ProcureCon Contingent Staffing 2025
April 08 - 10, 2025
JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa
Day 1: Tuesday July 23
Strengthening Your Contingent Staffing Program In An Era of Change And Disruption
7:10 am - 8:10 am
Continental Breakfast & Registration (Grand Opening Of The Solutions Zone)
8:10 am - 8:25 am
Welcome Remarks
Michael Dunlap -
Event Director,
ProcureCon
8:25 am - 8:40 am
Chairperson's Opening Address
Susan Miller -
Chief Revenue Officer,
Brightfield
8:40 am - 9:20 am
Keynote Panel: Full Steam Ahead: Preparing Your Contingent Staffing Program To Address Digital Disruption
Renee Hughes -
Global Senior Procurement Manager of Contingent Labor,
Deloitte
Henry Murphy -
Global Director, Indirect Procurement,
S&P Global
Michael Kearns -
Vice President, Enterprise,
Toptal
Brian Hoffmeyer -
Senior Vice President, Marketing Strategies,
Beeline
Susan Miller -
Chief Revenue Officer,
Brightfield
The age in which automation, AI, chatbots and other major tech disruptors become the norm is fast approaching - but are you ready? Are any of these available that you can actually use and can be applied within your contingent staffing program? Has the contingent staffing model really evolved as we expected, and where is it going? Leading contingent staffing visionaries will share their thoughts on what’s next so that you can prepare for future changes, regardless of where your program falls within the maturity cycle. Key discussion topics include:
• Current and expected future use of AI within contingent staffing
• How to stay abreast and ensure your program is keeping pace
• Develop a go-forward action plan to prepare
9:20 am - 9:50 am
Interactive Case Study: A Journey Into Globalization: Contingent Labor At Deloitte
Renee Hughes -
Global Senior Procurement Manager of Contingent Labor,
Deloitte
Given the increasing complexity and presence of global operations and supply chains, more and more demands are being placed on contingent workforce programs to deliver qualified talent in a timely yet compliant manner. Whether it’s a new overseas office opening up, augmenting additional project personnel, or supporting off-shoring efforts, there’s no shortage of situations where contingent labor professionals are being asked to be the experts in program globalization. This engaging case study will show you how Deloitte’s program stepped up to the globalization challenge and give you the tools needed to further your own journey, helping you to:
• Stay on top of the complexities surrounding local regulatory requirements for employees, freelance/gig/independent and self-employed workers
• Ensure your program aligns with data protection rules and regulations
• Ask the right questions and effectively negotiate with your global contingent staffing providers
9:50 am - 10:30 am
Panel: You’ve Got A Friend In Me: Partnership In Action Between HR And Procurement
Jason Cammorata -
VP of Sourcing,
MDC Partners
Lisa Coleman -
Manager, Sprint Contractor Solutions (SCS),
Sprint Corporation
Hazzen Muñoz -
Director Global Talent, Contingent Workforce Solutions,
Ecolab
Melissa Furnas -
Supervisor, Talent Acquisition Services,
ConocoPhillips
Bruce Schumikowski -
Regional Director,
PRO Unlimited
As many of you know from experience, the level of involvement and ownership among HR and Procurement varies across organizations – there’s no one size fits all approach. This engaging panel will talk you through how various organizations stepped up to the challenge and worked side by side to make their program a success and share the resulting benefits. You’ll learn how to:
• Initiate a relationship with your HR or procurement counterpart (if you haven’t done so already)
• Developing shared goals
• Leveraging strengths of procurement and HR teams
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Midwest Cooler And Networking Break In The Solutions Zone
11:10 am - 11:50 am
Panel: From Childhood, to Teenager, to Adult: Moving Your Program Up The Maturity Curve
Meg Ksenzakovic -
Director TA and Contingent Labor Operations,
Celgene
Dawn O'Bryan-Lamb -
Supplemental Workforce Program Manager,
Southern California Edison
Namita Tirath -
Executive Vice President, Client Relations & Business Development,
Pyramid Consulting
Matthew Osorio -
Director for Business Development,
HireTalent
Given the rapid change and demands facing your stakeholders, you can’t afford to keep your program at a standstill. It’s a matter of when (not if) you move your program up the maturity curve in today’s environment. But how do you get yourself out of the day-to-day execution of your program to focus on long-term improvement? You’ll learn from a diverse set of practitioners at varying stages to discuss how they moved the needle and how you can as well. You can’t afford to miss the key takeaways from this lively discussion surrounding:
• How to develop and communicate the business case for improvement
• Defining program maturity milestones
• Leveraging and strengthening relationships with your staffing partners
• Developing and implementing program KPIs to measure success
Namita Tirath
Executive Vice President, Client Relations & Business DevelopmentPyramid Consulting
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
How AI is Disrupting the Recruiting Industry
Jim McCoy -
CRO and General Manager,
Scout Exchange
The AI hype train is speeding full steam ahead, with significant disruption predicted across all industries, including recruiting and staffing. But what's the real impact of this cutting-edge technology and can it really help you engage the right people faster? In this session, attendees will learn how AI is being applied most successfully across the talent acquisition journey and why it is making the role of the human recruiter more important than ever.
