WA Region
Welcome to the WA Region page.
| WA Regional Chair: | Tony Davey |
| WA Regional Vice Chair: | Tina Groves |
| Contact Email: | wa@cipsa.com.au |
| Click here for WA events | events@cipsa.com.au |
Latest WA News & Events
New Financial Year Training opportunities – a world of opportunities.
New Financial Year! Need a training plan? CIPSA Open Training schedule has been supporting Procurement teams in Australia and NZ throughout 2007/08
Over 300 different organisations sent their team to CIPSA training events this financial year! Contact CIPS Australia to provide your team with relevant practical training that makes an impact on performance”
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.
Open Training Courses Booking Out Quickly
Download the full PDF brochure here (1.8 MB)
Download an electronic booking form here. (Word).
WA Caelendar of Events
Mark your diary now for these CIPSA events in WA. More dates will arise, so remember to keep an eye out on the WA Events page.
Upcoming WA events for 2008:
25 July - Reducing Total Cost
14th-15th August - Negotiation Masterclass
21 August – Perth Strategic Procurement Conference
10 September - Tender Evaluation
Adelaide courses you may be interested in:
24-25 September - Contract Law Masterclass
WA Business Networking Lunch: “Sole Supplier Negotiating”, 11 June 2008
• Are you about to enter into sole supplier negotiations?
• Are you concerned about the negotiations being protracted or ending in deadlock?
• Would you like to secure a positive outcome?
If your answer to any of the above is yes, you will want to attend this event addressing the above questions.
Where: The Central Park Theatrette, 152-156 St Georges Tce, Perth
When: Wednesday 11 June 2008
Time: 11.45am for 12pm start. Finish by 1.30pm
Cost: $20 CIPSA members, $30 non-members
RSVP: Email events@cipsa.com.au by Friday 6 June. Call CIPSA to make credit card payment or use the booking form attached.
This event has only a few spot left, call CIPSA on 1300 765 142 now, to see if spots are still available.
The CIPS Australia Strategic Procurement Forum, Perth, 21 August 2008
The Perth Forum will feature a strong line-up of speakers, addressing key issues and themes identified by CIPS research as being most relevant to the development of procurement professionals in WA. An excellent opportunity for delegates in WA to network and hear from the best from both the West and East Coasts.
For further details contact BTTB Marketing on 07 5573 7493 or by email at cipsa@bttbonline.com
(For WA newsletter only)
New CIPSA committee member for WA
CIPSA is pleased to announce that Andy Aston has accepted an offer to serve on the WA committee. Andy has had previous experience with CIPS as a committee member in the UK. He brings with him a wealth of supply management knowledge, having worked in corporate and consultative projects with a number of blue chip organisations. Andy has recently joined Mainsheet Corporate as a consultant, and previously worked for Woodside helping to develop their supplier management practices.
Review: Sam Walsh breakfast event
Topic: "Reflection on procurement from a customer’s perspective"
We were honoured to have Sam Walsh (Chief Executive, Rio Tinto Iron Ore) guest speak at our 14th of May, WA regional event. He chose to speak about procurement from a customer’s perspective and highlighted a number of key expectations as a business leader. Firstly, Sam, provided some context on the RTIO business and painted a picture of strong growth with major investment in expanding existing operations, as well as bringing on new operations in more remote regions like Simandou, Guinea. Sam indicated that the RTIO business faced some key challenges as it moved to implement a bold expansion strategy. These challenges 
include, managing strong growth, achieving sustainable development targets, effectively utilising a global reach and building on an already strong performance. Sam then went on to describe the role of procurement in addressing each one of the challenges.
The first challenge, managing strong growth, would require the procurement organisation to identify the key supply relationships, both globally and regionally, and focus on developing relationships that position RTIO in the ‘preferred customer’ quadrant. The business was going to depend on those relationships remaining strong, competitive and effective in order to secure the required growth. A second element in addressing this challenge revolved around the way the procurement organisation integrated with the business, and is vital, in that tight integration allows for a clear understanding of both the business requirements and the priorities. The procurement organisation must be able to distinguish between the strategic projects, those requiring business involvement, and the projects where procurement should just get on with it and avoid tying up limited business resource. Sam went further to describe a third element to addressing this challenge, that of talent management. He had an expectation that in a market of talent scarcity a procurement organisation would promote itself within the market, create an excitement around the profession, and implement tools which would allow for the fast track development of new talent.
The second challenge, sustainable development, describe by Sam in terms of a community dividend, a dividend to be experienced both in the areas in which the business operates and in the areas from which the business procures. The procurement organisation has a role to play in working with the supply partners to ensure that the community dividend is experienced and that the businesses reputation is upheld.
The third challenge, which Sam described has having a global reach, is a challenge brought about due to the business seeking to unlock value and develop operations in remote areas. Sam indicated that the business was going to lean on the global procurement organisation to find global solutions to anticipated supply constraints for it’s remote locations and work with supply partners to help build these remote operations and in some cases actually establish a presence themselves.
The forth challenge, describe by Sam as improving on a already strong performance, involved a procurement organisation measuring and reporting on meaningful key performance indicators. Sam continued to elaborate on his expectation for the procurement organisation to be in a position to provide a forward view on supply markets and brief business leaders on forecasts. There was also a mention of a procurement organisation be required to explore the supply market for innovations which could be adopted by the business, those innovations, that would drive safer, more competitive, more sustainable operations delivering higher output. In closing Sam indicated that the procurement organisation had a critical role to play in shaping and delivering the businesses overall strategy.
Thank you to the 180 procurement enthusiasts who attended the Sam Walsh breakfast at the Hyatt. This kind of support proves how strong the procurement community is in WA.
For those who would like a copy of Sam's presentation, download it here.
Regards
Tony Davey – WA Chair
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.
Meet Your WA Chair and Vice Chair:
WA Chair: Tony Davey
West Coast Regional Manager – Source, Rio Tinto Procurement
Tony Davey, B-Tech (Ind.Eng.), MBA, is currently employed at Rio Tinto Procurement in his capacity as West Coast Regional Manager – Source. He leads a team of category specialists who manage a diverse portfolio of spend with an objective to deliver value on behalf of the Rio Tinto operating assets. He has seven years experience as a supply chain consultant, having worked for both IBM Business Consulting Services and Deliotte Consulting. As a consultant he participated in the design and delivery of various supply chain improvement projects across many different industries. He has a particular passion for strategic sourcing and delivered the Procurement Centre of Excellence at Lonmin Platinum.
WA Vice Chair: Tina Groves
Director maintenance and minor works, WA Department of Housing and Works
Tina’s challenge will be to reform maintenance service delivery in an environment where the building industry is struggling to meet demand for services.
Tina has held several senior procurement roles within the WA Government with experience in strategic procurement and planning, service evaluation,business improvement, change management and customer management.
