SA/NT News
| SA/NT Regional Chair: | Nick Ford |
| SA/NT Regional Vice Chair: | Keith Barber |
| Contact Email: | sa@cipsa.com.au |
Latest SA/NT News
People Development + Business Development = People and Business Success
The first South Australian CIPSA event for 2008 took place on 19 March at the Adelaide Hilton and focused on the topic “People Development + Business Development = People and Business Success”. Sponsored by BAE Systems and Parmalat, this function signals the launch of the 2008 SA/NT event calendar, with more exciting events to come. Positive feedback was received from those people who attended, of which there was more than fifty, indicating the evening was a great success.
The SA/NT committee of CIPSA recently welcomed two new committee members:
Kathryn Heard, Procurement Specialist, Coffey International Development
Kelly Tattersall, Manager, Strategic Contracts, SA Gov Dept of Families
In addition, two of the original founding committee members stepped down at the end of 2007 and were presented with a gift for their excellent services to the SA/NT Region: Sue Dametto and Steve Smith.
Looking for Sponsorship
CIPSA is currently looking for sponsorship for the planned mid year social event. This is a great opportunity to raise your company’s profile within the SA/NT procurement community! If you are interested please contact Nick Ford, Regional Chair, SA/NT CIPSA Committee. Email sa@cipsa.com.au
Open Training Courses Booking Out Quickly
Courses are filling up quickly for CIPSA’s 2008 Open Training programme. More than 200 places have been booked during March, 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)
Book Now - 200+ bookings already in March!
Download an electronic booking form here. (Word).
See Terms & Conditions here
SA Calendar of Events
Mark your diary now for these CIPSA events in SA. More dates will arise, so remember to keep an eye out on the SA Events page.
20 May – Effective Expediting (1)
3 June - Introduction to Procurement (please note new date)
4 June - Improve your Procurement Skills (please note new date)
16 June – Supplier Evaluation
17 June – Risk Management
30 June – Reducing Total Cost (1)
1 July – Fundamentals of Contract Law
9 July - Category Management (please note new date)
21 July – Supplier Relationship Management
19 August – The CIPS Australia Strategic Procurement Forum – Stamford Plaza
12 September – Reducing Total Cost (2)
24-25 September – Contract Law Masterclass
20 October - Effective Expediting (2)
Meet your Chair and Vice Chair
SA Chair: Nick Ford MCIPS
Corporate procurement manager, BAE Systems Australia
Nick Ford MCIPS has been re-appointed SA and NT regional chair. He has helped to implement a procurement training and development programme within the company, winning the 2007 CI PS Procurement Professional
Awards category for Best People Development Programme. Nick has worked for BAE Systems in the UK and North America, performing procurement management roles.
Email Nick at sa@cipsa.com.au
SA Vice Chair: Keith Barber
Procurement coordinator, City of Salisbury
As one of only two local government CIPSA members in South Australia, Keith aims to increase local
government CIPSA membership and build the local government procurement network. Keith is charged with developing and enhancing new procurement methods for works and services contracts and tendering, as well as the purchase of goods and services. He is also responsible for monitoring internal procurement processes as well as the external environment to ensure council obtains value for money on quality, service and price.
Email Keith at sa@cipsa.com.au
Local Government Procurement Forum held in Adelaide
On 16 November a Local Government Procurement Forum was held in Adelaide. The Forum was organised by an alliance of metropolitan councils known as G6 Purchasing Group together with Norman Waterhouse Lawyers and Local Government Corporate Services.
The overall objective of the Forum was to encourage communication among SA Councils on matters of procurement, including discussing topics of interest, sharing challenges and achievements, as well as facilitating improvements in the field of procurement.
Guest speaker, Michael Byrne, Chief Procurement Officer from Brisbane City Council, provided a valuable insight into the evolution of procurement at BCC and highlighted the importance procurement now plays in that City’s strategic plan.
The Forum was well attended from across local government in SA and is seen as a precursor for regular forums to be held in 2008 with a similar theme.
Committee Member Profile – Kathryn Heard
Kathryn first ‘fell’ into Procurement when offered a role with SA Water on their Procurement Reform Initiative and was later promoted to Strategic Contracts Manager leading major tender processes.
Kathryn had a passion to work in the Aid and Development sector and in 2004 accepted a role as a Contracts Manager AusAID in Canberra where she managed tendering processes for major international aid projects.
A desire to return to Adelaide saw Kathryn taking on a role as a Contracts Analyst at Santos where she was responsible for managing over 30 contracts and leading major Strategic Sourcing Initiatives.
In June 2006, Kathryn joined Coffey International Development as the Procurement Specialist. Coffey International Development is a project management and consulting company who deliver foreign aid projects with a mission of ‘improving the lives of communities’.
