ProcureCon Total Talent Asia: Rethinking Workforce Strategy Through Procurement
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19–20 October 2026 | One Farrer Hotel, Singapore
The way organisations build and manage their workforce is changing rapidly. Companies are no longer relying solely on traditional permanent employees. Contingent workers, freelancers, contractors, professional services and other forms of external talent are becoming an increasingly important part of how organisations access skills, respond to changing business requirements and scale their operations.
At the same time, procurement is playing a growing role in shaping how organisations source, manage and optimise these different workforce models.
This changing environment is at the heart of ProcureCon Total Talent Asia, a brand-new event bringing procurement and workforce leaders together in Singapore on 19–20 October 2026.
The summit is designed for leaders looking beyond traditional procurement approaches and exploring how procurement can help organisations rethink total talent strategies across Asia.
Bringing Procurement and Total Talent Together
ProcureCon Total Talent Asia focuses on a simple but increasingly important question: How can organisations build a more agile, future-ready workforce while balancing cost, quality, risk and business performance?
The event will bring together more than 150 CPOs, CHROs, Heads of Indirect Procurement, Contingent Workforce leaders and Talent leaders for two days of discussions, networking and practical insights.
The programme covers the full spectrum of total talent, including:
Contingent workforce
Freelance talent
Permanent employees
Service-based workforces
Professional services
Procurement and sourcing
Workforce strategy and management
By bringing these perspectives together, the event aims to create a space where procurement and HR leaders can examine how different workforce models can work together rather than being managed in isolation.
Moving Beyond the Cost Conversation
Cost remains an important consideration for procurement teams, but total talent strategy requires a broader perspective.
Organisations need access to the right skills, at the right time, while maintaining quality and delivering business outcomes. Simply choosing the lowest-cost option may not deliver value if the talent available cannot meet the organisation's requirements.
ProcureCon Total Talent Asia puts this challenge directly on the agenda, with sessions focused on how organisations can achieve great talent at the right price without compromising quality.
For procurement leaders, this means looking at workforce decisions not only through a cost lens, but also through the lens of capability, flexibility, performance and long-term value.
Addressing the Real Challenges of Contingent Workforce Management
Managing external talent can create a range of challenges.
Supplier relationships, statements of work, scaling programmes across markets and maintaining consistency across a global organisation can all become complex. These are often the practical issues that determine whether a workforce programme succeeds or struggles.
The event promises candid conversations around some of these difficult areas, including broken SOWs, supplier tension and the challenges of scaling globally.
Rather than focusing only on theory, the programme is designed around practitioners sharing strategies and experiences from real-world procurement and workforce environments.
A Strong Line-Up of Procurement and HR Leaders
The 2026 speaker programme brings together senior leaders from organisations across Asia and global businesses.
Speakers include representatives from JG Summit Holdings, Accor, LinkedIn, Standard Chartered Bank, Wing Bank, BD, Accenture, Danone, Globe Telecom, Zurich Insurance, Nokia and the Ministry of Education Singapore.
Their roles span procurement, HR, talent strategy, people capability, total rewards, logistics and workforce management, providing multiple perspectives on how organisations are approaching the future of work.
The event's advisory board also includes senior procurement leaders from organisations including SATS, Vestel Group, Yuchengo Group of Companies and Asahi Group, helping shape the programme around issues relevant to the procurement community.
Designed for Procurement and Workforce Practitioners
ProcureCon Total Talent Asia is aimed at senior professionals responsible for sourcing, procurement, talent and workforce strategy.
The attendee profile includes:
Chief Procurement Officers and Chief Sourcing Officers
Heads of Indirect Procurement
Heads of Contingent Workforce Strategy
Category Managers for Professional Services
Global Procurement Directors for HR Services
Heads of Procurement, Total HR & Labour Services
Global Procurement Talent Leads
This makes the event particularly relevant for organisations where procurement and HR are increasingly working together to manage a broader and more flexible workforce ecosystem.
More Than Presentations: Peer-to-Peer Connections
While content is a major part of the programme, networking is another central element of ProcureCon Total Talent Asia.
The event is built around curated workshops, roundtables and peer-to-peer interactions, giving attendees the opportunity to compare approaches, discuss challenges and learn from professionals facing similar workforce and procurement issues.
For senior leaders, these conversations can be particularly valuable. Workforce strategy is rarely solved by a single technology, supplier or procurement process. Understanding how other organisations approach similar challenges can provide new ideas and practical perspectives.
What to Expect in 2026
The event community is expected to feature:
200+ participants
30+ interactive sessions
40+ speakers
The programme's central theme is "Redefining Total Talent via Procurement Across Asia", with Day One focusing on the state of total talent management in Asia and the role procurement needs to play in its evolution.
Why Total Talent Matters Now
As organisations continue to navigate changing skills requirements and workforce models, the distinction between traditional employees and external talent is becoming less useful from a strategic perspective.
Businesses need to think about the workforce as a broader ecosystem of capabilities.
That creates an opportunity for procurement and HR to work more closely together — combining procurement's expertise in sourcing, supplier management, cost and commercial strategy with HR and talent teams' expertise in people, skills, organisational capability and workforce planning.
ProcureCon Total Talent Asia provides a dedicated environment for those conversations.
Join ProcureCon Total Talent Asia in Singapore
Taking place on 19–20 October 2026 at One Farrer Hotel in Singapore, ProcureCon Total Talent Asia is positioned as a new meeting point for procurement, HR and workforce leaders looking to rethink how organisations source, manage and optimise talent across Asia.
For leaders responsible for procurement, contingent workforce, professional services, HR services or broader talent strategy, the event offers an opportunity to hear from experienced practitioners, explore new approaches and build connections with peers across the region.
The future of workforce strategy is not just about permanent or contingent talent. It is about understanding how all forms of talent can work together — and how procurement can help make that possible.
Find out more and explore the event programme:https://procurecontotaltalentasia.wbresearch.com/
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