MetalshubTalks 007
Date: 17 June 2026
Time: 15:00 CET
Foundries sit at the centre of critical industrial supply chains, supplying essential components to automotive, industrial, and heavy machinery sectors. As cost pressures, regulatory scrutiny, and raw material market volatility increase, foundries face growing challenges in maintaining competitive, compliant, and resilient procurement operations.
Despite their strategic importance, procurement processes in many foundry organisations remain fragmented. Supplier onboarding, certification tracking, tender management, and compliance documentation are often spread across disconnected systems and teams. This limits operational visibility, reduces efficiency, and creates additional risk in increasingly demanding audit and regulatory environments.
In this MetalshubTalks webinar, we examine how digital procurement transformation helps foundries strengthen supplier networks, improve compliance, and unlock measurable cost savings.
The discussion explores:
Drawing on MAT Foundry Group’s operational experience and Metalshub’s expertise in digital raw material procurement, the session combines strategic industry perspective with practical implementation insight. The conversation highlights how structured procurement processes help foundries reduce costs, strengthen compliance, and reinforce competitiveness in evolving industrial markets.
MetalshubTalks host, Samir Jaber, is joined by Tim Abbiss, Supplier Performance & Conformance Manager at MAT Foundry Group, and Nick Bolton, Purchasing Manager at Eurac Poole Ltd, to discuss how one of Europe’s leading foundry groups approaches procurement transformation. Together, they share practical lessons on supplier management, audit-proof procurement, cost optimisation, and the role of digitalisation in strengthening long-term supply chain resilience.
Join the conversation and gain practical insight into how leading foundries are modernising raw material procurement to achieve stronger operational performance.
This session is designed for foundry leaders, procurement professionals, supply chain managers, compliance teams, and industrial stakeholders seeking practical strategies for cost reduction, compliance excellence, and procurement transformation.
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Content Marketing Manager, Metalshub | Host of MetalshubTalks
Samir is the host of MetalshubTalks and Content Marketing Manager at Metalshub. He has a background in engineering, materials science, nanotechnology, technical writing, and digital marketing. He has written 500+ articles, reports, and scientific papers, and is featured in many industry outlets.
Supplier Performance & Conformance Manager, MAT Foundry Group
Tim Abbiss is an experienced manufacturing and supplier development leader with deep expertise in automotive quality standards, supplier conformance, and procurement compliance. As an IATF 16949 Certified Lead Auditor and VDA 6.3 Certified Auditor, he brings extensive experience in supplier management, cost optimisation, and strategic procurement transformation across global foundry and automotive supply chains.
Purchasing Manager, EURAC Poole Ltd
Nick Bolton oversees raw material sourcing across key foundry operations, including scrap, ferro alloys, and critical production inputs. With extensive experience in commodity procurement, supplier negotiation, and group-wide sourcing strategy, he brings practical expertise in cost optimisation, supplier expansion, and operational procurement performance within the international foundry industry.
