CIPS New Zealand Conference 2023

🌟 Join Us at the CIPS New Zealand Conference 2023 - Procurement Futures 🌟

Discover the future of procurement at the CIPS New Zealand Conference in Wellington on Wednesday 25th October 2023. Our event gathers procurement professionals, industry experts, providers and thought leaders for a dynamic exchange of ideas, strategies, and best practices.

Attendees will gain invaluable insights into the latest procurement trends, emerging technologies, and innovative sourcing strategies that can revolutionise your organisation's efficiency and profitability. With engaging keynote speakers and unparalleled networking opportunities, the CIPS New Zealand Conference is the premier event for those looking to stay ahead in the world of procurement.

For 5+ tickets, receive a 10% group discount (applied automatically during Checkout).

If you are unable to pay by Credit Card, we can organise an invoice and once paid, will provide a Discount Code that recognises payment has already been received so your staff can register themselves. To arrange this, email events@cipsa.com.au and include each attendees name and CIPS member number if they are current members. We will then confirm the total price and send an invoice. Upon payment, we will provide a code to enter when your attendees register online.

For any enquiries please email us.

 

Event Details:

📅 Date: Wednesday 25 October 2023

🕒 Time: 8.30 am - 6.30 pm 

📍 Location: InterContinental Wellington - 2 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011


Join us to harness the knowledge, connections, and resources that will propel your procurement career to new heights. Secure your spot now and take the first step toward unlocking a world of procurement possibilities!

 

Event Highlights:

🔹 Keynote Speakers: Get inspired by thought-provoking keynote presentations from leaders in the procurement industry. Gain insights into the latest trends, strategies, and best practices that are shaping the future of procurement.

🔹 Panel Discussions: Participate in engaging panel discussions covering a wide range of procurement-related topics. Gain diverse perspectives and engage in thought-provoking conversations that will challenge your current practices.

🔹 Networking Opportunities: Connect with fellow attendees, speakers, and exhibitors through our interactive networking sessions. This is the perfect opportunity to engage and interact with likeminded professionals and create valuable connections. 

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Conference Program:

🔹08:30 - 9:00 Registration & morning refreshments 

🔹09:00 - 9:10 Acknowledgement/Welcome to Country & Chairs opening remarks 

🔹09:10 - 09:40 Craig Burston, General Manager - Will&Able
     Presentation: Making social procurement happen and the importance of people, planet and profit. 

🔹09:40 - 10:10  Andrew Windsor, MCIPS General Manager, Procurement & Supply Chain - Oji Fibre Solutions
    Presentation: Establishing the right cultural environment for Procurement to implement strategic category management. 

🔹10:10 - 10:40 John Doyle, Manager, Policy and Research - National Cyber Security Centre    

     Presentation: In safe hands – managing supply chain cyber security risk

🔹10:40 - 11:00 Morning networking break 

🔹11:00 - 11:30 Sandra McCormack MCIPS, National Procurement Manager - Downer Group 
    Presentation: Sustainability in action at Downer NZ 

🔹11:30 - 12:00 Craig Butler Head of Advisory and Business Services - New Zealand Government Procurement
     Presentation: The Future of Collaborative Contracting 

🔹12:00: 12:20 Panel Discussion - John Hall - SAP      

     Navigating the Future: ANZ Bank New Zealand’s SAP Digital P2P Transformation Journey

🔹12:20 - 13:20 Lunch 

🔹13:20 - 13:50 Abhay Kolhe, Principal Advisor, Employment System Guidance & Engagement, Employment NZ, MBIE 
     Presentation: Removing risk of worker exploitation from supply chains 

🔹13:50 -14:20 Charlotte Payne MCIPS, Laurence Pidcock FCIPS, Karla Davidson Brown FCIPS & Chris Anderson FCIPS

      Value proposition of Procurement and Supply function 

🔹14:20 - 14:50 Aditi Cook FCIPS, MBA Chief Procurement Officer, Ministry of Education - New Zealand 
     Presentation: Ministry of Education - Procurement Transformation

🔹14:50 - 15:10 Dale Burgess, VendorPanel 
     Presentation: Ten Reasons you DON'T need ProcureTech in FY24

🔹15:10 - 15:30 Afternoon networking

🔹15:30 - 16:30 Keynote speaker - Kathryn Berkett

🔹 16:30 - 17:00 Dane McIndoe, MCIPS, Manager Procurement Services - One New Zealand 
     Presentation: Next Generation Procurement 

