ECR IRELAND, ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013
THE LEADER’S CONGRESS Outlook for growth & tough questions answered Guinness Storehouse, Dublin 5th September 2013
THE ECONOMY The Minster for Finance, Michael Noonan T.D. will open the conference, addressing the macro-economic environment, the economic/fiscal challenges ahead and speak directly about consumer spending in Ireland – the major factor affecting retail sales in Ireland today. Professor John Fitzgerald (ESRI) will present “The Paths to Recovery”. Their insight will be of vital assistance in forecasting domestic demand and most revealing considering the proximity of the October budget.
ECR Ireland presents a new format for its Annual Conference 2013
THE LEADER’S CONGRESS
The Leader’s Congress will consider the major leadership issues for the Food & Drink industry in Ireland.
The ECR Leader’s Congress is the first of it’s kind. Those in leadership positions should not miss it! Join us in The Guinness Storehouse on September 5th, 2013 Full conference details at www.ecrireland.ie
GROCERY INDUSTRY It will be fascinating and extremely insightful to hear the deliveries from the retailers, suppliers & service providers as they will all consider an identical brief! • Their outlook for growth. • Understanding shoppers is the key to success. • Retailer/supplier collaboration aids growth. • Physical stores must respond to the digital challenge. • Sustainable business practice in our company/industry.
FEEDING IRELAND’S FUTURE Jill Ross, Managing Director of Unilever Ireland & a Director of ECR Ireland will launch “Feeding Ireland’s Future”. This is a major ECR Ireland initiative for 2014 where Irish retailers, suppliers and service providers can offer pre-employment training to young unemployed people during a Skills for Work Week in March 2014.
ECR IRELAND LEADERSHIP SURVEY 2013 The Leadership Survey reveals the major factors affecting the grocery industry today and considers likely changes by 2016. ECR will release the survey results and ask an expert panel to analyse and comment on them accordingly. This is a forum where the major issues for the sector can be considered collectively. It will allow delegates to prioritise these issues and to benchmark their own company strategies accordingly.
SPEAKERS THE ECONOMY
Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan T.D. Michael Noonan TD was appointed Minister for Finance on March 9, 2011. He was first elected to the Dáil in 1981 and has held a number of senior cabinet positions. He represents the constituency of Limerick City. Michael was leader of Fine Gael between February, 2001 and May, 2002.
PATHS TO RECOVERY Professor John Fitzgerald The Economic and Social Research Institute John FitzGerald is President of the Association d’Instituts Européens de Conjuncture Économique and a former president of the Irish Economic Association. He is currently a member of the Commission of the Central Bank of Ireland. In the past he has served as a member of the National Economic and Social Council and of the board of the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy Regulation. He was also a member of the Irish Energy Research Council, of the Independent Water review Panel, Northern Ireland and of the High Level Group on Green Enterprise. He chaired the Renewable Energy Strategy Group for the Department of Public Enterprise. He was a member of the EU “Group for Economic Analysis” from 2002-2004 advising the President of the EU Commission on matters of Economic Policy. In 2011 John FitzGerald was admitted as a member of the Royal Irish Academy in recognition of his work on the behavioural characteristics of the Irish economy.
RETAILERS Edel Russell, Innovation, Consumer and IT Director Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland Edel has worked across a number of functions including Trading and Marketing. During her 11 years with the Trading team, she was responsible for the ambient, fresh and frozen categories at both Trading and Category Manager level. In 2005, Edel took up the role of Head of Insight and Innovation and was responsible for the development of SuperValu’s on-line shopping business and its Real Rewards loyalty programme. Appointed to the Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland board in 2012, Edel is now responsible for IT function in addition to Consumer Insight, Omni Channel strategy and the Innovation agenda for both the SuperValu and Centra brands.
SPEAKERS RETAILERS Brian Donaldson, Chief Operating Officer The Maxol Group Brian is Chief Operating Officer of The Maxol Group Ireland. He has worked for the company since 1986. Responsible for developing the Group’s extensive retail network, Brian’s role includes maximising non fuel income streams, establishing food partner alliances with Mace/Spar and he also coordinates the Group’s marketing, sponsorship and PR activities throughout Ireland. Brian has led Maxol’s successful rebrand which includes rolling out the new brand identity across its network of 225 service stations by the end of 2014. Founding Director and member of the Northern Ireland Oil Federation, Brian has also worked closely with the Irish Petrol Retailers Association on improving the image of the oil distributor market and lobbied local politicians both in Dublin and Westminster on fuel duty tax and planning. He is a former Chairman of PLATO Belfast, a voluntary body of blue chip companies which provides top executives assistance in mentoring SME’s on specific business requirements and is currently a member of the CBI Council in Northern Ireland.
