NSW News
Welcome to the NSW Regional Page
| NSW Regional Chair: | Paul Xifaras |
| NSW Regional Vice Chair: | David Callaghan |
| Contact Email: | nsw@cipsa.com.au |
Latest news & events
End of Financial Year Training opportunities – a world of opportunities.
Plan next year’s training with CIPSA end of financial year specials.
- Open Training courses - Orders taken before 20th June receive 5% discount & generous bulk discounts (for June and July courses only). Email training@cipsa.com.au now.
- Skills Gap Analysis - Assess your team against the global benchmark, from $500 per person – results will prioritise training needs.
- In-house Assisted Study Programmes – supporting your team through the accredited CIPS qualification ladder –including revision workshops, online support - all the tools needed to be successful.
- In Company Training – engage your team with up-to date procurement practice and methods.
- As well as investing in the team – focus on improving procurement policy, procedures and practices with CIPS Organisational Certification.... Benchmarking organisational policy against the CIPS global standard – gaining international acknowledgement of policy strengths and identifying and addressing policy weaknesses.
Email edward.rayner@cipsa.com.au or call 1300 765 142 or +61 3 9629 6000 for more information, on any of the above products.
Mark your diary now for Capgemini Event - 15th May.
The NSW Region has arranged a special event with a difference on 15 May in conjunction with the Capgemini consulting and outsourcing organisation. It will be an opportunity for members to become involved in’ a series of discussions on current procurement issues.
The evening will be feature:
Networking and learning sessions
An exciting format in the Accelerated Solutions Environment
Your choice of chatrooms with a number of topics
Group debriefings at the close of the event.
The venue will be Capgemini’s offices in Carrington Street, Sydney.
Reserve the date now – Thursday evening 15 May, and register your interest to events@cipsa.com.au.
Due to the limited numbers at this event, this is being offered to CIPSA members first. CIPSA members, $25, Non-Members $35.
See the full invite attached here.
See the booking form attached here.
Open Training Courses Booking Out Quickly
Courses are filling up quickly for CIPSA’s 2008 Open Training programme. Almost 300 places have been booked, so to avoid disappointment, book your place now!
The programme offers a wide range of non-assessed training courses designed to enhance procurement skills and disseminate relevant professional knowledge quickly and easily. To view a list of courses available visit http://www.cips.org/membership/australia/opentraining/
See the full 2008 Open Training Calendar here.
Download the full PDF brochure here (1.8 MB)
Download an electronic booking form here. (Word).
See Terms & Conditions here
NSW Calendar of Events
Mark your diary now for these NSW events coming up in the first half of 2008. More dates will arise, so remember to keep an eye out on the NSW Events page.
15 May - Socially Responsible Procurement
15 May - NSW Member Event (Capgemini)
26 May - Category Management
28 May - Business Negotiation
10 June - Effective Expediting (Parramatta)
22 June - Supplier performance management and vendor management event
25 June - Reducing Total Cost
1 July - Supplier Relationship Management
7- 8 July - Supplier Evaluation & Risk Management
22-23 July - Stakeholder Influencing Skills
7- 8 August - Contract Law Masterclass (Parramatta)
20 August - Socially Responsible Procurement (Parramatta)
3 September - Reducing Total Cost (Parramatta)
1-2 September - Negotiation Masterclass
22-23 September - Introduction to Procurement & Improve your Procurement skills (Parramatta)
28-29 October - Supplier Evaluation & Risk Management (Parramatta)
Calling all Wollongong & Illawarra members
The NSW Committee is very keen to arrange a function this year for our members in the Wollongong and Illawarra areas.The event could include a guest speaker or speakers on topics of current interest, a forum on a selected topic and/or a networking night for members simply to become better acquainted and share their knowledge and experience.
The Committee is keen to received suggestions from members on the South Coast on what they would like CIPSA to arrange as a local event in Wollongong or a nearby centre and what formats and topics they would like to cover. Please email the Committee at nsw@cipsa.com.au with your suggestions. All ideas welcome!
Newcastle/Hunter Region function
Following on from the success of the CIPSA function in Newcastle last October, members and their colleagues in the Newcastle and Hunter areas will be welcome at the next event the NSW Committee wishes to hold for them later this year.
