Name: S&OP Summit: The Art of Balance
Start: 14 Jul 2025
End: 14 Jul 2025

About the Event

If you are involved in business planning and are part of collaborative meetings between sales, supply chain, marketing and finance, the S&OP Summit is the event to attend for you. Whether you are only just embarking on your quest to unify departments, or you’re looking at ways to guide your teams even better, the S&OP Summit is tailored for leaders looking to improve cross-functional collaboration.

The S&OP Summit is an annual event that focuses on best-in-class Sales & Operations Planning practices. Join to discover how cross-functional collaboration between departments can align your finance, logistics, sales, marketing, and inventory planning to achieve better supply chain results.

With S&OP, we are looking to move away from siloed departments with their own plan. A quest to unify, collaborate, and create one directional plan that aligns all departments strategic initiatives.

Date: Thursday 18 September

Time: 08.00 – 15.00

Location: Bellvue Manor, 8083 Jane St, Concord, ON L4K 2M7

Price: 95CAD

08.30 – 09.00

Registration Opens

09.00 – 09.30

Opening Statement & Welcome Note

Speaker: Ludovic Magne Country Manager, Slimstock

09.30 – 10.15

Financial Foundations of S&OP

Speakers: Ruben Zomerdijk, Head of Partnership, Slimstock | Mark Erdmann, Vice President, Vena Solutions

10.15 – 10.30

Coffee Break

10.30 – 11.15

S&OP: Humans, Biases and the S&OP Circus

Speaker: Rob Baldwin, VP of Business Development, Slimstock

11.15 – 12.15

S&OP in Action: Customer Stories from the Frontline

Speakers: Colleen McMillan, Vice President – Operations and Client Solutions, McCaughey Consumer Products Management Inc. | Danny Bloem, Account Manager & Sales Engineer, Slimstock

12.15 – 13.15

Lunch & Networking

13.15 – 14.15

Panel Discussion: S&OP in the boardroom

Moderator: Danny Bloen, Account Manager & Sales Engineer, Slimstock

Key takeaways

Plan collaboration: Discover how leading companies develop clear, unified plans and gain full support from every department to drive strategic success.
S&OP Maturity:? What does it take to advance your S&OP maturity? Hear from experts as they share their S&OP maturity journeys and the strategies which led them to achieve best-in-class S&OP.
Integrated planning: Learn how companies integrate their finance, sales and supply chain plans, and identify stakeholders and drive effective communication. Join us to connect with S&OP thought leaders and professionals to network, share best practices and to help bring innovation to the North American supply chain landscape.?