On March 25-26 the second EPP chemical forum will be held in Prague. The forum, which aims at providing best practices on pricing for the chemical industry, hosts a diverse range of industry leaders, as well as thought leaders from top consultancy firms. A.T. Kearney, Simon-Kucher, Team Steffenhagen Consulting and Implement Consulting Group will contribute to the event, either as sponsor or as speaker/moderator For the European chemical industry, prices remain unstable and competition fierce acquiring the right pricing is becoming more and more important. “The European chemical industry is facing major challenges. Chemical companies are fighting against the volatility in commodity prices and innovative solutions are the constant call-to-action in an extremely high competitive world. More than ever, chemical companies are embracing the importance of dedicated pricing and profit optimisation professionals,” explains Orisa Grajeda, Business Development Manager at European Pricing Platform (EPP)*.
The 2nd EPP Chemical Forum 2015
In order to provide chemical professionals the possibility to meet likeminded people and to share industry insights on the topic of pricing, the EPP organises the Chemical Forum. This event offers an interactive format, ensuring maximum learning and insights-gaining opportunity. The forum aims at providing a panel of top speakers, who will demonstrate best practices and tools every pricing practitioner should know to generate a powerful and steady growth and stay ahead in a competitive environment. This year’s event will be held in Prague at The Radisson Blu Alcron Hotel from 25-26 March.
Consulting firms:
For consulting firms, the forum provides the ideal moment to showcase their thought leadership, to learn from best practices from other experts in the field, and to come into contact with leaders in the chemical industry. This year, three consulting firms have grasped the opportunity and committed themselves to the EPP chemical forum as sponsor, an overview:
- AT Kearney, a management consulting firm , is a Gold sponsor of the event and will, in addition, run a workshop.
- Team Steffenhagen Consulting, a consultancy specialised on the chemical industry and a Gold sponsor of the event, will offer a talk by Ralf Schmidt, a Managing Partner.
- Simon-Kucher & Partners, a strategy and marketing consultancy and Silver sponsor of the event, will have their Partner Fabian Braun give a talk.
In addition, the Director of
Implement Consulting Group, a management and strategy consulting firm, will contribute to the event as moderator of discussions.
Other sponsors are PROS (Gold) and MarketRedesign (Bronze).
* The EPP is a knowledge sharing platform that serves thousands of European pricing and profit optimisation managers. As a not-for-profit organisation, the EPP is devoted to support and share pricing know-how.
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