🔹17:00 - 17:30 CIPS closing remarks & recognitions

🔹17:30 - 19:00 Robert Walters Network Drinks and Canapes Reception

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Conference Presenters

Some of the speakers already confirmed include:

Kathryn Berkett - Keynote Speaker

Presentation: Unlock your brain with Kathryn Berkett

About Kathryn's presentation: Kathryn, our keynote speaker is one of a few specialists in New Zealand who has certified with Dr Bruce Perry as a Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) practitioner. She is the master of getting across research-based, neuroscientific information in a way that is easy to understand, internalise and translate into practice.

What is it about that moment when we can’t find our keys? Or we are standing in front of someone and their name just won’t come to our lips? Maybe you want to know about that person in your team who seems to ‘block’ any ideas or progress? Or you want to know why you can’t get into the ‘flow’ some days but can in others?

In this session, Kathryn will unpack our stress response and our neurobiological reactions to the environment around us in a way that will have you saying: “Oh my goodness - that makes complete sense!”

This information will give you the insight and clarification to set in practice new ways of avoiding these moments. And when you can’t avoid these moments (because - we are only human) you will have more understanding of why they happen, and be more likely to forgive yourself and those around you. A great way to improve our world - one situation at a time!


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Charlotte Payne MCIPS - General Manager CIPS ANZ Region

About Charlotte: Charlotte leads a passionate team dedicated to raising the capability of procurement and supply management in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Charlotte has been part of CIPS for nearly 20 years and throughout that time has worked with a range of organisations within the public sector, private sector, as well as NGOs and education providers to further the profession around the world. She has worked in the UK and Europe, China, South Africa, Botswana, Ghana, Malawi and Zambia as well as Australia and New Zealand. She attained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Birmingham and holds MCIPS Chartered Professional certification. 

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Dane McIndoe MCIPS - Manager Procurement Services - One New Zealand

Presentation: Next Generation Procurement 

In a world where many organisations have a clear view of the role procurement plays in cost out, supply optimisation and sourcing - are they even scratching the surface? Delve into the concepts of next generation and disruptive procurement while investigating ways to redefine relevance within your organisation.

About Dane: Dane McIndoe, MCIPS, is well known for his comprehensive experience and expertise in driving strategic sourcing strategies and optimizing supply chain operations, with an unwavering commitment to excellence and sustainable innovation in procurement practices, Dane was recently recognised the Sustainable Procurement Champion at the 2023 CIPS Australia & New Zealand Excellence Awards.

A champion for sustainable business and sourcing strategies, aligned with a deep understanding of procurement methodologies, supplier relationship management, Dane has fostered an innate ability to identify cost-saving opportunities throughout the entire supply chain.

Heading up Enterprise Procurement Services for One New Zealand, his dynamic leadership thrives within the cross-functional teams, resulting in the successful execution of large-scale sourcing initiatives, optimizing costs while maintaining high-quality standards and delivering contributions beyond cost savings; encompassing revenue generation, loss & risk mitigation, supplier diversification, and fostering innovation in procurement processes.

His commitment to sustainable and ethical procurement practices enhanced with his early recognition to the significance of responsible sourcing to better 'all of business outcomes', has driven the implementation of initiatives that align with environmental, social considerations, and supplier diversity; to not only elevate business practices but also contribute to the overall betterment of supply chain ecosystems and direct revenue generation.

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Craig Burston - General Manager - Will&Able

Presentation: Making social procurement happen and the importance of people, planet and profit.

• Social Procurement – The Challenges and Issues in Making It Happen
• Will&Able – a sustainable procurement case study focusing on people, planet and profit
• Why a job is so important for kiwis with disabilities and how organisations can get on board to help

About Craig: Craig leads the Will&Able social enterprise. He has 30-year background in senior executive positions in arrange of NZ IT companies including Telecom, IBM, Gen-I, Advantage Group and Origin IT.

His motivation for joining Will&Able is his son Thomas who works in the business and has neurodivergent challenges. Seeing first hand the difference that a job provides a person with an intellectual disability drives Craig to grow the business as big as it possibly can be.

A specific area of focus for Craig is to develop the corporate and public sector into a second major channel for sales alongside Supermarkets.

