September 9, 2025 | Sofitel Auckland Viaduct Harbour
Auckland Big Breakfast.
Our Big Breakfast events are back following the tremendous success of our sell-out 2022, 2023 & 2024 series. We’re hosting seven Big Breakfast’s in nine cities throughout the region in 2025.
Connect and learn over breakfast.
We’re bringing an expanded program in 2025 to bring more procurement networking and knowledge over a tasty breakfast. Centre to each event is how best procurement can navigate today’s key challenges in the profession.
The Theme.
Each event will follow a similar theme, allowing key differences specific to each region.
Key challenges facing the procurement profession will be explored, including:
Mitigating the effects of high inflation – refocussing on value creation over cost savings
Delivering on stakeholder demands for raised ESG standards from the supply side
Rebalancing sourcing decisions based on risk management as well as cost advantage
Capturing the true benefits now available from eProcurement technology and digitalisation work
Reviewing the future of global sourcing from Australia & New Zealand in the face of deglobalisation worldwide
Understanding local needs and differences
Why you should attend.
- Get across issues facing Procurement now and in future – and what you can do about them in practice
- Tap into new procurement thinking from specially recruited procurement thought-leaders and experts
- Hear real-world case studies from leading procurement practitioners and organisations often facing the same challenges as you.
- Network with colleagues and peers from around your region to connect, share and learn together
Programme.
7.30am
Hot Breakfast Served
8.00am
The ‘ECT’ theme for 2025 – building efficiency, collaboration and transparency
Lesley Wardropper, Managing Director, PASA and event MC
8.10am
In a year defined by efficiency, collaboration, and transparency, New Zealand’s procurement leaders face a pivotal moment. This keynote explores the evolving regulatory landscape – including the new Government Rules of Procurement and the shift to mandatory eInvoicing – and what these changes mean for public and private sector buyers. We’ll unpack how these reforms can unlock strategic value, improve supplier relationships, and set the stage for a more agile, accountable procurement future.
Michael Alp, GM - NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, MBIE
8.45am
It is clear that with stakeholders and regulators demands expanding across a broad spectrum of needs and global volatility growing without pause, that supply-side risk at the very tip of the global supply chain, in ANZ, is a fast developing question for procurement teams to address more proactively. The S&P Risk team explain how they approach the problem and how they work closely with organisations to build more resilient, compliant, and structured supply chains.
Justin Laughlin-Hyde, S&P Global
9.10am
Coffee Break and Networking
9.40am
Working as a team with colleagues, stakeholders, suppliers is a core philosophy at ANZ bank – on both sides of the ‘Ditch’ and throughout the region.
But how does PARTNERING work in practice, what does it mean for a busy procurement team working to tight deadlines,often faced with ambiguity & perceived dichotomies? And what are the real benefits?
David Bygrave, Head of Procurement Partnering, ANZ Bank New Zealand
10.15am
Explore how procurement technology today enables a multitude of benefits including streamlined processes, better supplier engagement and positive social and environmental outcomes.
Ainslie Magness, Senior Account Manager, VendorPanel, a Unimarket Company
10.30am
In a highly competitive market, competitive edge can come from unlikely places – including the supply side.
Bringing heightened, collaboration and transparency from the supply side only serves to make the 2 Degrees market offering ultimately sharper in the marketplace.
Adrian Lee, GM - Commercial, 2 Degrees
11.00am
The recent elections at the not-for-profit PEF AGM selected Ineke Brockie from WSP NZ as the new Chair, succeeding Diedrik Oomens from XERO. Ineke will outline the key areas of focus for the PEF over the coming term that will support its purpose of connecting, strengthening and celebrating the Procurement profession and outcomes in NZ, and how the wider Procurement community can be involved
Ineke Brockie, Head of Procurement, WSP – NZ and CHAIR, PEF, NZ
11.15am
11.25am
Secure your ticket.
Book for this event and pay online with a credit card.
Standard tickets are $93.50 + GST and $71.50 + GST per person including GST for PASA Connect members.
Alternatively, you can request an invoice for yourself, or your team attendance directly
from lesley@pasa.net.au T: 0413 029 709
**Please note that tickets are only available to procurement professionals on the “buy side” and not vendors, consultants or unofficial sponsors.
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What people say about our events.
The PASA conference was the best conference I had attended in many years – many practical advice and applications that my team and I can put to use straight away, a great investment of our time.
Procurement Professional
It was great to hear a wide range of presentations from a diverse mix of speakers, especially in person.
Procurement Professional
I very much enjoyed the depth and variety of skills experience of the presenters.
Procurement Professional