The results are in and 51 entries have been shortlisted for the CIPS Supply Management Awards 2011. . The annual event celebrates the best and most innovative procurement teams from all over the world. The winners will be announced at the glitzy event, held on 14 September at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane. To book a table, call Charlotte Bogaert on 020 7324 2764 or go to www.cipssmawards.com for details.
The shortlisted procurement teams are:
Best Contribution to Corporate Responsibility
• Arup
• Atkins Global
• Enterprise plc
• Home Group
• Met Office
• Skanska UK
• Telefónica UK
Best Contribution to the Reputation of the Procurement Profession
• Cancer Research UK
• Hilton
• Home Office Procurement Centre for Excellence
• Ministry of Justice
• RCUK SSC Ltd
Best Cross-Functional Teamwork Project
• AstraZeneca
• Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Ltd
• BOC Group
• Devon County Council
• NHS Business Services
• Royal Mail
• UBS AG
Best People Development Initiative
• Associated British Foods plc
• BAE Systems
• Home Office Procurement of Excellence
• Network Rail
Best Public Procurement Project
• Ministry of Justice
• NHS Business Services Authority
• NHS East of England – Strategic Projects Team
• Olympic Delivery Authority
• Suffolk County Council
Best Purchasing Initiative by an SME
• Cirrus Purchasing Ltd
• Neal Brothers Ltd
• Probrand Ltd
Best Supplier Relationship Management
• Adelie Food Holdings Ltd and Cawleys
• Allied Bakeries and bpi.consumer VMB
• BOC Ltd and Veolia Environment Services Ltd
• DHL Supply Chain and Jaguar
• E.ON UK and Capita
• Home Office Procurement Centre of Excellence and Carlson Wagonlit
• London Energy Project and Pulse 24 Ltd
• National Policing Improvement Agency and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Information Systems Sector
International Purchasing Project of the Year
• Johnson Controls Limited Global WorkPlace Solutions
• Microsoft
• UBS AG
• Wincanton plc (European sub-contraction)
• Wincanton plc
Most Improved Purchasing Operation (Start Up)
• Adelie Food Holdings Ltd
• Northern Rock plc
• Owen Mumford Ltd
• Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
• Worldmarsh Producers Ltd
• Yodel
Most Improved Purchasing Operation (Step Change)
• Balfour Beatty
• Department for International Development
• Jaguar Land Rover
• Royal Mail Group
• Telefónica UK