NZ Region
Welcome to the New Zealand Region Page
| New Zealand Regional Chair: | David Freeman FCIPS |
| New Zealand Regional Vice Chair (Wellington): | Babs Klyn |
| New Zealand Regional Vice Chair (Auckland): | Chris Morgan |
| Contact Email: | newzealand@cipsa.com.au |
| CLICK HERE FOR NEW ZEALAND EVENTS | nzevents@cipsa.com.au |
Latest New Zealand News
CIPS NZ Strategic Procurement Forum, 12 June 2008, Auckland
Topic: The four principal challenges facing the profession in 2008
Following on from the successful inaugural CIPS NZ Strategic Procurement Forum in 2007, the growing stature of the procurement profession in New Zealand continues to be recognised by the ongoing support of 
the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development. CIPSA is delighted to once again welcome the Hon Lianne Dalziel, Minister for Commerce, as our first keynote speaker, to formally open the conference.
The 2nd CIPS New Zealand Strategic Procurement Forum will examine the FOUR principal challenges facing the profession in 2008:
1. The effects of globalisation on procurement;
2. Socially responsible procurement;
3. The skills shortage and the evolution of the profession;
4. Supply chain vulnerability.
Download the full brochure here.
Featuring a broad range of speakers from government, CEOs, consultants, academia and, mostimportantly, case studies from practising procurement professionals, the programme will explore the drivers influencing the procurement profession and provide delegates with ideas and inspiration to assist them in the execution of their day-to-day roles.
There are 5 ways you may register
1) Fax to: 61 7 5573 5352
2) Online: www.cipsaconferences.com.au
3) Email to cipsa@bttbonline.com
4) Telephone on: +61 7 5573 7493
5) Complete this form and mail to:
BTTB Marketing Pty Ltd, PO Box 825, Paradise Point, QLD 4216 Australia
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 +61 3 9629 6000 for more information, on any of the above products.
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
Open Training 2008
The Open Training Course dates (and other Events) for New Zealand in 2008 are as follows:
Wellington
14 May - Wellington Leaders' Forum event
23rd May - Business Negotiation
18th June - Tender Evaluation
3rd July - Reducing Total Cost
31st July - Socially Responsible Procurement (Please note new date)
25th-26th August - Supplier Evaluation & Risk Management
8th-9th September - Negotiation Masterclass
16th-17th September - Stakeholder Influencing Skills
Auckland
28 May - Auckland Event with Richard Lowthian of Westpac
12 June - The CIPS New Zealand Strategic Procurement Forum, Sky City
17th June - Tender Evaluation
3rd July - Category Management
4th July - Reducing Total Cost
1st August - Socially Responsible Procurement (Please note new date)
27th-28th August - Supplier Evaluation & Risk Management
18th-19th September - Stakeholder Influencing Skills
22nd October - Supplier Relationship Management
Other courses you may be interested in:
10th June - Effective Expediting (Sydney - Parramatta)
6th August - Effective Expediting (Melbourne)
7th-8th August - Contract Law Masterclass (Sydney - Parramatta)
4th September - Fundamentals of Contract Law (Melbourne)
15th September - Fundamentals of Contract Law (Brisbane)
22nd-23rd September - Introduction to Procurement & Improve your Procurement skills (Parramatta)
8th-9th Oct - Introduction to Procurement & Improve your Procurement Skills (Melbourne)
See the full 2008 Open Training Calendar here.
CIPS’ Leaders Forum invitation, Wellington, 14 May 2008
Topic: The current state of procurement in NZ – leader’s perspectives
The CIPS New Zealand committee is delighted to invite CIPS members and other professionals to the second of our four premium Wellington events for 2008.
Read more about this event here.
This event has been generously sponsored by Fuji Xerox.
When: Wednesday 14th May
Where: Wellington Regional Chamber of
Commerce Level 28, Majestic Centre, 100 Willis St, Wellington Central
Time: 5.00pm Registration & networking. 5.45pm - Forum Begins. 7.00-7.45pm Networking
Cost: CIPS & Chamber members $30; Non-members $40 (includes GST)
Catering: Complimentary drinks and canapés will be provided.
RSVP: Register by Monday 12 May to nzevents@cipsa.com.au
or contact Jayne on 021 278 8511.
>> Please use the booking form attached. (Word Doc)
>> Please see the full invite attached here.
How Can Your Function Drive Value? Auckland Event - 28 May
Topic: Auckland CIPS Event Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Speaker: Richard Lowthian, Westpac
Ambitious CPOs now want to influence top line revenue, innovation and new product development as well as bottom line savings. But how exactly?
Read more about the event here.
