Dittmar Nerger, Head Of Healthcare Strategic Sourcing, Bayer Healthcare
Dittmar has served as Head of Healthcare Strategic Sourcing in Shanghai since 2004.He joined Bayer’s Research in 1983 and headed the Department for New Polymer R&D from 1985 - 1988. In 1994, Dittmar transferred to Bayer Healthcare in Korea. From 1998 to 2002, he headed Bayer Animal Health Division’s Global Technical Operation Department in Monheim, Germany. Dittmar transferred in 2002 to Chengdu, as the General Manager of Bayer’s JV and serves as chairman of the same JV since 2003. In Nov. 2007, Dittmar was awarded with the China Supply Chain Executive of the Year Award by the China Supply Chain Council. Dittmar holds a PhD in polymer science from the U. of Freiburg 


From Strategy to Execution - make global sourcing as a critical link to business success
The core theme for global sourcing is no longer solely manages supplier risks and cost optimization but also the needs of forward looking in line with global operation footprints and growth strategy, which makes sure that the function can be better equipped to deal with market and geopolitical volatility.The core role of C-level executive shift from solely commercial astute to well rounded leaders, besides “technically proficient”, who can also translate what’s going on in sourcing market into business requires are critical, who need to influence key stakeholders to drive change and accelerate business growth by adding value and efficiency.
Wendy Liu, Director China sourcing, ITT Corporation


Philippe Thegner, Purchase Director, East Asia at Federal-Mogul Corporation
Philippe Thegner has more than 9 years of experience in purchasing in the automotive industry. In his current role of East Asia Purchasing Director, Thegner is responsible to support the strong growth of the company in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Australia, through sourcing and supplier management. He also drives the global sourcing activity from East Asia for Federal-Mogul plants located in HCC.Prior to Federal-Mogul, Thegner was Commodity Purchasing Manager Asia Pacific for Visteon, where he was responsible for all purchasing commodities in Asia for the Interior Division of Visteon.

 Cooperation between Chinese and Mexican Companies to supply to the North American Market and the implications of the earthquake in Japan
- How Chinese and Mexican companies cooperate to supply the North American Market
- Implications of higher manufacturing costs in China and insecurity in Mexico
- Implications of the Earthquake in Japan and its effects in the automotive and electronics sectors.
 Luis Vieyra, Representative in China, ZAPATA


Supplier Relationship Management: Zero Defect – Johnson & Johnson Quality Management for suppliers



Shalley Wen, North Asia Souring Director, Johnson & Johnson



Rolando Saavedra, Director and Head of Strategic Planning for Operations at TE Connectivity
Rolando is the Director and Head of Strategic Planning for Operations at TE Connectivity (TE) in Asia Pacific. He is responsible for leading, developing and implementing strategies to increase TE competitiveness and capabilities in the region.Born in Colombia, Rolando holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University.  He started his career by working in nuclear submarines. He worked for a number of years with Volvo Group in Asia leading its supply chain for heavy machinery based out of Korea and China.  


Supply Chain Management Risk?
How do you manage and quantify Supply Chain Risk? Who is responsible for managing Supply Chain Risk? Do you formally manage it at all? There are 12 types of risk to consider, and sourcingrisk management must be done in a formal and comprehensive manner before strategic sourcing decisions are made, and reviewed regularly.
Michael Lee Serwetz, President, Prophet Business Services



Goodyear Global Sourcing and AP Procurement Operations Experience
Manoj Mehta is General Manager, Global Sourcing & AP Procurement for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He leads Global Sourcing and AP Procurement operations with a team of 90 and 8 direct reports, responsible for defining & implementing Goodyear's sourcing strategy with $1.25 billion direct and indirect spend across 10 plants through out Asia Pacific.   He has solid experience in managing end to end Global Sourcing operations from supplier development to sourcing, quality assurance, supply chain, logistics, finance, planning, and controls as a P& L center. 
Manoj Mehta, General Manager, Global Sourcing, Goodyear


Elemica Sourcing: Multi-customer Collaboration
 Elemica identified product testing services as a commodity that had provided average savings of 13% for customers across three regions. A number of customers were encourgaed to consider testing services as a collaboration opportunity. Elemica identified additional suppliers in each region and worked with Purchasing for buy-in from stakeholders in Technical Services. Due to different customer requirements, a hybrid-solution was developed to address the specific needs of each customer.The product testing event saved 21%. Improved payment terms were additional benefits realized by the participating customers through this event.
Brian Selby, Senior Vice President, Elemica Asia