- November 18, 1pm ET
Partner before the PO: Bringing manufacturing CapEx into view
Capital projects are some of the biggest checks a manufacturer writes, and too often procurement first sees them when the PO lands in the ERP, after the vendor is picked and the price is set. Even in organizations with strong governance on paper, visibility tends to slip long before the approval workflow begins.
In this session, Kyle Zarambo, Director of Enterprise Transformation at Zip, draws on his experience leading cross-functional change to unpack why this keeps happening and how manufacturing teams are bringing procurement in sooner without slowing the line.
Speakers
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Luis Durán
Senior Director and Global Head of Procurement for CapEx, Maintenance & Energy
Opella
Kyle Zarambo
Director of Enterprise Transformation
Zip
Abhijit Supekar
Sr Director, Global Supply Chain
Aeva
Rachel Hassall
Executive CPG Operator
Zip
speaker bios
Kyle Zarambo spent his career as a procurement practitioner at Albemarle, Mars, Carrier, and GE where he saw firsthand how hard it is to run procurement and supplier programs in complex manufacturing environments. Passionate about making procurement an easy path for organizations, Kyle now works in the Enterprise Transformation office at Zip, helping clients and prospects bring intake, approvals, supplier onboarding, and risk into one process that people actually follow.
Luis Durán is an experienced global procurement leader with a strong international background across the healthcare, technology, chemicals and mining industries.
He currently serves as Senior Director and Global Head of Procurement for CapEx, Maintenance & Energy at Opella. His expertise spans procurement strategy, performance management, strategic sourcing and operational excellence, with previous leadership roles at Sanofi, Amazon and Ecolab.
Luis is passionate about driving procurement transformation, improving business performance and delivering strategic value through innovation and effective leadership
Rachel Hassall – Curiosity has been the common thread throughout my career.
It has taken me from packaging engineering to procurement and supply chain leadership to building a business from the ground up. I have learned that the best ideas rarely come from staying neatly inside your lane.
I ask a lot of questions. I connect people and ideas. I challenge assumptions.
I like turning all of that into action.
I believe great procurement is about a lot more than cost.
Cost savings are finite. The opportunity to create value isn’t. I challenge my teams to find both.
It’s about deeply understanding the business, creating optionality, and building supplier partnerships that can withstand hard conversations and enable growth.
My leadership philosophy is simple: find great people, give them context and autonomy, remove what’s getting in their way, and keep ego out of the room.
I’m at my best with complicated problems and ambitious businesses — moving between strategy and execution and figuring out what needs to exist today to enable where a business wants to go tomorrow.
I’ve spent my career in CPG, and I’ve learned that the biggest opportunities rarely belong to just one function. I care about bringing together the people, partnerships, and ideas that make businesses perform better.
Outside of work, I serve on Boards, advise growing companies, and am a passionate advocate for developing great people.
At home, I’m a mom and competitive powerlifter.
Turns out, I really like doing hard things.