Any suggestions from members in the area on topics they would like to hear discussed would be most welcome. Just e-mail your thoughts to nsw@cipsa.com.au before the end of April. Our NSW Chairman, Paul Xifaras would be delighted to hear from you.
Looking ahead
Supplier performance management and vendor management are the proposed topics for CIPSA’s evening function in Sydney on 22 June.
Please watch your NSW Newsletters for further information
Looking further ahead, there will be another of our Region’s fabulous Christmas Gala event in Sydney on Friday 28 November. This year there will be double the size, so register your interest early. Corporate tables are $1500 for a table of ten, individual tickets will be announced later in the year.
University of Wollongong course gains MCIPS accreditation
CIPSA is pleased to announce it has accredited its first university in the Sydney region – the University of Wollongong. Candidates who successfully complete their Masters of Science (Logistics) and meet the conditions specified, including evidence of three years relevant procurement work experience, will be eligible for MCIPS status. This programme is offered in the Sydney and Wollongong campuses. While the university has decided to label the course ‘logistics’, this degree is focussed on supply chain, procurement and project management. To find out more about CIPSA Accredited Universities, click here.
Meet your Chair and Vice Chair:
NSW Chair: Paul Xifaras
Strategic sourcing director for Lion Nathan Limited (Lion)
Paul Xifaras is senior procurement executive with 17 years experience in three world class organisations. He holds a Managerial Sciences degree from Bradford Management Centre, UK. Prior to this role, he worked as a pub buyer and was director of a number of subsidiary and associate joint ventures for Lion, and has done financial consulting for Arthur Andersen. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered accountants in England and Wales and has been a member and committee member of CIPS NSW since inception.
Email Paul at nsw@cipsa.com.au
NSW Vice Chair: David Callaghan
Head of procurement, PricewaterhouseCoopers
David has over 15 years experience in procurement in professional services, property, construction and engineering. He is a chartered accountant, and holds an MBA and a Masters in Management, where his research
was on process improvement in shared services and procurement.
Email David at nsw@cipsa.com.au
Successful February Function
NSW Region’s first event for 2008 attracted a full-house of more than 80 attendees to Deacons’ auditorium in the Sydney CBD on Thursday 21 February.
Our key speaker was Zdravko Jelic of Deacons, who spoke on how to prepare and manage procurement from China and procurement contracts with suppliers in China. Zdravko is fluent in Chinese after spending time both at university and working in China.
His talk included reference to a range of legal issues that need to be considered when contracting with China, including the business risks.
Given Australian companies increasingly import from China, the evening provided valuable information for the members and guests who attended.
It was great that a large number of those attending stayed to enjoy some drinks and nibbles after the event.
Our thanks to Deacons for sponsoring the function and providing the speakers and facilities.
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.
PLATINUM SPONSOR GOLD SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR
Lion Nathan Beer tasting night wrap-up
After much anticipation, and many last minute eager participants, the night had arrived for the "marketing your profession internally" evening at Lion Nathan. Or should we say, beer tasting with a couple of speakers?
It was a fantastic evening, bringing together three superb speakers: a Finance Director (David Wallace, from Lion Nathan): a head of procurement (David Callaghan, from PWC): a brewer; and 75 CIPS members and guests.
David Wallace took us through why and how he felt Lion Nathan's procurement had been able to make the jump, from (i) a cost focus to (ii) an overall value focus, connecting better with their suppliers and balancing the needs of the business.
Franklin Lucarotti from the Malt Shovel Brewery took us into the deep dark world of beer, explaining some of the myths and stories, linking beer with various foods, and understanding the differences between some of the James Squire and Knappstein beers.
David Callaghan finished off the evening taking us through some of the best practice, the work Procurement are doing at PWC, and some of the characteristics of dealing with such a large worldwide partnership.
Many thanks to the speakers, the NSW committee, and of course all the attendees.
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 is here.
Download Antoinette Brandi's presentation here.
Download Matthew Hampton's presentation here.
There are a handful of copies of the DVD of the PMs speech. If you would like a copy send your request to events@cipsa.com.au.
Click here to read about The Hon Lianne Dalziel opening the Inaugural CIPS New Zealand conference.
