Procurecon Indirect West 2025

March 03 - 05, 2025

JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa, NV

Adam Schindler

Director, Strategic Sourcing Anaplan

DAY 2 – Building A Foundation For Sourcing Excellence

1:50 PM Panel: Negotiating With SaaS Providers: What To Consider When Approaching Your Next Negotiation

As SaaS continues to profilerate across all business functions and units, it’s never been a more important time to come prepared in your next negotiation. Our panel of SaaS experts will talk you the necessary steps to prepare for your next negotiation, independent of spend and platform. 

4:10 PM Procurement First Aid – Finding Ways To Solve Your Biggest Pain Points

These interactive category roundtable sessions take a deep dive into the specific areas you came to talk about. Sit and learn in an intimate format from the speakers who have had an impact on their company and industry. Take control of your own event experience and don’t be shy! Ask questions (or answer them!) alongside other conference attendees who are dealing with the same challenges as you network with industry peers with very similar challenges, interests and responsibilities.

1.     Disparate and/or Legacy Software/Technology  Joel Mintun, Director, Global Supply Chain (Indirect Procurement), Global Foundries

2.     Lack of Alignment Among Stakeholders Brian DeCaires, Supervisor, Technical Procurement, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

3.     Managing Cloud Hosting Spend And Realizing Value From Cloud 3rd Party Marketplaces Adam Schindler, Director, Strategic Sourcing, Anaplan

4.     I’m Trying To Advance Indirect Procurement In A Team/Organization That Only Knows Direct Procurement

5.     Lack of Procurement Talent/Open Requisitions Not Being Filled

6.     Suppliers Going Out Of Business

7.     Sole-Source Procurement Events 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Adam.

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