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Andrew Windsor MCIPS - General Manager, Procurement & Supply Chain - Oji Fibre Solutions
Presentation : Establishing the right cultural environment for Procurement to implement strategic category management. 

About Andrew: A commercially astute business leader with a proven track record of delivering transformational change and exceptional value in general management, and the procurement function across a number of diverse geographies.
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Aditi Cook FCIPS, MBA - Chief Procurement Officer, Ministry of Education - New Zealand

Presentation: Ministry of Education - Procurement Transformation

Aditi Cook will talk about the practical steps taken to integrate and transform the two procurement teams at the Ministry of Education into one. This session will touch on stakeholder engagement, the platform for change, making the case, communicating, through to knowing what success looks like. Aditi will give insights into tips and pitfalls of a transformation process.

About Aditi: Aditi has significant experience in procurement and career. Highlights have included establishing and delivering procurement transformations, leading diverse teams and establishing highly effective cross agency groups that deliver to national security priorities, economic recovery, broader outcomes, wellbeing and kaitiakitanga. Working in culturally diverse environments and have developed policies and practices that improved outcomes for Maori, other ethnicities, smaller businesses and groups that often find it hard to engage with government.

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Abhay Kolhe - Principal Advisor, Employment System Guidance & Engagement, Employment NZ - MBIE

Presentation: Removing risk of worker exploitation from supply chains

Worker exploitation is occurring in NZ and beyond. Government has recently announced modern slavery legislation is coming. This session will cover what we’re seeing, and how you can implement due diligence processes to improve treatment of workers in your supply chains and in turn, your ESG profile.

About Abhay: Abhay is a Principal Advisor in the Employment System Guidance & Engagement team in Employment NZ. The team work with business and government leaders encouraging and enabling them to strengthen the systems they have in place to ensure they, and the organisations they work with, provide fair workplaces as employers, procurers, franchisors, recruiters, directors, investors.

Abhay has a business background having spent 33+ years in the Hospitality and Retail sector at a senior/national management level. It was here where he honed his skills in building custom end-to-end assurance systems and processes. His particular interest in fair treatment of workers was inspired by the time he spent working to stamp out worker exploitation in the Liquor industry. This led him to join the Employment regulator in 2022. 
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Sandra McCormack MCIPS - National Procurement Manager - Downer Group

Presentation: Sustainability in action at Downer NZ

Sustainable procurement - transforming challenges into opportunities. Taking tangible strategic and operational steps, delivering real and measurable results.

About Sandra: Sandra McCormack, MCIPS, is a senior strategic procurement professional with 20+ years of experience and a comprehensive background in procurement strategy, supplier management, and sustainability. Sandra is dedicated to advancing sustainable procurement practices.

Sandra recognises the critical role that procurement plays in shaping corporate sustainability strategies. She has combined her expertise in procurement with a passion for environmental and social responsibility. Sandra has been instrumental in integrating sustainability into procurement processes with Downer NZ.

Sandra and her team were recently short-listed for the Best Sustainability Project of the Year (2023) by both CIPS UK and CIPS ANZ and achieved ‘Highly Commended’ recognition from CIPS UK. 

Sandra has worked in various industries in Ireland, the UK, Fiji, and NZ.

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Dale Burgess - Sales Director - VendorPanel 

Presentation: Ten Reasons you DON'T need ProcureTech in FY24

We recognise that the future of procurement varies for each organisation and professional, all striving to achieve best practices. Join Dale Burgess, Sales Director at VendorPanel, for a unique perspective, as he takes a closer look at the top ten reasons why you don't need ProcureTech in FY24.

About Dale: Dale Burgess has a wealth of expertise in finding the right technology solutions to transform organisational processes. With an impressive 15-year career in procurement, Dale is passionate about all aspects of sustainability through strategic procurement – whether that’s in relation to cleaner environments, engaging Local, Social and Indigenous businesses or sustainable business practices.

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Craig Butler - Head of Advisory and Business Services - New Zealand Government Procurement

Presentation: The Future of Collaborative Contracting

A discussion of the breadth of collaborative contracts, from syndication to All of Government Contracts. How can Collaborative Contracting be better for government agencies and suppliers/providers? How can greater collaboration help to solve our challenges and make the most of the coming opportunities?

About Craig: Craig Butler is the Head of Advisory and Business Services at New Zealand Government Procurement. Craig has public and private sector experience in operations, procurement and supply chains and is an advocate for using intelligent buying decisions as a means to improve outcomes for all New Zealanders. Craig is passionate about delivering broader public value through improved outcomes for New Zealand businesses, greater environmental benefits and increased wellbeing via the government’s procurement spend.

