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Membership

Introduction

Put simply, joining CIPS Australia means getting better at your job and advancing your career. Plus, as you improve your procurement practices, your organisation and the profession as a whole also directly benefit as a members strive to achieve global best practice.  As a member, you have access to a range of benefits outlined below.


Membership includes access to: member-only resources, discounts on events and conferences, free white papers and industry research, an online job advertising service, regional events and newsletters, a free subscription to Procurement Professional Magazine, as well as membership recognition levels – from student to Fellow.


A member typically can easily achieve direct savings in excess of $600 p.a with only four days out-of-the-office at CIPS Australia events developing skills and networking. Plus over half of CIPS Australia members have their membership fee reimbursed by their employer.

 

Benefits of membership


There are a wide range of benefits to CIPS membership, including extra benefits unique to CIPS members living or working in Australia, New Zealand or the South Pacific.
As a CIPS Australia member you can:


Learn about professional procurement and gain competency recognition:

  • A number of education pathways are available leading towards achieving the global standard of competency in procurement – MCIPS – an internationally recognised standard.
  • Fully qualified members are entitled to use the letters MCIPS after their name

Access practical and relevant advice and resources, including:

  • Free subscription to Procurement Professional Magazine (worth over $100 p.a)  
  • Member only access to our online knowledge bank at www.cips.org
  • Free practical handbooks, industry white papers, research and topical insights 
  • The Knowledge Club digest of brief topical memos on ‘hot topics’ relevant to a procurement  practitioner’s day job emailed quarterly to members only

Develop procurement skills, knowledge, competencies and capabilities:

  • Extensive training and seminar programmes – both open courses and in-company courses available nationally and internationally on a regular basis
  • Substantial discounts on all CIPS Australia training courses, seminars, workshops, regional events and our conferencing programme

Advance your own career:

  • Job vacancies advertised on this website and in Procurement Professional Magazine 
  • Scholarship opportunities available (currently QLD Scholarship programme)
  • Prestigious CIPS Australia Essay Competition with substantial cash prizes 
  • Annual international CIPS Procurement Professional Awards 

Deliver direct business benefits to your organisation:

  • PMI, PCI and PSI price indices e-mailed monthly to members  (in newsletter)
  • PI indirect price index issued monthly to members only  (in newsletter)
  • 10% discount off the normal $99 per annum subscription rate to SupplyChainLogisticsNews.net online newsletter

Network with other professionals:

  • CIPS Australia training and conference programmes use experienced presenters from world class organisations 
  • Meet procurement professionals of similar categories from other organisations 
  • Dedicated public sector and private sector events

Benefit from our worldwide presence:

  • CIPS Australia lobby governments and decision makers at national and international level 
  • CIPS Australia run a proactive PR programme for the benefit of the profession
  • CIPS Australia work to ensure business leaders are aware of the contribution you make to your organisation’s success

 

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Membership regions

Australia

CIPS Australia represents members in Australia through six regions: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria/Tasmania, South Australia/Northern Territory, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. Each region is represented by a volunteer committee of CIPS members, who run regional events and professional agendas in their region. The CIPS Australia head office is located in Melbourne, but if you would like to get involved in your local committee in your region, contact the chair through the Regions & Branches page.

 

New Zealand

CIPS launched itself in New Zealand officially in 2007. The procurement momentum is gaining strong support in New Zealand, as more and more procurement professionals in New Zealand come on board as CIPS members. The New Zealand regional committee is broken into representatives from Auckland and Wellington. 2007 will see New Zealand's first CIPS annual procurement conference and 15 training courses running in both Auckland and Wellington.

 
Pacific Islands

CIPS members in the Pacific Islands, including Fiji, Tonga and Papua New Guinea are now part of CIPS Australia. CIPS will be launching events in this area, so stay tuned!

 

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