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Matthew Corsi

Director, It Vendor Management Office
MetLife Inc

Matthew Corsi has over 11 years of experience in Procurement and Vendor Management at Fortune 50 companies such as Bank of America, Lowe's and MetLife and is viewed as a specialist in the field of IT Sourcing. Throughout his career, he has established several new Supply Chain Organizations focused on Supplier Risk Management, Category Management and Strategic Sourcing.

At Bank of America, he created and implemented a Supplier Risk Management program inclusive of a risk framework and governance to a portfolio of 40+ vendors; implemented scorecards, contingency plans and quarterly business reviews.

At Lowe’s Home Improvement, he built a 12 person Category Management and Strategic Sourcing department managing $1 billion in IT spend for Hardware, Software, Telecom and Professional Services. In the first 12 months, his team identified over $70 MM in savings and had over 90% of all IT spend managed by his department.

Now, at MetLife, he is focused on building a new Vendor Management Office (VMO) for the Global Technology Organization to meet SIFI requirements. The organization is inclusive of both Category Planning and Supplier Risk Management to a portfolio of 80+ vendors totaling $1B+ in spend.

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Strengthening Relationships, Infrastructure and Your Organization

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

14:00 Presentation: Elevating IT Procurement Maturity: Getting from Good to Great

If your procurement processes are in need of a transformation, what can you do to advance your maturity level to be in line with your competitors or companies of similar size? How are you driving yourself and your team to become a world-class organization? Learn here how to:

Optimize global consistency through a category management strategy
Set KPIs and measures to become clear around what category maturity will look like
Compare qualitative and quantitative base-lining
Map categories and skillset needs
Develop plans and opportunities to set procurement up for success
Understand what leading truly looks like and how to lead with an IT mindset
Link strategies to corporate ambitions

16:50 Panel: Building a World-Class Technology Procurement Team

What skill set and capabilities should the ideal IT procurement professional have?
Where can you find the best IT procurement talent?
How can you develop consistently excellent procurement professionals and not pockets of excellence?
How can you address talent management in a changing technology procurement function?
What good examples are there of talent management programs?
Once you have them, what methods can be used to keep your talent?

Risk Management

Saturday, August 6th, 2016

09:30 Panel: Mitigating Disruption by Implementing a Comprehensive Supplier Risk Management Program

Increasing regulatory requirements are forcing companies to monitor their suppliers in much more depth than ever before. Further, you must have a comprehensive program in place to mitigate supply disruption. Are you equipped to identify potential disruptions, monitor suppliers and adapt quickly to minimize the impact? This panel will help you:

Identify risks that could impact your supply chain, their probability and potential impact: natural disaster, geopolitical, export/import trade, regulatory, and more
Design a comprehensive program to mitigate future supply risks and limit nasty surprises
At what level or spend should procurement get involved in vetting potential suppliers for red flags? (Can the smaller suppliers be more risky?)
Determine whether excess inventory, time, or resources is most important in mitigating risk, and how your suppliers optimize this buffer
Implementing the technology and tools needed to monitor suppliers for red flags and alert you when something is amiss
Risk sharing with your suppliers- does it work?