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  1.    CMOs: your marketing procurement team might be more useful than you think
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    CMOs: your marketing procurement team might be more useful than you think

    Deeper collaboration with marketing procurement can be a quiet competitive advantage for CMOs – and a powerful ally. Laura Forcetti, Director of Global Marketing Sourcing at WFA, explains why.

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  2.    How are marketing procurement leads managing POS & Displays?
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    How are marketing procurement leads managing POS & Displays?

    Digitalisation and sustainability are influencing the future of POS & Displays.

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  3.    Spotlight: Global Content Production: Evolution and Looking Ahead
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    Spotlight: Global Content Production: Evolution and Looking Ahead

    In this session, our guest and partner, Claire Randall, unpacks the key take-outs from our recent joint report, Global Content Production (2025 update)

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  4.    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview (April 2025)
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    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview (April 2025)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum meeting held remotely on the 2nd April 2025

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  5.    The impact of GenAI on partner management
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    The impact of GenAI on partner management

    This session explored the impact of GenAI on partner management and took place on 2 April 2025 during a Sourcing Forum meeting.

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  6.    WFA research reveals new trends showing how brands are responding to changes in content production
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    WFA research reveals new trends showing how brands are responding to changes in content production

    Outsourced on-site model on the rise, GenAI is slowly gaining traction, centralisation is back and social and short-form video are a top focus.

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  7.    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview (February 2025)
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    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview (February 2025)

    Overview of the WFA Sourcing Forum meeting, held remotely on 26th February 2025. 

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  8.    Knowledge Spotlight: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) 101
    Media & analyticsMarketing effectivenessMarketing procurementMarketing technologyDigital media transformationMarketing capabilitiesMarketing procurementMarketing technology

    Knowledge Spotlight: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) 101

    This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts, this series offers 101 sessions on modern marketing foundations relevant to Asia Pacific. Designed for emerging leaders, from junior to mid-level professionals, looking to enhance their marketing skills and knowledge.

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  9.    Knowledge Spotlight: Trends in the APAC New Business Landscape
    Advertising & policyAgency managementMarketing effectivenessMarketing procurementMarketing technologyMarketing capabilitiesMarketing procurementMarketing technology

    Knowledge Spotlight: Trends in the APAC New Business Landscape

    This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts, this series offers 101 sessions on modern marketing foundations relevant to Asia Pacific. Designed for emerging leaders, from junior to mid-level professionals, looking to enhance their marketing skills and knowledge.

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  10.    Research: Global marketing procurement structures and operating models
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    Research: Global marketing procurement structures and operating models

    Access WFA’s research on global marketing procurement structures and operating models.

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  11.    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview, Forum Connect, New York (December 2024)
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    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview, Forum Connect, New York (December 2024)

    Overview of the WFA Sourcing Forum meeting, held in New York as part of Forum Connect

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  12.    Major multinationals look to supplier diversity as they seek to appeal to a broader consumer base
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    Major multinationals look to supplier diversity as they seek to appeal to a broader consumer base

    Close to 1 in 4 multinationals have been working on this area for more than a decade, yet challenges around tracking and availability persist. A new WFA playbook offers voluntary guidance and case studies for marketing leaders looking to develop or strengthen their supplier diversity programmes.

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  13.    Spotlight: Evolving from a focus on roles to a skill-centric talent model
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    Spotlight: Evolving from a focus on roles to a skill-centric talent model

    This session presents the current landscape of work and how this is evolving alongside economic and hiring trends. 

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    Benchmark: Scope of Work (SOW) Process

    WFA member benchmark exploring the SOW process

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  15.    Knowledge Spotlight – Sponsorship Strategy 101
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    Knowledge Spotlight – Sponsorship Strategy 101

    This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts, this series offers 101 sessions on modern marketing foundations relevant to Asia Pacific. Designed for emerging leaders, from junior to mid-level professionals, looking to enhance their marketing skills and knowledge.

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  16.    Skills underpin the power of procurement
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    Skills underpin the power of procurement

    Marketing procurement needs to get its skills future-fit to add maximum value to the business. Laura Forcetti, Director Marketing Services Asia Pacific and Global Sourcing at WFA, reveals the latest research.

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  17.    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview, Singapore (October 2024)
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    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview, Singapore (October 2024)

    Overview of the WFA Sourcing Forum meeting, held in Singapore

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  18.    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview, Forum Connect, Amsterdam (March 2024)
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    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview, Forum Connect, Amsterdam (March 2024)

    Overview of the WFA Sourcing Forum meeting, held in Amsterdam as part of Forum Connect

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  19.    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview, Denmark (September 2024)
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    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview, Denmark (September 2024)

    Overview of the WFA Sourcing Forum meeting, held in Denmark.

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    Benchmark: Shopper Marketing

    WFA member benchmark exploring how marketing organisations manage their shopper marketing agencies

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  21.    Get more from marketing procurement
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    Get more from marketing procurement

    The very best procurement teams align their agendas with those of the marketing team. Tracy Allery, Senior Marketing Procurement Leader and founding member of the WFA Sourcing Board, shares her perspectives on how to create a genuine partnership.

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