Successful Second Event

CIPSA was delighted at its second successful SA/NT event, titled ‘Education & Careers Event-how do I achieve MCIPS?’ held on 22nd February. Speakers and topics included:

- Professor Guy Callender, Curtain Business School; Procurement courses for 2006
- Graham Duncan, Director/Principal Consultant ProcureNet
- Jonathan Dutton, Managing Director CIPSA; pathways to MCIPS
- Terry Learmonth, Manager Technical & Operations
- Jim McGuire, chair CIPSA Steering Group

This event was attended by over 80 people, many of whom were non-members interested in membership and qualifications offered through CIPSA. To contact your SA/NT regional committee, email info@cipsa.com.au

Stay tuned for future events!

Committee Member profile

CIPSA would like to thank the committee members for their contribution over the last 8 months. In recognition of their services we have decided to profile a committee member in each monthly newsletter. Enjoy getting to know your committee further.

Keith Barber

Keith currently occupies the position of Procurement Coordinator for the City of Salisbury, one of South Australia’s largest and fastest developing metropolitan Councils.

In brief Keith's role includes;

• Provision of strategic direction and focus for procurement within Council, including a focus on managing risk. Procurement includes works and services contracts and tendering as well as the purchase of goods and services,
• Develop and enhance new procurement methods and functionality as appropriate,
• Continually monitor the internal procurement processes and the external environment to ensure that Council obtains value for money (quality, service and price).

Keith holds the position of Secretary/Treasurer, this predominantly involves the accurate recording of minutes of the monthly regional committee meetings and supporting committee members as required in the organisation of events. As with all committee members Keith is also available to support SA/NT CIPSA members as necessary.

As one of only two local government CIPSA members in South Australia it is Keith's own personal goal to increase local government CIPSA membership and in turn build the local government procurement network.

The CIPSA Conference season kicks-off!

The CIPSA 2006 Conference Programme begins with “Managing the Tail” in Sydney on 6th April which addresses the key challenges in managing indirect expenditure in an ever more competitive business world. Held at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney, this is the first of seven conferences held by CIPS Australia in 2006 which have been designed to build upon themes of ‘Building Value Through Procurement’ addressed at the CIPSA inaugural annual conference last November. Booking forms and enquiries can be found at www.cipsaconferences.com.au

Regional chair meeting

On the 16th February, the six CIPSA regional chairs flew in from their respective regions for the regional chairs meeting held at the CIPS Australia office in Melbourne. Designed to ensure consistency and shared learning the agenda covered many topics including regional and national issues. The regional chairs each presented their own Region. Members will see the benefits of this cohesive approach to managing the regions over the coming months. They can contact their own regional chair at any time through info@cipsa.com.au.

Fancy receiving newsletters from another Region?

CIPSA would like to offer members the opportunity to receive Newsletters from other regions! Do you have offices or do business in other regions? Or perhaps you are interested in the events and topics being run elsewhere? Tell us the Regions you would like to hear from and CIPSA will add you to the email distribution list for their newsletter. Email info@cipsa.com.au

Marketing Material

Would you like an additional copy of the Procurement Professional Magazine for the office, or perhaps extra copies of any white papers and publications. Would you like a Guide to Membership or a membership form for your work colleagues? Call CIPS Australia on 1300 765 142 or email info@cipsa.com.au and we will happily send some to you!

CIPSA Executive Open Training Programme

CIPS Australia’s Executive Open Training Program begins on the 11th April at the CIPSA office in Collins St, Melbourne with a one-day training course entitled, “Strategic Price Management”, designed to assist procurement professionals to understand what is in a ‘price’, to model and drive down the total cost of ownership and how to balance the price, cost, value equation. Booking forms and course outlines can be found on the CIPSA website: www.cipsa.com.au or alternatively call the CIPSA office on 1300 765 142 to enquire or book.

Due to popular demand, CIPSA members can now subscribe to CPO Agenda and Supply Management directly.

CPO Agenda magazine is published four times a year, seasonally. It is a new global business review designed specifically for chief procurement officers and senior purchasing executives in larger organizations. 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. Subscribe online.

Supply Management is the official magazine of CIPS UK, is published fortnightly and has a current readership of over 50,000 per issue. It’s aim is to keep the profession, and others interested in purchasing and supply issues and up to date with the latest developments and thinking providing a forum for topical debate. Subscribe online.

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Tel: 1300 765 142, Fax: 1300 765 143, Email: info@cipsa.com.au, www.cipsa.com.au

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