are talking about how procurement can harden itself against disruptions in the supply chain.

Webinar 7 Global Procurement on 8 December from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

"Global Sourcing: A Model to be Discontinued? Challenges and Solutions"

• Purchasing and procurement have built up a worldwide network for the procurement of goods, which for a long time functioned like a well-oiled machine. But globalisation is increasingly coming under criticism. 

Active participation in one of the webinars will be rewarded with a certificate from the Academy. Buyers who have participated in at least four Academy editions can win five tickets to the Procurement Summit 2023. 

More information about the wlw Purchser Academy, the overview of the webinar series and the registration form can be found here.

It is unbelievably nice and valuable for me to provide inspiration to motivated and committed purchasing colleagues at such events in these topics that are close to my heart, especially for the further development of employees. After all, despite all the digitalisation, it is the people who make up purchasing and who serve as the interface between internal stakeholders and external suppliers.

I will be happy to answer your questions about my training by phone or via email. Or arrange a personal meeting.