This event has been generously supported by Auckland City Council and sponsored by Lawson Williams Consulting Group who have provided Procurement and Supply Chain recruitment services to New Zealand business since 1993.
Date: Wednesday 28th May 2008
Location: Auckland City Council Chambers Level 2 reception lounge - Town Hall building - first side doors on right going up Queen Steet - Queen St Akld CBD – parking @ Aotea centre
Time: 5.15pm to 7.30pm
Cost: CIPS members $30, Non members $40 (GST incl)
Refreshments provided
RSVP: To register please use the booking form attached. Visa/MasterCard accepted.
For any queries contact Jayne on 021 278 8511 or email nzevents@cipsa.com.au
Bookings and cancellations must be received by Friday 23rd May. Cancellations after this time and ‘no-shows’ on the day will be charged. Substitutions permitted.
11 April Christchurch event review
We were delighted with the turnout to the Inaugural South Island CIPS breakfast event in Christchurch on 11 April. Almost 50 attended (including senior executives and a good mix of public and private sector professionals). This far exceeded our expectations and confirmed that the procurement community is alive and well down South. Thanks to sponsor Solid Energy, we were able to accommodate everyone by holding the event at The George hotel.
Our South Island committee member, Karen Speirs of Hudson, did a fantastic job of making everyone feel welcome and begin networking. CIPS NZ Vice Chair, Babs Klyn, kicked off the formal proceedings by encouraging attendees to take advantage of CIPS training and networking opportunities now available in NZ. Guest speaker Andrew Melville, National Procurement Manager at Solid Energy, shared his organisation’s procurement journey, providing insights into how internal views on procurement had changed and the ‘pain’ that his team endured to get to where they are today. In line with advice given at Wellington’s Inspiring Positive Change Event the night before, Andrew stressed the importance of taking people with you when implementing change “it’s all about PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE”.
Tim Woods, Group Purchasing Manager of PPCS, then introduced us to the meat industry – a video clip, not for the faint hearted!, showed just how technologically advanced the industry has become. Tim presented two case studies proving procurement is ‘not just about cost’ (also the theme of last year’s annual CIPS conference in Melbourne). Tim’s approach of having an open mind to solutions and not selecting on price alone led to significant savings and other benefits, including award winning health and safety improvements in the case of knives. Members of the audience participated in an amusing box assembly competition to demonstrate why the ‘$1 box’ isn’t the panacea it was once thought to be.
Many stayed afterwards to continue networking over coffee, which feedback suggested was long overdue for procurement professionals in the South. We have already invited procurement expert Richard May of PMMS to speak in Christchurch on 18 September and there is interest in keeping the ball rolling with more networking breakfasts – so watch this space!
10 April Wellington event review
Our first ‘premium’ event, sponsored by Starfish consulting, in Wellington was a huge success – some said it was the best event they had attended! Around 60 attendees came along to learn how to improve their capability to inspire positive change, many arriving in time to enjoy pre-event networking, refreshments, and spectacular views from room kindly provided by the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Both speakers were very well received. The first, Hamish More, Principal of HP Consulting, covered a range of theories and models of change, arguing that none are right, but some are useful. Through examples he demonstrated the inevitability, process, reaction to and increasing rate of change. Hamish proposed that the key to successful change lies in communication and the effective transfer of ideas – just how tricky this can be was brought home through a lively audience participation exercise involving guessing the title of a song based solely on the tapping of a pen. As change is emotional and it is in our nature to resist, Hamish emphasised the importance of giving organisations and the individuals within them a meaningful reason to change.
Dr Patrick McCarthy gave a highly entertaining presentation explaining how our response to change is linked to our perspective on life. Patrick used role play to show how pessimists and optimists might react differently under the same set of circumstances. Based on theory developed by Professor Martin Seligman, Patrick taught us how to recognise pessimistic and optimistic thinking from the language people use – a useful skill for predicting how stakeholders might react to change. As slight pessimism tends to be the most realistic perspective, Dr McCarthy recommended that we adopt this perspective in our business dealings. To help us bounce back from adverse events in our personal life, he recommended learning to adopt a moderately optimistic perspective.
The feedback we received was extremely positive and we are looking forward to holding another successful event on 14 May, the Leaders’ Armchair Forum. A large turnout is expected - so mark your diary and secure your place early!
ICT suppliers told to go green or lose govt deals
Sustainable procurement policy to be mandatory for central government agencies
By Darren Greenwood Auckland | Monday, 5 May, 2008
Source: www.computerwold.co.nz
ICT suppliers will soon have to meet sustainability standards if they want to sell products or services to the government and the wider public sector. If businesses don’t make the grade, they may not win government business.
