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The 3rd CIPS Australia Procurement Professional Awards Dinner
 
Kindly sponsored by:
 
 
 
Given the success of the awards programme and the huge amount of interest generated, submissions are being accepted even earlier this year, so start preparing your entries!
 
Awards include:
·         Best Example of Socially Responsible Procurement
·         Best Supplier Partnership
·         Best Cross-Functional Teamwork Project
·         Most Improved Procurement Operation
·         Best People Development Initiative
·         Best Process Improvement Initiative
.       Young Procurement Professional of the Year
·         The CIPS Leadership Award.
 
CIPSA looks forward to seeing you at the Awards dinner on the evening of 14th October, which will be a great chance to get dressed up and celebrate with your professional peers.
For more information and to register visit the PP Awards page at www.pponline.com.au
 
Entries for the Awards close on 14th August 2009
 
Our Guest MC for the Evening: Brett Rutledge
 
Those who attended last years dinner will agree that Brett Rutledge is one of the most skilled and versatile communicators in the southern hemisphere and will understand why he is heavily in demand as a dynamic business speaker, facilitator and coach. In 1998 Brett became the youngest World Champion of Public Speaking at only 28 years of age. He has degrees and awards in marketing, commercial law, management and labour relations. As an entrepreneur he had established a successful commercial enterprise at the age of 18 and within two years was employing more than 10 people. As a businessman he has a wealth of experience in senior consultancy roles specialising in Human Resources, Strategic Marketing and Organisational Culture that culminated in a General Management role at age 26. Brett is an utterly unique talent whose rare ability as a mimic, world beating performance, practical business knowledge and powerful delivery are guaranteed to both entertain and inform.
 
About our Dinner Sponsor
 
Portland Group
Portland Group is a specialist procurement and supply chain services firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Shanghai and Auckland. We work with clients to improve their efficiency and profitability through the application of procurement and supply chain processes, systems and tools. Our services incorporate:
 
Consulting– developing strategies to drive significant and sustainable results by solving challenging procurement and supply chain business problems (eg. strategic sourcing, category and demand management, organisation design, capability & skills assessments, programme management and benefits tracking)
 
Solutions–developing and implementing best practice processes and systems to drive sustainable results (eg. procure to pay process redesign, category management systems and reporting implementation)
 
Managed Services–managing and running mission critical business processes as a fully outsourced service; including systems, processes and people to deliver targeted outcomes for clients(eg. low cost country sourcing, spend analytics, contract management and professional services category management)
 
Our clients are leading private and public sector organisations across a range of sectors including agribusiness, airlines, construction, defence, financial services, FMCG, healthcare, IT, manufacturing, mining, retail, telecommunications and utilities
www.portlandgroup.com.au
 
 
 
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