MANUFACTURERS David Keeling, Managing Director Retail Keeling’s Retail David has been leading the Farms section since 2000. During this period, Keelings has become the largest grower in Ireland of fruit and salads. In 2009, David became Managing Director of Keelings Retail, the largest division of Keelings. In 2010, David and his team developed the Keelings Brand. David is also a Director of ECR Ireland.
John Freda, CEO JTI John Freda is CEO of JTI Ireland since January 2011. John spent his formative years in the UK at Coca Cola and joined Gallaher Limited in 1998, becoming Marketing Director responsible for both brand and trade marketing. John was appointed as General Manager of the Gallaher business for Hungary and Slovenia in 2005 and following JTI’s acquisition of Gallaher, he moved to Germany and led the integration of both companies’ existing businesses. He was also charged with the responsibility for defining and implementing the strategies needed to see the successful turnaround of the new combined business.
SPEAKERS SERVICE PROVIDERS Ken Hughes, Consumer & Shopper Behaviouralist Glacier Consulting Ken Hughes is one of Europe’s leading Consumer & Shopper Behaviouralists, CEO of Glacier Consulting and a global thought leader on retail, shopper marketing and shopper insight. Over the past 12 years, he has pioneered developments in shopper behaviour insight, particularly in the fields of ethnography, endomethodology and biometric shopper research. Paul Taylor, Head of International Business Development, Symphony EYC Paul Taylor joined Symphony EYC in 2012 to spearhead the company’s EMEA and Asia Pacific expansion plans for the insights product line. Prior to Symphony EYC, Paul was with Catalina for 14 years where he orchestrated CRM strategies and campaigns for leading retailers and manufacturers as Managing Director of Catalina in the UK and then in France. He was also previously at IRI in France, Commercial Manager at Scottish & Newcastle Breweries in the UK and IMPAC consulting in Germany and Austria.
AGENDA ECR IRELAND, ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013 Guinness Storehouse, Dublin 5th September 2013
8.00
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
8.30
Welcome from ECR Co-Chairs David Cotter P&G Ireland
Luke Hanlon Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland
8.40
Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan T.D.
9.00
Prof. John Fitzgerald, ESRI
9.25
Brian Donaldson, COO, The Maxol Group
Jill Ross, Managing Director Unilever Ireland Jill has spent 16 years at Unilever building a broad career in Customer Development. During this time, Jill has worked with a number of large UK retailers, and held leadership roles in category management and shopper marketing. Today Jill leads Unilever Ireland and her Dublin-based team is primarily engaged with the sales and marketing of Unilever’s food products. Jill is also a Director at ECR Ireland and a Director of Enactus Ireland.
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Paul Taylor, Head of International Business Development, Symphony EYC
10.15
BREAK
10.45
David Keeling, MD, Keelings Retail
11.10
John Freda, CEO, JTI
11.35
Jill Ross, MD, Unilever Ireland
Declan Carolan, General Manager, ECR Ireland Declan was appointed as General Manager of ECR in 2006. He is a Director of ECR Europe and Co-Chair of the ECR Europe National Initiatives Group. Declan began his career in Superquinn having several store management positions before becoming Supply Chain Manager for the company in 2000. In this capacity, Declan was responsible for the introduction of central distribution and all supply chain technologies & operations into the company.
11.50
Declan Carolan, Gen. Mgr., ECR Ireland
12.10
LIGHT LUNCH
12.40
Edel Russell, Innovation, Consumer & IT Director, MRPI
13.05
ECR Leadership Survey - Edel Russell, Brian Donaldson, David Keeling, John Freda, Paul Taylor, Ken Hughes
13.30
Ken Hughes, CEO, Glacier Consulting
14.00
CONFERENCE CLOSE
ECR IRELAND
ECR LEADERSHIP SURVEY
Expert Panel Edel Russell, Brian Donaldson, David Keeling, John Freda, Paul Taylor, Ken Hughes
Full conference details at www.ecrireland.ie
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ECR Ireland ECR Ireland supports co-operation between trading partners to better serve the Irish consumer and drive costs from the supply chain. ECR develops industry best practices, promotes their adoption and provides education & guidance on demand side & supply chain issues. Our mission Promote the development & adoption of better practices for joint retailer/supplier initiatives. Our vision Companies along the consumer goods value chain are “working together to fulfil consumer wishes better, faster, at less cost and in a sustainable way.”
