Scott McKinney, Associate Director of Procurement at bluebird bio

Scott McKinney


Associate Director of Procurement
bluebird bio

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Scott.

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Strengthening Internal and External Partnerships to Further Today’s Procurement Organization

Tuesday, December 5th, 2017


09:55 Panel: It’s A Win-Win - Including Suppliers in Your Strategic Vision and Creating Mutually Beneficial Relationships for the Long Term

What would happen if you cut through the red tape and opened up to suppliers more? If you shared more than you have historically, how many doors would open up for innovation? How could you gain insights into how your competitors are operating? How could working toward a more solid relationship with suppliers payoff dividends with so much work being outsourced? Find out top procurement teams are:

-Setting up strategic partnerships vs. tactical partnerships with suppliers
-Acknowledging the fact that while you should trust your external partners, you can glean the most value from them by becoming a trusted customer
-Advocating for open communication between your stakeholders and your external partners so a mutual understanding of goals can lead to common governance structure for your projects together
-Developing long term relationships with external partners and having corporate advocates from within their company who can help you come up with meaningful proposals

Procurement of the Future: Meeting the Needs of Your Business in 2026

Tuesday, April 10th, 2018


10:05 Roundtable Discussions:

Be sure to join these interactive roundtable sessions and take a deep dive into the specific areas you came to discuss. Opportunities to sit and learn from life science executives like these do not exist elsewhere. Take control of your own event experience. Don’t be shy! Ask questions (or answer them!) of other conference attendees who are dealing with the same challenges as you.

1. Network with industry peers with very similar challenges, interests and responsibilities
2. Take a deep dive into a niche topic in an intimate and informal setting moderated by a subject matter expert
3. Don’t miss out on the discussions you want to participate in—you’ll get to select a new topic after 35 minutes

Roundtable Discussions:
1. Building a Procurement Function from the Ground Up
Scott McKinney, Associate Director of Procurement, bluebird bio

2. Topic to be Determined
Tarbinlam Lafon, Director – Travel, Card & Meetings Procurement, Merck

3. Approach, Applicability and Importance of Understanding Multi-tier (or sub-tier) Suppliers
Raj Kshatriya, Program Manager -J&J Global Supply Chain, Johnson & Johnson

4. Building Career Ladders to Keep Your Team High Performing and Engaged
Eliza Gonzalez, Director, Global Procurement Talent Management, Johnson & Johnson NEW

5. Best Practices in Category Management
Samuel Friedman, Director, Strategic Procurement Leader, Bristol-Myers Squibb

11:25 Roundtable Discussions:

Be sure to join these interactive roundtable sessions and take a deep dive into the specific areas you came to discuss. Opportunities to sit and learn from life science executives like these do not exist elsewhere. Take control of your own event experience. Don’t be shy! Ask questions (or answer them!) of other conference attendees who are dealing with the same challenges as you.

1. Network with industry peers with very similar challenges, interests and responsibilities
2. Take a deep dive into a niche topic in an intimate and informal setting moderated by a subject matter expert
3. Don’t miss out on the discussions you want to participate in—you’ll get to select a new topic after 35 minutes

Roundtable Discussions:
1. Building a Procurement Function from the Ground Up
Scott McKinney, Associate Director of Procurement, bluebird bio

2. Topic to be Determined
Tarbinlam Lafon, Director – Travel, Card & Meetings Procurement, Merck

3. Approach, Applicability and Importance of Understanding Multi-tier (or sub-tier) Suppliers
Raj Kshatriya, Program Manager -J&J Global Supply Chain, Johnson & Johnson

4. Building Career Ladders to Keep Your Team High Performing and Engaged
Eliza Gonzalez, Director, Global Procurement Talent Management, Johnson & Johnson NEW

5. Best Practices in Category Management
Samuel Friedman, Director, Strategic Procurement Leader, Bristol-Myers Squibb