12:10 pm - 12:45 pm
Keynote Presentation: Achieving Greatness By Forecasting Contingent Staffing Demand
Patrick Gaynor -
Global Category Chair - Subcontract Services,
IBM
How many times have you been forwarded a staffing request for a project that the hiring manager wants started yesterday? As we all know, last minute staffing requests inhibit the ability for procurement to obtain the best qualified and lowest cost resources to fill a position due to limited line of sight to subcontractor needs. Patrick Gaynor will talk you through how he achieved greatness at IBM via a staffing demand forecasting solution. Key aspects of his journey include how to:
• Launch an initiative on demand forecasting within your organization
• Leverage demand forecasting to enhance the line of sight of projected contractor needs, driving towards the best quality candidate
• Create a partnership with suppliers, encouraging them to grow and innovate with you as a company
• Achieve greatness by providing additional value to your stakeholders
12:45 pm - 12:50 pm
Chairperson's Closing Remarks
Susan Miller -
Chief Revenue Officer,
Brightfield
12:50 pm - 1:50 pm Lunch for All Attendees
12:50 pm - 1:50 pm
Private Lunch Sponsored By Procom - The Enemies Of Competitive Sourcing... How To Take Control Of Your Pre-Identified Workers, Your Non-Approved Vendors And Your Rogue SOW Spend
Richard Wiskin -
Contingent Workforce North American Lead, External Talent Solutions,
BMO Financial
Mark McCollam -
Category Manager,
BP
With all of the work that has been done in the contingent supply chain, programs continue to experience high levels of pre-identified workers, sourcing through non-preferred vendors and program leakage to statement of work (SOW). Join a luncheon discussion with leaders from their respective organizations and hear what they have done in their programs to reestablish control.
Richard Wiskin
Contingent Workforce North American Lead, External Talent SolutionsBMO Financial
Mark McCollam
Category ManagerBP
Track A: Talent Engagement Strategies
1:50 pm - 2:30 pm Workshop: Direct Sourcing – Do’s and Don’ts Wendy Stenger - Global Lead, External Workforce Programs, Thomson Reuters Paul Petersen - Director, Skills Management and Workforce Solutions, SiemensOn the radar for many organizations, direct sourcing has been a hot topic for the past few years as a strategy that can augment your contingent staffing supply base. This interactive workshop will discuss some of the best - and a few worst - practices gained when attempting to develop or build such an initiative. Key takeaways include:
• Assessing where and when direct sourcing makes sense
• How to manage internal legal and compliance roadblocks
• Tools and techniques to protect your brand
Track A: Talent Engagement Strategies
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Adapting the Enterprise to the Next Way of Working Tim Clarke - VP, Business Development Strategy & Operations, MBO Partners Bryan Pena - Senior Vice President and Chief of Market Strategy, MBO PartnersLarge companies are increasingly relying on the independent workforce to plan and execute their strategies. Particularly within more complex work where the productivity gap between average performers and high performers is the greatest, independent professionals are expected to play a prominent role in driving workforce competitiveness. Yet, despite the very diverse backgrounds, motivations and work preferences of independent professionals, companies are still largely relying on a legacy supply chain modeled after direct materials procurement to fit a square peg in a round hole. Learn how new models have emerged which better appeal to the unique needs of the independent workforce and how, by adopting a few best practices, you can set your company up to become a Client of Choice for this fast-growing segment of the workforce.
Track B: Analytics and Technology
1:50 pm - 2:30 pm Workshop: Program Analytics – Turning Rough Waters Into Smooth Sailing Cesar Ayala - Category Manager, LyondellBasellAre you drowning with data from your staffing partners and systems? Feel like you could do better in this area but not sure where to begin?
This session will allow you to share stories and ideas to provide additional rigor around the analytics of your CS program. You’ll swap practices, stories, successes, and failures with other practitioners who are in the same boat as you! Key discussion points to be addressed in this session include:
• Identifying program goals and objectives
• Assessing current program data quality and metrics
• Identifying data available from your staffing partners
Track B: Analytics and Technology
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Uncover Value Through Advanced Analytics and C-Suite Collaboration Salema Rice - Chief Data Officer, Geometric ResultsIn today’s fast-paced labor market, companies that don’t rely on data and analytics will be left behind. What if you could access large external data sets, compare your data, apply insights (data science), predictions (machine learning) and actions (AI) to answer those seemingly unanswerable questions to create unexpected value?
