CIPS Supply Management Awards 2008
Hays Purchasing & Supply was delighted to support the CIPS Supply Management awards for the 6th year in succession. We feel that awards such as these promote the importance of procurement within organisations, and help to ease the lack of understanding that can exist around procurement’s role.
Homeserve wins overall 2008 CIPS SM Award
Homeserve has won the top prize in the CIPS Supply Management Awards 2008
The home emergency and repair service company was presented with the overall award for purchasing by comedian Michael McIntyre at the gala dinner and ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
The company collected the overall award after winning most improved purchasing operation - step change earlier in the evening.
For the winning project, the procurement team increased its contribution to profitability by more than 400 per cent, by replacing its fragmented purchasing with a more structured and methodical approach.
Other winners on the night included:
- Best contribution to CSR: Sellafield
- Best cross-functional teamwork: BAE Systems Air Military Solutions
- Best people development initiative: Ministry of Defence
- Best process improvement initiative: Environment Agency
- Best purchaser-supplier collaboration: Cancer Research and Williams Lea
- Best purchasing initiative by a smaller organisation: British Ceramic Tile
- Most improved purchasing operation - start-up: De La Rue
- Most improved purchasing operation - step change: Homeserve
- Best public procurement project: Defence Equipment and Support Royal Fleet Auxiliary
- Best use of technology: Cambridgeshire County Council
- International purchasing project of the year: PZ Cussons
- CIPS Young Purchasing and Supply Management Professional of the Year: Tilly Harvey-Godfrey, AXA
CIPS Purchasing and Supply Management Professional of the Year: Steve Morgan, Sellafield
Source: supplymanagement.com
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