Joanna Martinez

Founder
Supply Chain Advisors LLP

Joanna Martinez is a global procurement / supply chain leader and the founder of Supply Chain Advisors LLC. She is a frequent lecturer and blogger on procurement topics and also provides coaching, strategy development, training, and cost reduction opportunity assessment. Her clients range from Fortune 100 companies to technology startups. Joanna has led transformation initiatives for companies in many different sectors: among them Johnson & Johnson (consumer products, pharmaceuticals), Diageo (beverage), AllianceBernstein LP (financial services) and Cushman & Wakefield (real estate services, property management). She has created, revitalized, and consulted on travel programs across the US.

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

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DAY 1 - Mon. May 8th: Vision of Travel and Meetings Procurement

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

09:30 Panel: Traveler Police vs. Traveler Advocate – or is Possible to be Both?

Tired of only being seen as the ‘travel police’ among the end users of your travel negotiations? Learn from several companies who’ve incorporated user feedback and input during the negotiation and execution of travel programs.

•Engagement of End Users (from admins to C-Level)

•Getting ‘Road Warriors” on your side

•Enabling your management team through effective reporting

•Leveraging company-wide travel perks across the organization to accomplish your goals

•Incentivizing use of negotiated rates

16:20 Workshop: Why it Can Be Better to be a Small Fish in a Big Pond – How your Mid-Size Travel and Meetings Program Can Get the Attention of Major Air/Hotel Suppliers

With small to medium-sized firms increasingly being shut out of the negotiation process, this workshop is to identify how to get the attention of the ‘big guys’ and learn what tools and techniques are out there to help bring savings to your organization.

•Hotel group consolidators

•Airline prepaid/small company programs

•Use of Regional vs Global TMCs

DAY 2 - Tues. May 9th: Travel and Meetings Procurement in Action

Saturday, August 12th, 2017

16:00 Interactive Roundtables

These interactive round table sessions take a deep dive into the specific areas you came to learn about. Sit and learn in an intimate format from the speakers who have had an impact on their company and industry. Take control of your own event experience and don’t be shy! Ask questions (or answer them!) alongside other conference attendees who are dealing with the same challenges as you network with industry peers with very similar challenges, interests and responsibilities. Don’t miss out on the discussions you want to participate in—you’ll get to select a new topic after 30 minutes.

Roundtable 1: TMC Relationship Management and Reporting

Kevin Betts, Director, Category Management; The E.W. Scripps Company

Roundtable 2: Travel Policy Compliance Monitoring

Micah Collins – Director, Travel and Property Management; Schumacher Clinical Partners

Roundtable 3: Joanna Martinez, Founder, Supply Chain Advisors LLP

Roundtable 4: Applying Strategic Sourcing in Meetings Management

Robert Goodman, Executive Director, Finance, Global Sourcing; Time Warner Inc.