NSW Past Events
NSW Gala dinner… one ‘Eck of an evening
More than 150 CIPSA members, suppliers and sponsors had one ‘Eck of an evening on November 30, as guests celebrated the end of another year, and for some hairy fellows on the night, also the end of Movember! The NSW committ
ee were dressed to the nines and put on a show that will no doubt spur on some competition between the regions! Suppliers sponsored tables at the event and invite their procurement contacts to be their guests. This was a great foundation for an exciting evening filled with great food, wine, music and comedy.
Gary Eck, one of Australia’s favourite comedians had the crowd in tears as he recalled stories of the world’s best sellers, his take on the topic of “procurement”, a whacky impersonation of Darth Vadar (using a microphone and a mug) and like any comedian targeted an audience member, in this case it was Silver Sponsor Qantas, who will never see their new Airbus in the same light again!
Guests were also entertained by he guests were entertained by the Dan Barnett band, whose soothing jazzy tunes provided a perfect backdrop to endless networking.
CIPS Australia would like to thank its sponsors, Platinum Sponsor Jigsaw Search, Gold Sponsor PMMS, and Silver Sponsor Qantas for supporting this very successful evening. Another big thanks to the table sponsors who also generously donated the charity raffle prizes: Corporate Express, Bunzl, Skilled Group, Snap Printing, BlueScope Steel, Fuji Xerox, Fuji Xerox Printers, Europcar, Ecolab, TravelEdge and Kimberly Clark. With awesome prizes ranging from golf clubs, to a helicopter flight, V8 Hotlap, wine packs, a portable DVD player and a whopping supply of toilet paper and nappies, the raffle raised almost $2000 for beyondblue, the national depression initiative.
As well as the donation to beyondblue, some of the proceeds from the night will be used to fund a NSW Scholarship Fund (similar to the QLD scholarship), to enable one lucky procurement enthusiast to study towards MCIPS. More details of this will be announced in 2008. An extra warm thanks to Sandra Keller and Visna Lampasi from the NSW committee who organised the night.
With thanks to our sponsors.
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NZ PM promotes New Zealand to Aussies
CIPS hosted the Rt Hon Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand, as the principal keynote speaker at its recent NSW regional branch event in Sydney on 15 June 2007 at the Westin Hotel.
The NZ Prime Minister backed sustainability in procurement. She said that sustainable procurement had been optional in the past, but was increasingly a compliance issue today. She predicted that organisations – both in the public and private sector – who do not offer sustainable solutions will be punished by the
consumer.
Ms Clark acknowledged CIPS' recent launch in New Zealand and said that it will help the country lift its standards of professionalism around procurement. Ms Clark spoke about New Zealand’s role as a sourcing solution for Australasian based companies and government organisations; and she also encouraged procurement professionals to take an Australasian approach to their purchasing.
She quoted a recent issue of Time magazine, which stated, “forward thinking and innovation are not limited
to any particular part of the world; but they do flourish in New Zealand – and in the mind of Kiwis.” She promoted New Zealand companies as a sourcing solution to the largely Australian audience assembled at the Sydney event.
The morning also featured two presentations from Matthew Hampton, Global Supply Manager, Selleys and Yates (Orica Group) and Antoinette Brandi, Supply Chain Manager, Tenix Marine, who talked about the positive experiences dealing with New Zealand businesses. During her presentation, Antoinette gave a practical insight into procurement at a major Australian company from the perspective of an SME in New Zealand trying to engage with a large Australian corporate. She discussed the issues, trends and key considerations; and the practical ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’.
The event concluded with a panel Q&A session featuring Phillip Sellars, Executive Director of the Industry Capability Network; Visna Lampasi, Head of Procurement, Tyco Fire & Security, as well as Ms Brandi and Mr Hampton, who answered questions from the audience.
Download the Prime Minister’s speech here.
Download Antoinette Brandi's presentation here.
Download Matthew Hampton's presentation here.
17th May - Free NSW Regional Event
The NSW regional committee were delighted to present two speakers directly from the UK, plus two local speakers from Sydney and Melbourne, as the platform for a free networking event on Thursday 17th May. More than 70 guests were treated to fantastic presentations from Mike Burt, of the UK Office of Government Commerce and Mike Campbell, Business Development Director from CIPS. Managing Director, CIPS Australia, Jonathan Dutton, also presented on the 5 Emerging Trends in Procurement.
The presentations from the evening are available for download at the bottom of the page.
This event was generously sponsored by Xchanging.
28 February, 2007
Performance Based Contracting
The NSW committee ran a very successful event on Performance Based Contracting on 28th February. Featuring Liam Farlow from BlueScope Lysaght and Jason Taleb from PricewaterhouseCoopers the audience of nearly 80 people learned all about defining project scope and objectives; defining success metrics; managing performance and measuring results; integrating performance-based contracts with other performance management tools, and much more. The event has already received very positive feedback from the attendees, and the NSW region looks forward to bringing many more successful events in 2007. CIPS Australia would like to thank the sponsors Williams Lea and Pricewaterhouse Coopers for making the event possible.
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