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Season’s Greetings…

CIPS Australia wishes you a festive holiday season and a safe and happy new year. CIPS Australia would like to thank all of its members for their support over the past two years and we look forward to working with you again in 2007.

Another 29 Victorian Members achieve MCIPS

The 29 graduates of the first two Corporate Award programmes got together on November 29 for a graduation luncheon in Melbourne. Attended by the graduates and their workplace mentors (from workplaces such as Australia Post, Coles Myer, Telstra and BHP), a good time was had by all as the graduates and their employers celebrated the achievement of MCIPS.

Sophie Jarvis from Australia Post won the CIPS Award for Excellence, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to this Corporate Award Programme, namely through her commitment to the course, enthusiasm in her learning in the workshops and in achieving a consistent standard of excellence in her work and her assessments and project.

For those members not familiar with Corporate Award, it is an 'applied learning' fast track route to MCIPS (Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply) and runs for up to 15 months. The programme not only provides successful delegates with the globally recognised industry accreditation of MCIPS, it also directly benefits employers through better skilled and qualified employees, and also through a work-based project which delivers significant return to the business on the training investment.

CIPS Head Office

CIPS Australia head office at 520 Collins St, Melbourne, has had a bit of a face lift recently, and just a reminder to members who might be in the area, feel free to pop in to have a tour of the office, and view the training room which is available for members to use at a discounted rental rate. Our Christmas tree is up, all bright and sparkly, with a few treats thrown under the tree, for anyone that visits!

Committee Member Profile - Andy Little MCIPS

Andy commenced his career as a trainee Hotel Manager in Oxford UK after completing a Business degree. By the age of 24 he had his first role as GM, was married with 2 young children, and then decided to emigrate to Australia, so he packed up and left for the land of opportunity. Having never been to Australia and having no job to come to made the decision even more exciting.

He spent the first 9 years in WA working for Facilities Management which gave him the opportunity to work in the far north based in mining towns. He was then transferred to Queensland to manage all facilities services before being offered a position as Operations Manager for managing various contracts in the Cleaning, waste management and other associated services. After a short (but interesting stint in Papua New Guinea) Andy decided to move to another new city for him; Melbourne and joined Coles Myer Strategic Procurement and has recently have joined the Telstra Procurement team on a 6 month contract.

Andy decided to join the Victorian Regional committee of CIPS Australia after completing the Corporate Award Programme, believing that there is a need for recognised standard in the procurement industry.

Andy was asked to describe himself in one word. “I would say Passionate”. He believes that everyone must be passionate and believe in something, his is doing the best he can at everything he does.

Other Andy Facts

• Plays soccer
• Loves food (and can even cook!)
• Love wines, and has completed Certificate in Viticulture (grape Growing and wine making)
• Married 25 years in March 07
• 3 children 18, 21, 23

Supplier of the Year – Orica Awards

The winners of the Australian Orica Consumer Products Supplier of the Year 2006 Awards were announced recently at a breakfast function held at Merrimu Receptions. The function was attended by more than 150 people and chaired by Christine Cussen, OCP Innovation and Technology Manager.

The function began with the OCP Group General Manager, Peter Bailey, reviewing Orica and OCP’s performance and strategy for the year and the future.

Jonathan Dutton, Managing Director, CIPS Australia, was the guest speaker for the award. He presented on changes to the procurement profession and the value of award functions, such as these, to strengthen customer / supplier relationships.

During the year, 50 OCP Paints, Selleys and Yates suppliers were evaluated twice against demanding criteria and the following three types of awards were presented:

• Supplier of the Year award;
• Special Commendations for suppliers who had done something extra significant; and
• High Performance Supplier certificates for suppliers who had consistently met or exceeded Orica's requirements.

The Supplier of the Year 2006 Award was presented to Nuplex Industries. Special Commendations were presented to:Rokset Industries and Tronox Pigments. High Performance Certificates were awarded to RL Dearie and Viscount Plastics

CIPS Australia Booklist

For a complete list of all our current books available and to order, please download the CIPSA booklist (PDF)

CIPS Australia PMI/PSI/PCI Monthly
Service for Members

CIPSA endorse the Performance of Manufacturing Index [PMI], Performance of Services Index [PSI] and the Perfomance of Construction Index [PCI] which are compiled monthly by the AIG. Other supporters include PWC and NTC Research. As a benefit for CIPSA members, these indices are available monthly from the CIPSA newsletter.

PMI report for November (PDF) PSI report for November (PDF) PCI report - November (PDF)

Office closure times

After an amazing second year, with around 2000 members on board, many successful conferences under our belt and a challenging new year ahead, it is time to take a break and recharge our batteries. Please note, CIPS Australia head office will be closed from 12.30pm on Friday December 22, 2006 and will re-open again at 8.30am (Melbourne Time) on Monday January 8, 2007. Any queries during the closure can be emailed to info@cipsa.com.au and you will be contacted as soon as possible in the new year. Due to the end of year break please note there will be no January newsletter, the next newsletter will be issued early February.

Procurement Professional Magazine

Issue 10 of Procurement Professional (PP10) is out now! Featuring coverage of the 2nd Annual CIPS Australia Conference, essay and scholarship winners, and many other innovating and cutting edge procurement stories, this is an issue not to be missed. Also enclosed with PP10, is the latest White Paper, a research paper written by the Portland Group. Procurement Professional Issue 11, will be due out the first week in February 2007.

CPO Agenda is the global business review designed specifically for chief procurement officers and senior purchasing executives in larger organisations.

CPO Agenda is published four times a year by Redactive Media Group in conjunction with CIPS. It reaches several thousand top purchasing, sourcing and supply management professionals worldwide who collectively control hundreds of billions of pounds, dollars and euros of expenditure.

