Art Chavez

Partner
The Bloc

Art is a Partner at The Bloc, a mid-sized creative engagement agency based in New York. He is responsible for business operations, business development and client services oversight. In this role he ensures that all client teams receive a support structure and agency experience that is tuned to their specific needs. This role has enabled him to establish and expand several new working models that have generated strong results both for clients and The Bloc. He helps lead a core team involved in the development and implementation of all agency service agreements. Art has spent over 30 years in the healthcare agency world. His most recent roles included directing the activities of a multi-agency global healthcare assignment for Colgate Palmolive as part of an integrated cross-agency leadership team at WPP. He also helped establish the New York operations of GSW Worldwide as its President for 3.5 years. Art is a graduate of Fairfield University and he resides in Connecticut with his wife and three children.

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

Tuesday, December 5th, 2017

14:35 Supporting Mid - to Late Lifecycle Brands More Effectively Through An Evolved Operational Model

16:05 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.

Network with industry peers with very similar challenges, interests and responsibilities
Take a deep dive into a niche topic in an intimate and informal setting moderated by a subject matter expert
Don’t miss out on the discussions you want to participate in—you’ll get to select a new topic after 40 minutes

1. Supplier Discovery Based on Collective Intelligence
Mary Kachinsky, Vice President Strategic Sourcing and Operations, FORMA Therapeutics
Stephany LaPierre, CEO, Tealbook

2. Do’s and Don’ts of Creating a Successful Global Provider Partnership
Kevin Shea , Senior Label Program Director, Clintrak Clinical Labeling LLC., a part of ThermoFisher Scientific

3. The Evolution of a Contingent Workforce Management Services Program and Partnership
Ken Serviss, Senior Account Director, PRO Unlimited
Jack Schink, Director, Procurement, Novartis Business Services NEW

4. Supporting Mid - to Late Lifecycle Brands More Effectively Through An Evolved Operational Model
Art Chavez, Partner, The Bloc
Kristy Kershaw, Associate Director, US Marketing, Surgery & Anesthesia, Merck

5. Your Category Management Toolbox: Travel and Meetings Procurement
Talia Mashiach, CEO, Founder and Product Architect, Eved
Tarbinlam Lafon, Director – Travel, Card & Meetings Procurement, Merck

6. Welcome to the Future of Procurement: Vision 2020
Richard Stack, Director, Value Engineering, SAP Ariba