Kathryn’s role at Coffey International Development includes;
• Developing an integrated and comprehensive on-line Procurement System;
• Helping projects adapt the procurement system to project and location specific requirements;
• Advising on various projects in locations such as Indonesia, Philippines and PNG;
• Developing a Sustainable Procurement Policy and associated tools;
• Providing Procurement and Contracts Management Training to local project staff;
Kathryn’s role within the committee:
Kathryn brings enthusiasm, commitment and extensive event and project management experience to the committee. Kathryn’s desire is to help develop and grow a professional development and networking community for procurement professionals in Adelaide.
Andrew Kidd Essay Winner for SA/NT
Congratulations to Andrew Kidd, for his winning essay for the SA/NT Region. Andrew is the Strategic Contracts Manager, Maritime Patrol System Program Office at Defence Materiel Organisation.
Since submitting this essay for the competition Andrew has left the State public sector environment to join the Defence Materiel Organisation as a strategic contracts manager providing facilitative support to defence program managers on a range of procurement activities with a major focus on contract and relationship management.
For his essay Andrew Tackled the question: "Describe how you think the Procurement Profession can gain true stakeholder buy-in and sustain it?
Learn after work
CIPSA SA/NT would like to introduce Evening Lectures to the services offered by CIPSA for South Australia. CIPSA is proposing a series of presentations and discussions, led by experts on a variety of interesting topics relevant to the procurement professional. CIPSA SA/NT will be offering members an opportunity to express their interest in procurement topics so that the SA/NT steering committee can tailor a programme to meet the needs of our members. Email sa@cipsa.com.au to send your suggestions.
It is intended to offer these evening lectures in convenient locations on a bi-monthly basis. This will be an excellent opportunity to broaden interest in procurement topics and to network. Keep an eye on www.cipsa.com.au for more details as they become available.
New professions look towards their future
The Department for Families and Communities, on behalf of CIPSA, hosted Stephen Rowe FCIPS, CPO of Parmalat Australia as the principal keynote speaker at the recent Future Talent Forum event on 24 October 2007.
The afternoon began with a welcome and introduction from Andrew Richmond, Director, Procurement from the Department for Families and Communities and addressed the improvements in their procurement function, and the benefits this has achieved.
Stephen presented on his journey from Purchasing Manager to CPO and went through the evolvement of the procurement profession into a more strategic role within organisations. During his presentation, the importance of gaining experiences across multiple categories and sectors was encouraged. Finally, Stephen discussed the importance of communication and networking in developing your career and this set the scene for a great networking session afterwards involving new professionals across various sectors.
New ideas for future events next year are more than welcome so please feel free to email any suggestions to Marissa Brown on marissa.brown@baesystems.com
September SA/NT Regional Event – Codan Limited
The SA/NT Region recently held its September 2007 event at Codan Limited.
The event which was presented and hosted by Codan focused on the journey undertaken over the past 5 years that has lead to Codan achieving worldwide recognition in the field of design, manufacture and support in the electronics industry.
Presenters Richard Burley, Dave Pilcher and Donny Simile provided attendees with an exceptional overview of the operational, systemic and cultural changes which have positively impacted on all facets of the organisation and specifically its inventory management practices.
Where the heart of the presentation was supply chain management attendees, who represented a number of different procurement roles and organisations, found benefit from the change management techniques and the honest and open approach to client servicing that is the focus of Codan.
A tour of the facility and refreshments concluded the event.
On behalf of the CIPSA SA/NT Regional Committee thank you to Richard, Dave and Donny and all those at Codan for their efforts and for supporting CIPSA and the procurement community.
Latest SA event at BHP
The SA/NT Region's recent event was hosted by BHP Billiton in Adelaide.
The event was well attended by in excess of 50 people from a diverse range of industries and Government.
The focus of the event was Olympic Dam, a world-class mining and mineral-processing operation, owned by the BHP Billiton Group. The Olympic Dam operation comprises a mechanised underground mine, a copper concentrator, a hydrometallurgical plant, a copper smelter, a copper and uranium refinery and a combined precious metal plant for gold and silver.
Peter Morichovitis, the Olympic Dam Manager Supply gave a fascinating overview of the challenges faced by Olympic Dam Supply including the Olympic Dam Expansion Project and BHP Billiton's Supply Process Review evaluation methodology for assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of Supply management processes against leading practice standards.
Committee Member Profile – Steve Smith
Steve has an extensive background in organisational development where he contributed to capability development within the Justice agencies of the SA Government. He is now the Manager, Professional Development working to support the State Procurement Board in developing procurement capability across Government.
The professionalisation of procurement is a key driver for the development of capability as Government seeks to realise benefit to the community in its relationships with the market. The role of Committee Member of CIPS is extremely useful for Steve in being able to apply professional standards to the public sector.
