VIC/TAS Region
Welcome to the VIC/TAS Region Page
| VIC/TAS Regional Chair: | Brendan Comas |
| VIC/TAS Regional Vice Chair: | Jane Holcombe |
| Conatct Email: | vic@cipsa.com.au |
| Click here for VIC/TAS events | events@cipsa.com.au |
Latest VIC/TAS News & Events
Next Knowledge Bites Lunchtime Lecture - 17 September
Procurement & Sustainability - An Integrated Strategy
You are invited to the next Knowledge Bites lecture series featuring David Koch, Director of Global Procurement for Fosters Group.
- David will talk about Foster’s journey to procurement sustainability
- How Fosters will implement its strategy into procurement decision making and KPIs
See the full invite attached here.
Date: Wednesday 17 September
Time: 12.30 - 1.30pm
Venue: Telstra Theatrette 1, 242 Exhibition St, Melbourne
RSVP: Email events@cipsa.com.au by 16 September to register your spot.
This series has been sponsored by Telstra.
Book now for the 2nd Procurement Professional Awards dinner – 14 October
As much as we would love to see you at the CIPS Australia conference, 14-15 October at Crown Palladium, if you can’t send your whole team along, why not reward them with a great night out at the Procurement Professional Awards dinner on Tuesday 14th October. This is an excellent opportunity for your team to mingle with more than 500 other procurement professionals from around Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.Don’t miss CIPS Australia’s night of nights, with Cocktail function, entertainment, awards and a great night out in Melbourne’s most popular venue. Seats for dinner are $145 + GST each.
Book online here to purchase tickets choosing the dinner only option.
For larger groups contact BTTB directly on 07 5573 7493. Unfortunately group bookings discounts only apply to the conference. We look forward to seeing you there.
VIC Calendar of Events
Mark your diary now for these VIC events in 2008. More dates will arise, so remember to keep an eye out on the VIC/TAS Events page.
17 September - Knowledge Bites Lecture #3 (by Fosters Group)
17 September - Tender Evaluation (Open Training Course)
18 September - CPO Agenda Masterclass - The Winning Agenda
8-9 October - Introduction to Procurement & Improve your Procurement Skills (Open Training Course)
14 October - The 2nd Annual Procurement Professional Awards dinner
14-15 October - The 4th Annual CIPS Australia Conference
30 October - Supplier Relationship Management
12 November - CPO Agenda Masterclass - Fixing the links in the Supply Chain
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.
Knowledge Bites: Lunchtime Lecture Series no. 2
Review: Knowledge Bites Lecture, “Procurement Professionals and Competition Law”, 21 May 2008
Many thanks to all who attended the Knowledge Bites Presentation on 21 May. Please see the attached presentations and Cartel article by Tony Mineely.
Presentation by Warren Scott - Mills Oakley Lawyers
Presentation by Tony Mineely - ACCC
Article "Cartels Conduct - What you need to know and some observations" by Tony Mineely - ACCC
Knowledge Bites: Lunchtime Lecture Series no. 1
This first of the Victorian Knowledge Bites Lunchtime Lecture series featured Mr Ian Wheatley, Telstra Executive Director Procurement, who presented on "Procurement - a Leading Edge Approach”. Ian has ultimate responsibility for Telstra's 300+ procurement personnel, its procurement practice and execution, and engagement with IBM Australia. In his information session, he discussed Telstra's procurement challenges and solutions in not only building the world-first 3G network, but also Telstra's BPO with IBM Australia. Whilst Telstra is proud of its leading-edge status globally, it does come with the price of being the pioneer. A lot of lessons are learnt when you’re the first, and the knowledge of these lessons are invaluable.
Click here to download Ian's presentation.
The last Knowledge Bites lecture for 2008 will be Wednesday, 17 September.
Meet your Chair and Vice Chair
VIC/TAS Chair: Brendan Comas
Brendan is currenly an Associate Director at Portlan Group and formerly Tendering and contracts services manager, strategic procurement department, Coles Group Ltd. His career began in the Tasmanian mining industry after qualifying as a mechanical engineer from the University of Adelaide. After traveling he worked in various IT ERP consulting roles.
Prior to joining Coles three years ago, Brendan was one of the original members of BOMweb, a Melbourne-based consulting firm, specialising in strategic sourcing and online technology solutions. This followed the completion of his MBA at the Melbourne Business School.
Email Brendan at vic@cipsa.com.au
VIC/TAS Vice Chair: Jane Holcombe
Strategic procurement manager, indirect spend, South Pacific Tyres (SPT)
Previously Jane worked for Coles Myer (now Coles Group), National Australia Bank (NAB), Ansett/Air New Zealand and Kodak. She has been a category manager of indirect categories such as travel, recruitment, print, warehouse and distribution, and IT. She has a business degree from RMIT University.
Email Jane at vic@cipsa.com.au
