About
Want to find the most direct route to procurement success? In today's complex business landscape, where supply chains are constantly evolving and cost structures are transforming, visibility into your direct spend is no longer a luxury—it's a necessity.

Save your seat on April 8th at 10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern for this exclusive insider session with a panel of direct spend experts!

Here's what you'll learn:

- IDC MarketScape Report Deep Dive: An analyst from IDC will break down the latest IDC MarketScape report for Direct Spend, revealing how businesses leveraging digital procurement tools can achieve cost savings of up to 15% and significantly reduce supply chain risk.

- Real-World Strategies from Glencore: Learn from Glencore, one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies, as they share real-life examples of their direct spend strategy and how they've achieved success.

- Coupa's Solution for Spend Optimization: Coupa experts will share how their platform can help you gain visibility, optimize processes, and drive value.

We'll conclude with a live Q&A section with our speakers, so come prepared with your questions!

Presenters
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Nari Viswanathan
Sr. Director of Supply Chain Strategy at Coupa
Nari Viswanathan is Sr. Director of Supply Chain Strategy at Coupa, where he manages the Go to Market strategies for areas of Supply Chain and Direct Spend. Nari Viswanathan is a six times SDC Exec Supply Chain Pro to Know award winner. Over the past 20 years, Nari has held VP and Director of Product Management, Research and Marketing roles at various companies such as E2open, i2 Technologies and Aberdeen Group. He is a proven B2B marketer with expertise in content marketing, competitive intelligence, and positioning.
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Patrick Reymann
Research Director
Patrick Reymann is Research Director for Procurement and Enterprise Applications responsible for the worldwide procurement applications market. Mr. Reymann’s core research coverage includes the worldwide research of purchasing, procure to pay, sourcing, buy-side contract management, spend analysis, and supplier relationship management (including supplier information, risk, and performance management) applications, among others that the procurement function touches within an organization. He is also focused on procurement digital transformation use cases, the procurement buyer’s journey, innovative workflows, and the issues faced with technology selection, implementation and usage as organizations add or integrate with other solutions. Patrick’s overall goal will be setting up procurement for the digital-first world, while enabling better procurement products and solutions for organizations to utilize in their quest for digital world excellence.

Previously, Patrick served as a Digital Implementation Leader driving ERP implementations. Patrick has worked as a thought leader, manager, and individual contributor for both leading consulting firms and niche Sourcing/Procurement Business Process Outsourcing organizations. Patrick’s work has focused on implementing Best In Class processes and procedures to Procurement and Sourcing organizations, and delivering cost savings and operational improvements to clients across the CPG, Telecommunications, Utilities, Chemicals, Retail, Banking and Manufacturing industries.
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Manuel Dominguez
Head of Supply Optimization
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Neil Perry
Group Broadcast Director at BizClik
Neil Perry is the Group Content Director at BizClik and has two decades of multimedia experience. He has worked across regional and national brands for Global Radio, as a bulletin presenter, broadcast voice coach, mentor and news editor. Neil moved into visual broadcasting in 2014 helping to establish one of the first local television channels as an assistant news editor, and executive producer of a topical discussion programme.