Bangalore: naseba, an international business information company, has announced the CPO Strategies Forum 2011 to be held on March 17th – 18th 2011 at the J.W. Marriot in Mumbai. The forum takes place in partnership with the Procurement & Sourcing Institution of Asia (PASIA)

Gathering a selection of the top chief procurement officers and other c-level executives, CPO Strategies Forum highlights speakers from TATA Steel, Abbott Healthcare, Reliance Life Sciences, Hindustan Petroleum, Ispat Industries, TATA Communications, Shell India; and other leading organizations.

Promises to be the premier event for Indian procurement leaders to learn, network, and discuss the strategies needed to ensure procurement as a business winning strategy. Interactive sessions will focus on best practices for top-of-mind topics including expense management; trends in business and IT outsourcing – a competitive edge for a CPO; Advanced Supplier Engagement; key perspectives from a CPO talk panel of diverse industries, and more.

“With the launch of The CPO Strategies Forum India, NASEBA in partnership with the Procurement and Sourcing Institute of Asia (PASIA), believe it is the right time for Indian procurement leaders to make significant breakthroughs in several critical areas of business processes including procurement, supply chain management and sourcing,” says Mohammad Saleem, General Manager- India, naseba.

“I am enthusiastically looking forward to coming to India and this event where I would share my experiences and gain from others’ experience that I can recoup to my organization”, says Brijesh Ansari, Central Procurement Manager, Al – Futtaim Automotive (UAE)

Confirmed speakers currently include:

Mr. RanjanSinha, Head of Procurement, TATA Steel

Mr. Prabal Banerjee, Group President Finance & Group Chief Financial Officer, Adani Group

Mr. Brijesh Ansari, Head – Central Procurement, Al – Futtaim (UAE)

Mr. B R Jaju, Group CFO, Welspun Corp

Mr. David Poddar, Head of Procurement, Hindustan Petroleum

Mr. Praveen Chand Jhanji, Vice President Supply Chain Management & Procurement, Ispat Industries

Mr. Siddhartha Pahwa, President Global Supply Chain Management, Abbott Healthcare

Mr. S Venkatesh, Vice President Supplier Development, Pepsico

Mr. Somnath Chatterjee , Head Procurement, ITC Foods Division

Mr. Venkat Subramanyam, Head Procurement, Shell India

Mr. Surendra Deodhar, Chairman Indian Institute of Material Management (Mumbai) & Vice President Supply Chain Management, Reliance Life Sciences

Mr. Brij Mathur, Vice President Procurement, TATA Steel

Mr. Vinod Giri, Vice President Commercial, TATA Communications

Registrations are available for highly pre-qualified procurement, financial and operations executives.

To apply for a delegate pass or sponsorship opportunities please visit: http://cpostrategies.com/EventContent/ContactUs.aspx?id=121