CIPS members receive a significant discount, and Australian subscription rates are available on www.cpoagenda.com/subscribe

To subscribe download the attached PDF file, or secure online at https://secure2.subscribeonline.co.uk/CPOA

CIPS Australia have mini samples of CPO Agenda to give away. If you would like to receive one, please email your request and mailing address to marketing@cipsa.com.au

Sydney Conference – 7-8 March 2007

Don’t forget to mark your 2007 diary now, for all of the CIPS Australia conferences coming your way. First up next year is the Sydney conference, Emerging Trends in Procurement, on March 7 & 8 at The Shangri-La Hotel. Based on current research, this programme will focus on the key emerging trends facing procurement professionals in Australasia, while considering the similarities and differences with emerging global trends. Any sponsors interested in participating should contact Deanne Bergsma at CIPSA Conferences on Tel. 07 5573 5632 or email: deanne@bttbonline.com at the earliest opportunity.

Conference Fees
CIPS Members - $1,195 + GST
Non Members - $1,395 + GST

Other conference dates are:

The 2nd CIPS Australia Public Sector Procurement Forum
17-18 May, Hyatt Hotel Canberra

The Inaugural CIPS New Zealand Conference
14 June, Auckland SkyCity

The SMART Supply Chain Technology Show
20-21 June, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

The Queensland Supply Chain Conference
2-3 August, Brisbane Sofitel Hotel

Strategic Procurement
22-23 August, Perth Novotel Langley

The 3rd CIPS Australia Annual Conference
16-17 October, Melbourne

For more information visit www.cipsaconferences.com.au

Smart 2007 Conference

Smart Conference takes places once every two years at Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour. The last conference, in 2005, had more than 900 delegates from six countries attend. On June 20-21, 2007, Smart Conference will once again bring together leading local and international supply chain practitioners to share their knowledge and experience of the latest supply chain technologies and implementations. For more information visit www.smartconference.com.au, registrations open in February.

The Knowledge Club 4

The next issue of The Knowledge Club, the fourth quarterly digest of briefings on hot topics for procurement practitioners, is due out in mid-December. Members with suggestions of what topics they might like to be covered, specifically in the coming issues, should email their suggestions directly to info@cipsa.com.au please.

New website timetabled for February 2007

Work is progressing on populating a new website for CIPS Australia, with many new features and benefits becoming available for members. Benefits such as online payments, purchasing, registrations and an e-learning portal are just a number of the new features on the upcoming new website. If you have any suggestions for content you would like included on the website please email marketing@cipsa.com.au with any suggestions.

Good year end result for CIPS

The CIPS Board of Management is due to meet in London on December 5 to review the institute’s performance for 2005/06 and is likely to be very satisfied by the results. Figures for the year end on October 31 show that CIPS revenue is up on budget and has grown by almost 11% on last year. Membership is also up – having ended the year with just under 42,000 members around the globe, of whom around 2,000 are in Australia and New Zealand. This represents overall growth of 5.4% (last year 4.4%), an encouraging upward trend when some other professional bodies are struggling to retain members.

Elsewhere in the world

CIPS has just signed an MoU with PISM, the Philippines procurement institute, to deliver CIPS qualification programmes on the same model that is already working very successfully in Thailand, where the second graduation ceremony for Certificate students has been held at the British Embassy. In Singapore, negotiations are progressing with the Workforce Development Agency and Economic Development Board to offer CIPS training in Singapore and Malaysia.

In China, Beijing University of International Education is launching a new procurement degree in January which includes CIPS syllabus content and will be accredited to CIPS Foundation Diploma level. CIPS are also in discussion with the Chinese National Education & Exams Authority, which is responsible for 30 million students, who are interested in offering a similar programme.

Following a very successful second annual conference in Dubai, increasing interest in CIPS among the procurement community in the Middle East has led to an agreement to set up two new member groups, one in Dubai and one in Abu Dhabi. It is early days, but these groups could in time mature into a branch network to support members throughout the Gulf States.

Membership Grades Update

The green light had been given from the Privy Council to introduce the two new membership grades, Certificate Member and Diploma Member, from March 1 next year. The Privy Council, which regulates CIPS as a chartered body in the UK, has confirmed that the necessary changes to the bye-laws will be finalised by the end of the year. This gives CIPS time to put all the new systems and processes in place to manage the change to the new grades ladder. An article will be published in the next issue of Procurement Professional which explains the changes and what they mean for existing and new members. Look out too for Q&As about the new grades on the website from January.

CIPS Supply Management Awards Evening

Australia was represented at a ‘Purchasing Superstars’ dinner held at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London in November. Craig Lardner, whose presentation was one of the highlights of this year’s CIPS Australia conference, was one of a select group of procurement star performers honoured at the dinner, hosted by our UK publishers.

Almost 1000 people attended the CIPS-SM Awards ceremony at a gala evening on London’s Park Lane in October. This event is growing from strength to strength and was voted by attendees the best awards ceremony yet. This year’s entries were agreed by the judges to be stronger than ever. Details of the winning entries from all categories can be found on the SM website, www.supplymanagement.com. CIPS Australia will be running its own awards next year. The Procurement Professional Awards will be held in Melbourne at the 3rd Annual Conference dinner in October. Any sponsors wishing to participate in these awards should contact Deanne Bergmsa, Sales Manager, CISPA Conferences, email Deanne@bttbonline.com or phone (07) 5573 5632.

CISPA JOB SEARCH

Visit the Jobs area of www.cipsa.com.au to view the latest jobs in procurement. If you would like to advertise a position on the website, jobs are $49 + GST per month, download the attached flyer to find out more.

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