Global Supplier Conference 

Within the first Global Supplier Conference, more than 1.000 participants connected live in seven different locations, in Germany, France and in a Webcast to create good news together. Especially the smaller event locations were appreciated by the participants for closer exchange with management, procurement and engineering.

‘Throughout the event, suppliers were engaged through interactive polls. When asked to describe the collaboration in a single word, responses like ‘partnership‘, and ‘trustful‘ were among the most frequent – a feedback that reflects the mutual respect and shared purpose’ summarizes one of the Incirect Spend Partners in Metz.

The CLAAS news shared by Frank Sommer, Senior Vice President Global Purchasing Henner Böttcher, Chief Financial Officer, and Martin von Hoyningen-Huene, Executive Vice President, in the Webcast were related to trends, business and technology. Our commitment to invest in a joint future with our preferred partners became transparent. Especially the relevance and opportunities resulting out of our strategic program ‘Grow Tractor’, was transferred to the suppliers.

‘The supplier conference at CLAAS was not only informative, but also efficient and inspiring for our commodity. A highlight for sure was the innovative meeting format that allowed to get insights into specific locations’ confirmes the Director of a Partner in the commodity Machinings in Paderborn.