The importance of supplier innovation for the future of procurement

Speaker: Lars Feldskou, Group CPO- SVP at Danish Crown 

Date: 15th June 

Timing: 18:00-19:30 (CEST)

 

Danish Crown's journey

A procurement teams main priority is often seen as delivering cost savings. However, in addition to top line growth, the focus is shifting from savings to innovation. How do we identify and benefit from supplier innovation? How are you internally organised to receive the ideas? Danish Crown’s, Lars Feldskou will open the evening’s discussion by giving his view on these questions and sharing where Danish Crown are in terms of their suppliers and competitors, as well as where they are heading. 

 

About the speaker

Danish Crown is one of the world’s largest exporters and one of Europe’s largest producers of pork. The Danish Crown Group is also the largest meat-processing company in Europe, and Danish Crown Beef is a key player in the European beef market and have market access to more than 130 countries around the world. 

As Group CPO/SVP of Danish Crown, Lars headed up the companies massive transformation from a decentralised to a centralised organisation. Lars was given two main objectives, to build up a centralised global professional procurement department and create a number of initiatives that created bottom live savings. Before joining Danish Crown 4 years ago, Lars was Head of Procurement/Vice President of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. 
 

The venue

Unfortunately due to the current COVID-19 restrictions we will be running this event virtually. In order to make this event special, we will be sending each attendee a bottle of wine and cheese, which they can enjoy throughout the evenings discussion. 

The CPO Leadership Club is a networking club for CPOs and senior procurement professionals. Getting to the very heart of procurement challenges and opportunities, it has been designed to provide a wealth of insight, expert knowledge exchange, and valuable networking opportunities.