ECR Ireland Board Co-Chairs Luke Hanlon Supply Chain Director, Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland Directors John Paul O’Reilly, Tesco Ireland Paul Candon, Topaz Energy Simon Marriott, BWG Foods Brian Donaldson, The Maxol Group David Keeling, Keelings Jill Ross, Unilever Alan Freehill, Johnson & Johnson Deirdre O’Donoghue, Nestle John Casey, Dunworth Capital Jim Cummins, Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard
David Cotter Managing Director, P&G Ireland
Colm O’Brien, IBM David O’Neill, SHS Sales & Marketing Adam Smart, Diageo Eoin Kellett, Kraft Foods Ireland Anthony Cameron, Glanbia Consumer Foods Mike Byrne, GS1 Ireland Niall Collins, Mason Hayes & Curran General Manager Declan Carolan, ECR Ireland
Membership Any retailer, manufacturer, supplier or service provider can join ECR Ireland once that company is committed to the ECR vision of “working together to fulfil consumer wishes better, faster at less cost and in a sustainable way”. ECR Ireland improves collaboration between trading partners and people development. Its major focus areas are Category Management & Shopper Marketing and Supply Chain.
ECR Ireland Category Management & Shopper Marketing Workgroup
The ECR CM & SM Workgroup was formed in 2009. Its objective is to advance the standards of Category Management & Shopper Marketing in Ireland. Participants develop Irish & European Best Practices with domestic & international peers ensuring they are up to date with the latest global thinking. Co-Chairs of the group are Linda Williams (Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard) and Barry Carty (BWG Foods).
ACTIVITIES • Quarterly Workgroup Meetings
• Training
• Future Trends Forum
- 2013 - Data Analytics with Clodagh Ashe
- 2014 - Shopper Marketing with Ken Hughes
• Best Practice Projects
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Macro Space Planning Planogram Execution ROI Project Category Review Template
• Field Trip - Sept 2013, London store tours.
- Shopper Missions (C&SJ) 19th – 20th September - Macro Space Planning, 8th October
• 4th ECR Category Management & Shopper Marketing Awards 2013 • 4th ECR Category Management & Shopper Marketing Conference
12th November 2013
• Annual ECR Ireland Benchmark Survey
ECR Ireland Supply Chain Workgroup 2013
ECR Ireland Conferences 2013 ECR Ireland Conferences are unique as they showcase domestic & international collaborative best practices. The three ECR Ireland conferences focus on Leadership, Demand Side & Supply Chain.
September
ECR Ireland Leader’s Congress
September
Thursday 5th September 2013
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September November
The ECR Ireland Supply Chain Workgroup aims to be the foremost grocery supply chain network in Ireland. It will provide a forum for Supply Chain Managers to develop best practices and to consider the latest standards in supply chain efficiency and to work collaboratively to remove unnecessary costs.
ACTIVITIES
November November
Tuesday 12th November 2013
November
November November
templates used for successful shared • Quarterly Workgroup Meetings logistics projects in ECR UK & ECR France. All ECR members can participate at the quarterly Workgroup meeting which will • ECR Ireland Supply Chain Award drive all Workgroup activities, report on The 1st ECR Ireland Supply Chain Awards progress of sub-groups, co-ordinate training, will be held in November 2013. The conduct surveys/benchmarks, report on objective will be to recognise the best international developments, and facilitate collaborative supply chain project in Ireland networking. with the recipient of the Award progressing to the ECR Europe Awards in 2014. • On-Shelf Availability (OSA) Sub-Group The OSA Learning Programme pairs • ECR Ireland Supply Chain Summit retailers & suppliers to work together to The 1st ECR Ireland Supply Chain Summit improve product availability and develop will take place on 13th November 2013. better practices. It will be the major summit for supply • Shared Logistics Sub-Group chain executives in the food & drink The Shared Logistics sub-group aims to industry in Ireland and showcase best reduce mileage from the Irish grocery practice initiatives. The theme will focus on supply chain. The focus is on transport collaboration / working together in the Irish collaboration & consolidation, truck supply chain. efficiency and saving miles incorporating
ECR CatMan & Shopper Marketing Conference
ECR Supply Chain Summit Wednesday 13th November 2013
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Cost
ECR members
Non ECR members
1 delegate
€349
€399
4 delegates
€999
€999
Includes refreshments & working lunch – Excludes Vat
GUINNESS STOREHOUSE TOUR INCLUDED! Payment Terms Please note registration cannot be confirmed without payment. Terms and Conditions: Payment due 14 days from date of invoice. The fee covers attendance at the event, working lunch and refreshments. Cancellations and Substitutions: A substitute delegate may be sent at any time for no additional charge. Cancellations must be received in writing, by email, fax or letter, no later than 14 days prior to the conference for a refund (less an administration charge of 25% plus VAT). Regrettably, no refunds can be made after that date. Programme Changes: ECR Ireland reserves the right to make any necessary changes to the advertised programme. The views expressed by the speakers are not necessarily those held by the organisers, nor is the organiser responsible for these opinions or statements.
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