In this session you’ll learn:
· New ways to uncover what’s happening within your total talent labor program and how to use that information to create value
· Specific use case outcomes and examples of successful total talent workforce decision analytics
· How Envision utilizes insights, predictions and an action framework
Track C: Buyer Boardroom Meetups (Limit 30 people per Boardroom)
11:00 am - 11:30 am Boardroom: Buyer Meetup: Light Industrial Focused Programs Cathy Penrod - Director of Workforce Management, Menasha PackagingLight industrial often experiences a unique set of contingent staffing challenges. This meetup will allow you to introduce yourselves to one another and facilitate an open discussion of related issues.
At the end, you'll break off into small brainstorming groups according to your greatest challenge. You’ll leave with a network of colleagues you can network with after the conference.
2:50 pm - 3:50 pm
Interactive Roundtables (2 Rounds of 30 Minutes)
Kristin Lloyd -
Sr. Manager, Procurement,
Groupon
Asad Khawar -
Head of Sourcing, Indirect Categories,
Panasonic
Mary Kay Hamm -
Manager, Indirect Sourcing,
Land O’ Lakes
Kyle Smith -
Sr. Manager, IT Sourcing - Professional Services,
Best Buy
Dawn Serpe -
Vice President of Strategic Accounts,
Collabera
Dominic Furina -
Client Solutions Manager,
Workspend
Praneeth Patlola -
VP of Product,
WillHire
Paul Petersen -
Director, Skills Management and Workforce Solutions,
Siemens
These interactive roundtable 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.
1. Independent Contractor Management Kristin Bandurski, Senior Manager, Procurement, Groupon
2. Negotiating Contingent Labor/MSP Contracts Asad Khawar, Head of Sourcing, Indirect Categories, Panasonic
3. Workday interface with your VMS Mary Kay Hamm, Manager, Indirect Sourcing, Land O’ Lakes
4. Incorporating Light Industrial Into Your Existing CS Program Kyle Smith, Sr. Manager, IT Sourcing - Professional Services, Best Buy
5. Best Practices in Selecting Your Staffing Suppliers and Program Partners, Dawn Serpe, Vice President of Strategic Accounts, Collabera
6. Direct Sourcing – Driving Higher Value Amd Lower Costs For Your CW Program, Dominic Furina, Client Solutions Manager, Workspend
7. Going Zero-To-Live With Your Direct Sourcing Initiative, Paul Petersen Director, Workforce Solutions,Siemens; Praneeth Patlola VP of Product (Direct Sourcing), WillHire
3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Sweet Retreat and Networking Break In The Solutions Zone
Track A: Talent Engagement Strategies
4:30 pm - 5:10 pm Panel: Jumping Head First Into Talent Pools Ceaneh Alexis - Senior Director, Category Management, Aon John DeWeerd - Vice President, HireGenics Paul Petersen - Director, Skills Management and Workforce Solutions, Siemens Jeff Nugent - Managing Director, Contingent Workforce SolutionsAkin to a staffing pipeline, you can’t afford not to manage talent pools effectively if you want to compete in today’s tight labor market. Key discussion points include:
- What tools are out there – how have they worked/not worked within particular organizations and programs
- Have talent pools achieved the expected results
- What is the future of talent pools and how should we best leverage them?
- Alignment with HR
Track A: Talent Engagement Strategies
5:10 pm - 5:40 pm Workshop: Making A Difference: Getting Stakeholders To Understand Today’s Labor Market Henry Murphy - Global Director, Indirect Procurement, S&P Global Eric Osterhout - SCM Category Specialist, EnbridgeAre your stakeholders still looking for the proverbial purple squirrel? Keeping staffing requisitions open for months, saying none of your candidates fit the bill? In today’s tight labor market, you’re definitely not alone!
This engaging workshop will talk through strategies you and your MSP can take with your hiring managers to ensure you’re an employer of choice for contingent staffing hires. Key discussion points include:
- Training hiring managers on today’s labor market challenges
- Course correction if contractor hiring needs aren’t being met
- Staying on top of current labor/hiring trends
Track B: Analytics and Technology
4:30 pm - 5:10 pm Workshop: Making Your VMS Work For You…In the Real World Shryl Hoover - Senior Manager Talent Acquisition and Flexible Recruitment Programs, Abbott LaboratoriesAre you three versions behind in your VMS? Have a cobweb of excel workarounds that keep things afloat? If so, this session is for you! We’ll have a reality check on some of the various functionality available in your VMS and how you can make it work for your organization.
- What additional functionality has found to be helpful…or not?
- How to manage multiple geographic instances of your VMS/Financials
- What best practices exist surrounding interfacing your VMS to existing corporate systems
Shryl Hoover
Senior Manager Talent Acquisition and Flexible Recruitment ProgramsAbbott Laboratories
Track C: Invite Only
4:30 pm - 5:50 pm Private Tasting Sponsored By LanceSoft
5:40 pm - 6:40 pm
Food Truck Reception
After a day of learning we’re giving you an amazing opportunity to sample food truck-like bites like sliders, tacos, and gyros, and libations from the bar. We’ll have live music on hand, along with plenty of tables and chairs to sit, mingle, and eat your food truck bounty!