The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) is devising a sustainable procurement policy, which it expects will become mandatory for central government agencies — and with the expectation it will be adopted by the wider public sector, including local councils.
Eurolift Secures Multi Million Dollar Contract
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Press Release: Hellaby Holdings
Source: www.scoop.co.nz
Hellaby Holdings subsidiary and materials handling equipment supplier, Eurolift NZ Ltd, has been awarded a five year, multi-million dollar contract from Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd to supply and service the group’s forklift trucks. Outgoing General Manager of Eurolift, Tony Curran, who was instrumental in securing the contract says, “Eurolift is now the exclusive supplier of the core forklift truck fleet at 34 of Fonterra’s manufacturing and warehousing sites in New Zealand.”
What's the price of milk? Tricky question
Fairfax Media | Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Source: www.stuff.co.nz
Land of milk and honey it might be, but as Michael Field reports, New Zealanders pay more than most for it.
Contribute to your local news
Always considered yourself a bit of a Clark Kent? Procurement Super Hero by day, sleuth journalist by night? Well we would love to see your talent, and even if you don’t have the talent, we would still love to hear the gossip from your region. Got any news on movers and shakers, big contracts awarded, something local to your region, or country? Send in your article, or link to an article on the web and if we think its newsworthy we will publish it in the monthly newsletter. Deadlines for each newsletter is the last week of each month, so get in your submissions now. Submissions will be by-lined by agreement. Email news@cipsa.com.au with the subject line <Your Region> Newsletter Submission.
Ric Imrie visits Auckland - Feb 08
The CIPS New Zealand branch began its 2nd year with 54 people attending a presentation on the topic of talent identification, retention and development.
Ric Imrie, currently Vice President, Strategic Sourcing for Corporate Express based in Denver, Colorado gave us an interesting insight into the current challenges facing the procurement profession in the international market, how these challenges relate back to operating in the New Zealand environment and how Corporate Express attracts and retains top sourcing talent.
One of key points that came out the presentation was the importance of 'soft' skills such as motivational drivers and emotional intelligence of potential candidates and how these skills compliment the traditional sourcing skills of influencing, negotiation, programme planning and communication.
Category-specific skills knowledge was not necessarily seen an advantage. Given that a sourcing team's success is dependent on their ability to act as a catalyst for change management within their organisations, today's sourcing leaders are looking at process facilitation and strong communication.
Ric also touched on some of the new skills required for success in the global sourcing marketplace, including a brief overview of negotiation planning and the use of e-sourcing.
Ric's Presentation is available for download here..
Meet your Chair and Vice Chairs
New Zealand Chair: David Freeman FCIPS
Strategic sourcing manager, TelstraClear Limited
David Freeman has been re-appointed NZ chair. While David has already taken great strides to increase the awareness of CIPS in NZ in a relatively short time, many challenging times still lie ahead as CIPS continues to establish itself in New Zealand. Previously employed with Vodafone (NZ) Limited as supply chain manager, David has also worked as group purchasing manager with First Group and head of sourcing for Société Générale. Prior to this, he was purchasing manager at Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong; head of purchasing for FINA Plc; and held management roles at British Airways, as well as an engineering role with Rolls-Royce.
Email David at newzealand@cipsa.com.au
New Zealand Vice Chair (Wellington): Babs Klyn
Senior analyst at the Government Procurement Development Group (GPDG), a newly established group within the Ministry of Economic Development and has been created to provide a centre of advice and expertise on best practice government procurement. In the year prior to joining GPDG, Babs worked in the syndicated procurement unit of the State Services Commission (SSC). She has held various roles within SSC, primarily in the e-Government Unit. Babs holds a Masters (Dist.) and a Bachelors (Hons.) degree in Management Studies from the University of Waikato.
Email Babs at newzealand@cipsa.com.au
New Zealand Vice Chair (Auckland): Chris Morgan
Materials manager, Auckland District Health Board (ADHB)
Chris is responsible for the procurement, inventory, receiving and distribution functions. Previously he was ADHB’s procurement manager and an assembly manager based in the UK. Chris has an Aeronautical Engineering degree.
Email Chris at newzealand@cipsa.com.au
The rest of the committee will be profiled in the March newsletter.
All in a day’s work...
Corporate Relationship Managers Amanda Lamont and Edward Rayner visited New Zealand in November and incorporated two special events in their visit. First stop was the CIPS NZ Auckland end of year function, which was a brewery tour at Lion Nathan followed by a guided beer tasting by Lion Nathan’s brewers.
The following evening CIPS hosted a table of leading New Zealand procurement professionals at the 2007 Deloitte/Management Magazine Top 200 business awards. The evening was a great opportunity for everyone to network with some of New Zealand's top businesses from both within and outisde the procurment community. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists on the night, at New Zealand’s night of nights for top businesses.
