CIPS Australia has invited entries for Procurement Professional Awards 2008. Following the success of inaugural Procurement Professional Awards last year, CIPS has launched the program a little earlier giving the participants more time to complete the entry.
"This recognition is not only beneficial to the confidence and career progression of individuals working in the profession, but also for their organisations and stakeholders as it will highlight the direct and wide ranging benefits of the procurement contribution. This awards programme is a modern way to demonstrate best practice for everyone’s benefit." According to Jonathan Dutton, MD CIPS Australia.
2008 Award Categories
• Best Example of Socially Responsible Procurement
• Best Cross-Functional Teamwork Project
• Best People Development Initiative
• Best Process Improvement Initiative
• Best Supplier Partnership
• Most Improved Procurement Operation
• Young Procurement Professional of the Year
• The CIPS Leadership Award.
The award categories themselves highlight the wide range of vital activities that are undertaken within organisations by procurement professionals, from maintaining supplier partnerships to process improvement and from crossfunctional initiatives to developing their own professionalism – all built upon the management of the organisation’s external resource base.
The judging criteria for the awards will recognise the broad range of skill areas in which procurement professionals excel - including project management, negotiation, supplier management, cost reduction, process improvement, individual initiative and teamwork. In a word it will recognise contribution.