Steve Mallaband | Tactics
is a procurement consultant specialising in best practice, transformation and complexity management. He was previously vice-president, procurement development, for InBev, the world’s largest brewer, where he put together many large and complex deals and helped to create a global procurement organisation. Steve is a qualified engineer and lives in Belgium.
John Henke | Supplier relationship management
is president of Planning Perspectives, a US management consulting firm specialising in business-to-business marketing, purchasing and buyer-supplier relationships. He is also professor of marketing in the business school at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. John’s previous experience includes 15 years in sales and marketing roles with companies such as IBM and General Automation.
Bo Andersson | Interview
is group vice-president, global purchasing and supply chain, at General Motors, where he is a member of its automotive strategy, automotive product and North America strategy boards . He has led the 4,000-strong function since 2001 and is responsible for over $100 billion of annual spend. Bo started his car industry career as a manager at Saab in 1987, having been an army officer in his native Sweden.
Tim Tolhurst | Case study
is global purchasing vice-president at Firmenich, a Geneva-based maker of flavours and fragrances, where he leads a team of 90 people and is responsible for a budget of over $1 billion. Prior to joining the firm in 2004, he spent four years as senior vice-president of purchasing at Quest International and, before that, four years as a European VP at SmithKline Beecham and nine years at Mars.
Nicolas Reinecke | People management
is a principal at McKinsey & Company in Hamburg and co-leads the firm’s global purchasing and supply management practice. Since joining McKinsey in 1996, he has focused on operations assignments with a particular focus on manufacturing and procurement, and has worked out of its offices in New York and Silicon Valley. As well as two degrees, Nico has a PhD in energy and chemical engineering.
Mickey North Rizza | Performance management
is research director in the procurement and sourcing practice at AMR Research in Boston. Prior to joining the firm, she was vice-president of global supply base management and director of procurement and sourcing at ModusLink Corporation, a provider of SCM solutions. Mickey has also held materials and purchasing manager jobs at M/A-Com, Advanced Techcom, Innova and Motorola.
