Evgeny Romakin, supply chain and procurement leader about ASCM 2019 ASCM 2019 conference took place in September 2019 in Las Vegas and we had a chance to discuss it with one of the supply chain and procurement leaders, Evgeny Romakin. As he says this event is the flagship conference in the world of supply chain management. Supply chain managers from different countries came together. Some of the key discussion topics included global supply chain and procurement transformation, innovation and leadership, adds Mr. Romakin. Evgeny Romakin on requirements to supply chain and procurement managers Evgeny Romakin points out that the modern supply chain, sourcing and procurement managers need to think years ahead and use technologies, such as source to pay cloud solutions, to make sourcing, procurement and supply chain affective. He also adds that procurement manager should ensure total alignment of procurement with all other stakeholders. The conferencefeatured all new content, insightful speakers and keynotes, and the opportunity to build connections with supply chain and procurement leaders, says Evgeny Romakin. Evgeny Romakin, a senior procurement executive Evgeny Romakin is a senior procurement executive at a chemical consortium in a Greater Chicago area. Prior to that, he was a worldwide capital procurement manager with Fortune 100 global retailer after his role at an international chemical company, where he was a procurement manager. Evgeny Romakin builds sourcing and procurement strategies During his professional career Evgeny Romakin has been focusing on procurement and sourcing transformation, He has been building strategies allowing companies to secure supply and get multimillion dollar savings on raw materials and equipment at large capital projects. He also develops sustainable supply chains both globally and locally, and works to align procurement with the business’ and engineering team’s goals and priorities. Mr. Romakin effectively increases networking capital through optimization of inventory levels and improvement of payment terms. Evgeny Romakin, a career in procurement overseas Evgeny Romakin, a seasoned procurement executive, spent the earlier part of his career in Russia, first as a director for sourcing and business development for Sumitomo Corporation in Moscow. He later pursued the opportunity in oil and gas sector with Caspian Pipeline Consortium, where he functioned as a project procurement advisor and a supply chain team leader.