The constant increase in UAE CAGR only indicates that companies have been constantly working on advancing procurement procedures by engaging the team within the total life-cycle cost, rather than just the initial construct of a project. Adding more value to procurement, global solution providers participate at the 3Rd Annual Procurement Management Summit and demonstrate on e-sourcing, procuring strategies and consultations for better achievement of organization goals.

The two day summit, held on 8 and 9 September 2015 at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai, is designed to discuss smart sourcing strategy, implementing category management model, cloud computing, procure to pay process, sourcing challenges in an emerging market, sustainability sourcing, contract compliance and much more. This year's summit has added various topics on the conference agenda to help increase compliance, reduce risks and realise savings in an organization through different procurement strategies.

SynerTrade, a company into software technologies and known for its strategic sourcing application suite powered by it CELL.FLEX Technology™ consists of 34 different applications and is the gold sponsor for the event. Mr. Jürgen Schmiezek, the Vice President of Strategy Management at SynerTrade, will be speaking at the summit and has already imparted valuable knowledge to the summit by providing the latest SynerTrade Future INSIGHTS featuring Gartner Research on “Best Practices for Sequencing Procurement Solution Investments”.

POOL4TOOL as the networking partner for the event is a market leader for electronic process optimization in direct procurement. As a key procurement solutions provider Bureau van Dijk (BvD) has developed Procurement Catalyst to help you manage your supplier risk and is the visiting partner for the event. Associate Partner Future Purchasing is a centre of excellence for category and supplier management offering expertise and a globally recognised best practice toolkit, training and coaching to help procurement leaders.

The event is also supported by the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) MENA. CIPS Members are entitled to 7 CPD points per day. Other supporting associations include Procurement and Supply Institute of Asia (PASIA) and The logistics & Supply Chain Management Society.