NZ Region
Welcome to the New Zealand regional page.
New Zealand is the newest region for CIPS Australia, and momentum is growing every day among procurement professionals in New Zealand. The launch events in Auckland and Wellington in March 2007, saw over 170 procurement professionals attend, all with a common interest of improving procurement best practice in New Zealand. The Wellington launch event was honoured with an opening welcome from Mr Geoff Dangerfield, CEO of The Ministry of Economic Development.
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Wellington Events 2008
10 AprilInspiring Positive Change |
Designed to improve your capability to inspire positive change within your organisation and deliver better results. Leading experts Hamish More (Principal - HP Consulting) and Dr Patrick McCarthy will challenge your understanding of change, share their latest thinking and inspire you with real-world examples. |
14 MayLeaders’ Armchair Forum |
Jonathan Dutton MCIPS (MD - CIPS Australia & NZ) encourages a panel of senior leaders to share frank opinions on procurement practice to help us understand the current state of the procurement profession in NZ (Invitations extended include Bruce Anderson, CE - Leadership Development Centre; and Kevin Brady, Controller and Auditor-General). |
21 AugustThe Benefits of Modern |
Bring your boss free! |
7 NovemberSustainable Procurement |
We end the year celebrating your successes in implementing sustainable procurement initiatives. Chris Browne MCIPS (Ministry for the Environment), author of international sustainable procurement tools, will help lead a case study based session and draw out lessons learned. If you would like to suggest a potential case study, please email newzealand@cipsa.com.au or contact one of your committee representatives. |
Open Training 2008
The Open Training Course dates for New Zealand in 2008 are as follows:
Wellington
31st July - Socially Responsible Procurement
25th-26th August - Supplier Evaluation & Risk Management
Auckland
22nd October - Supplier Relationship Management
Sydney (Parramatta) courses you may be interested in:
7th-8th August - Contract Law Masterclass- SOLD OUT
See the full 2008 Open Training Calendar here.
Presentations available from Jim Tamm Events in Auckland and Wellington
CIPS recently ran two very successful events in Auckland and Wellington, featuring renowned international speaker Jim Tamm. Jim spoke on building effective collaborative relationships, and how this is a basic 'survival' skill for successful organisations. There are two presentations available from the events, the basic powerpoint presentation (413KB PDF) and a presentation with Jim Tamm Bio and presentation notes (2MB PDF). If you are having trouble downloading it, please send a request to events@cipsa.com.au to have it emailed to you.