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Panel Discussion

Navigating the Future: ANZ Bank New Zealand's SAP Digital P2P Transformation Journey 

Don’t miss this session where SAP and ANZ Bank New Zealand will uncover the remarkable journey of digital procurement transformation of the banks key Source to Pay processes. John Hall from SAP will engage in a fireside chat with Eleanore Walker, Head of Procurement at ANZ Bank New Zealand and Lee Cook, leading Functional Design Lead and delve into how they set the course then executed on a remarkable transformation journey. How did they structure the business case for this endeavour? What invaluable lessons did they learn along the way?

You’ll also discover the secrets to getting people to embrace change and adopt new systems effectively. And perhaps most intriguingly, find out what lies in the future as John, Eleanore and Lee discuss topics such as ‘is the transformation journey truly ever complete’? Don't miss this opportunity to gain invaluable insights from industry leaders who have navigated the intricate landscape of digital transformation and emerged with lessons that can help you reshape your own approach to procurement innovation.

John Hall - Account Executive, Intelligent Spend Management - SAP
 

Eleanore Walker - Head of Procurement - ANZ Bank New Zealand 

About Eleanore: Eleanore Walker is Head of Procurement at ANZ New Zealand, where she has been an integral part of the team for 15 years. Her impressive growth trajectory at ANZ has been due to her ability to envision the future and transform those visions into reality. Her key achievement was persuading the company to embark on a comprehensive Ariba transformation, a decision that has since set the benchmark for ANZ’s other geographies globally.

Eleanore is a true connector, building bridges with colleagues, stakeholders, and partners effortlessly. Her knack for fostering collaboration and her unwavering commitment to cultivating strong relationships has made her a trusted and respected figure at ANZ.

Outside of Eleanore’s professional pursuits, she’s a music enthusiast and currently working on an amateur album involving fifty children covering songs for charitable causes.

Lee Cook - P2P Workstream Lead - ANZ Bank New Zealand

About Lee: Lee Cook, a seasoned professional in the source to pay landscape having a lead role in the implementation of many systems in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. He has established himself as a respected Functional Lead and Subject Matter Expert known for his exemplary stakeholder engagement and innovative problem-solving. Born and raised in the UK, Lee developed a strong work ethic and a passion for procurement technology early in his career.

Lee's career trajectory has been defined by a commitment to excellence and a knack for navigating complex business challenges. Over the years, he has honed his skills and expertise in various procurement technology transformation roles, earning a reputation as a forward-thinking and results-oriented Functional Lead. His ability to bridge the gap between business objectives and technological solutions has been instrumental in driving success for the organizations he has worked with. Lee's leadership style is characterized by his collaborative approach, empowering teams to maximize their potential and achieve outstanding results.

Outside of his professional pursuits, Lee Cook is a keen sports spectator (with some decent playing years behind him). In summary, Lee Cook's biography is a testament to his unwavering dedication, leadership acumen, and commitment to making a difference in the Procurement world and beyond.

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John Doyle, Manager, Policy and Research - National Cyber Security Centre 
Presentation: In safe hands – managing supply chain cyber security risk

About John: John Doyle is the manager of the Policy and Research Unit, at the GCSB’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The NCSC’s purpose is to create a safer digital world for New Zealand to prosper. The NCSC provides advice and guidance on cyber security and responds to cyber security incidents likely to cause national harm.

John has extensive experience in government policy implementation and regulatory policy. He has a background in law, science and bioethics, with a strong interest in cyber security standards and policy. John led work on the refreshed Government Chief Information Security Officer mandate and is overseeing the teams developing cyber security standards and measuring and advising on cyber performance and investment.

He currently leads teams at the heart of the NCSC’s cyber policy and research operations. This includes advice and support for the Government Chief Information Security Officer, promoting system improvements for cyber security in New Zealand, and guiding research underpinning cyber standards. He has degrees in Science (University of Sydney), Law (University of Canberra), Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Australian National University) and Masters in Bioethics and Health Law (University of Otago) and has worked in both government and the private sector.

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This event is not to be missed! Join us for the CIPS New Zealand Conference on Wednesday 25 October 2023. 

Spaces are limited so book now to avoid missing out!