Brigit Corson Essay Winner for NZ
Congratulations to Brigit Corson, for her winning essay for the NZ Region. Brigit Corson is the Sourcing Manager for non technology categories at the Bank of New Zealand. Brigit has recently joined the Bank in this new role to grow a team and deliver better access to sourcing capability in the Banks Auckland Head Office.
In her essay, Brigit tackled the question: Describe how you think the Procurement Profession can gain true stakeholder buy-in and sustain it.
Read more about Brigit in the next issue of Procurement Professional.
CIPS marches forward in NZ
In September, Corporate Relationship Manager, Amanda Lamont, visited a number of organisations in New Zealand to introduce and explain the CIPS Australia & NZ development activities in New Zealand and get a better understanding of the needs of the NZ procurement industry to enable CIPS to be more effective and better equipped to serve the procurement community in New Zealand.
The visit included meetings with NZ Accident Compensation Commission, NZ Post, ANZ, NZMED, Carter Holt Harvey, NZ Steel, Coca-Cola Amatil, Sanitarium, Air New Zealand, Telecom NZ, Vodafone and Auckland District Health Board.
Since the official launch of CIPS in New Zealand in June this year, significant momentum has been gathering in the procurement space. Having access to resources from a global procurement body like CIPS has meant many organisations have been able to leverage off this in promoting the value and relevance of procurement to stakeholders. For more information on CIPS activities in the New Zealand region email nzevents@cipsa.com.au or call CIPS Australia on +61 3 9629 6000.
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.
15th June 2007. NZ PM promotes New Zealand to Aussies
CIPSA has a handful of DVDs of the PMs speech to give away, if you would like to have a copy of the DVD, please send your request to events@cipsa.com.au. Click here to read more about the PMs visit to Australia...
14th June 2007. Inaugural New Zealand Conference proves a big winner!
The Inaugural CIPS New Zealand Conference, held on June 14, was an unqualified success. The Conference had distinguished speakers, including The Hon. Lianne Dalziel, Minister of Commerce for the New Zealand Government, who officially opened the event. Ms Dalziel said that linking New Zealand procurement practitioners into a global community of over 42,000 members in 120 countries has got to be good for
the profession.
The Minister also went on to say that accepting the invitation to open the conference was an opportunity to explain why we need good procurement capability within government now more than ever and secondly to give a quick overview of the Labour-led government’s sustainability agenda and what this means for government procurement practitioners.
Fonterra CPO, Eduardo Teisaire, gave an empowering presentation on the ‘glories and miseries’ of being a procurement professional. He described how identifying and focusing effort on two or three low hanging fruit can have a big payoff in terms of establishing credibility and gaining respect for your skills inside your organisation.
Craig Lardner said it was a buzz to be part of something good and that the success of events such at this lies in our hands. He challenged delegates to consider their own part in the success of CIPS and consider how they would feel if they hadn’t participated as much as they could and found themselves looking in the mirror this time next year questioning whether they’d missed an opportunity. He said his involvement with professional bodies over the years has been valuable. He has never left an event without learning something – gaining “institutional nourishment”. Craig’s presentation used the analogy of a leaky bucket to help procurement professionals explain to others in their organisation why so often the benefits of negotiating great deals won’t reach the bottom line. “Little holes or big holes, you’ve got ‘em … If all you are dealing with is price, your bucket will leak faster than you can fill it”
To help demonstrate just how important it is to plug the leaks, Craig suggested taking 20 deals that went wrong and calculating how much they represent of total spend.
Craig also used the analogy of the solar system to describe how procurement practitioners focusing on price operate in a very narrow environment and were missing opportunities to help their organisation on a number of fronts (and plug the leaks). He said procurement professionals needed to operate on a wider front “or they will continue to be treated as a molecule of the organisation”.
David Freeman, Strategic Sourcing Manager, TelstraClear and Chair of New Zealand and CIPS Council member, closed the event with a reminder to all attendees that the journey in New Zealand has just begun and that all NZ CIPS members must continue to strive for the betterment of the profession in the country. The full transcript of the speech by The Hon Lianne Dalziel, can be accessed at: www.beehive.govt.nz or on the direct link here.
Delivering a Value-Based Program for NZ Local Government
Article from Procurement Professional 12. April/May 2007
What are the lessons learnt from the last decade of oversupply and undersupply in infrastructure professional and construction services in New Zealand? I would suggest the time is right to use strategic procurement to accomplish complete and value-based program delivery for local government. Click here Delivering a value-based program for NZ Local Government to read more.
