Webinar - Getting the Best Out of Your Supply Chain Whilst Managing Risk

Register for our upcoming webinar - Getting the Best Out of Your Supply Chain Whilst Managing Risk

Thursday 1 October, 11:00 - 12:00

Organisations turn to suppliers for good reason: to manage cost, build capacity, and access capability they don't have in-house. When supplier relationships are working well, they become a genuine source of value and competitive advantage. But realising that potential depends on having the right foundations in place, and too many organisations find themselves scrambling to manage risk precisely because those foundations aren't there.

The result is that supplier oversight becomes a reactive exercise rather than a strategic one, and the value you were looking to unlock gets undermined by the risks you weren't prepared for.

Senior leaders are increasingly asking:

• How do we extract real value from our supply chain, not just manage the exposure it creates?

• Where does supplier management end and enterprise risk begin?

• What does proportionate, practical oversight actually look like?

• Are our exit plans realistic, or just theoretical?

The session, featuring Ricky Martin from DLA Piper alongside Raj Kohli from DCR Partners, explores these questions through a practical, experience-led conversation followed by an open Q&A.

What we will cover:

• Building the supplier management foundations that enable value, not just compliance

• The legal and contractual levers that strengthen your position and reduce exposure

• Where organisations are getting it right, and where the common gaps appear

• How to move from reactive supplier management to proactive relationship governance

By attending, you will leave with a clearer view of how to balance value and risk across your supply chain, practical insight into what good looks like, and ideas you can take back to your organisation and act on. 

Meet our webinar hosts:

Raj Kohli - Founder & Managing Director at DCR Partners Raj specialises in providing programme, project management, and risk consultancy services to a range of clients. He brings over 20 years of experience in the delivery and assurance of large-scale business change, technology risk, resilience and cyber security projects with data at the centre. He is passionate about helping clients drive commercial value in their investments in these areas whilst also managing risk.

Ricky Martin - Senior Supplier Assurance & Process Lead at DLA Piper Ricky is a procurement and supplier assurance leader with over 15 years of experience in supplier governance, third-party risk management, and supply chain transformation across the legal and financial services sectors. Currently serving as Senior Supplier Assurance & Process Lead at DLA Piper LLP, Ricky leads the international supplier assurance function, overseeing supplier lifecycle management, governance frameworks, and risk oversight for more than 8,000 suppliers globally.