Frank Rozemeijer
SOLVINT Chair in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (Professor of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management)
Frank Rozemeijer holds the SOLVINT Chair in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management at Maastricht University and is responsible for setting up PhD research projects, coordinating the SCM Master course 'Strategic Sourcing ' and supervising master thesis projects. He is also program director of the NEVI Procurement Leadership Program (PLP) that is hosted by UMIO at Maastricht University. He studied Business Economics at the University of Amsterdam and gained his PhD in 2000 at Eindhoven University of Technology. Next to his academic work, Frank acts as an independent consultant, trainer and executive coach for (inter)national companies across many industries. Further, he is member of the Supervisory Board of INKA, a Group Purchasing Organization optimizing the shared spend of 25 SME’s in the Construction industry. Over the past 20 years, he has built a strong international reputation as speaker for conferences and in-company seminars, as well as an inspirator for procurement and supply chain leadership development. In 2022, his latest book ‘Procurement and Supply Chain Management’ (co-authored with Arjan van Weele) was published by Cengage and in 2023 it was awarded Best Book in it’s category in France. In 2026 the 9th edition of this book will be published.
He lives in Bussum (NL) with his wife and two daughters.
For more information visit www.frankrozemeijer.com.
Brave New Procurement World
In his keynote, Frank Rozemeijer explores how procurement can make a real difference in navigating today’s complex business environment. The session will address the major forces transforming the profession to remain competitive and resilient, as described in his latest book ‘Procurement and SCM’ (Weele & Rozemeijer, Cengage, 2026).
Key topics:
• Procurement strategies for uncertainty, risk, and disruption
• Why procurement must become braver, faster, and more collaborative
• The impact of AI and digital transformation on procurement and supply chains
• The evolving role of procurement professionals in a technology-driven world
This keynote challenges procurement professionals to embrace new technologies while staying deeply human and to lead the transition toward a brave new procurement world.
