Contract Labour and Recruitment

25^th August 2011

The Dockside Rooms,

Cockle Bay Wharf,

Darling Harbour

Sydney

About The Special Category Forums (SCFs)

New to the CIPSA Conferences schedule for 2011 are the series of Special Category Forums (SCFs) which will provide category managers with the opportunity to learn from a range of expert speakers on new strategies to more effectively manage their category and obtain pertinent market intelligence. The Special Category Forums will also provide opportunities for category managers to engage with their peers, to engage in benchmarking exercises and to network with suppliers in an informal environment.

About the programme for “Buying and Managing Contract Labour & Recruitment”

Contract labour is being used in a greater capacity as a means of increasing efficiency, lowering labour costs and staffing projects and managing cyclical demand for labour.

Spend visibility is an ongoing issue in many organisations, costs are hidden and often large volumes of labour are being sourced through the “back door” resulting in a significant loss of savings opportunities. Along with hidden spend is the lack of compliance to legislation which leaves organisations exposed to high levels of risk. Procurement needs to ensure compliance to formalised channels of acquisition of human capital to ensure that spend can be managed and costs controlled, and more importantly minimise business risk.

Various models exist for the acquisition of labour from panels, managed service providers (MPS) through to recruitment process outsourcing (RPO). Category Managers can employ various acquisition models in line with their different sub categories (egg technical, administrative/professional) to achieve the best organisational outcomes. Increasingly, technology is being utilized to assist in the management of this complex category.

These issues and many others will be examined at the CIPSA Special Category Forum – Buying & Managing Contract Labour & Recruitment.

Benchmarking at CIPSA Special Category Forums

On all of the 2011 Special Category Forums, CIPSA Conferences will work with its benchmarking partner, Purchasing Index, to conduct a benchmarking exercise relevant to each category covered. The benchmarking will address both process and prices. On registration, delegates will be invited to participate in the benchmarking exercise, the results of which will be delivered at the forum. Delegates may choose to participate or not. Naturally all data will be treated as confidential, with the results delivered to the broader audience masked to conceal participants identity. Individual organisations will be supplied with their own visible benchmarks by Purchasing index after the event. Where relevant, Purchasing Index will also provide supplementary benchmarking information from their own research, thus adding further value for delegates.