Last night saw the Procurement Leaders Awards dinner at the Hilton Hotel in London's Park Lane.
It was not quite packed but there were some 700 people there – much the same as the CIPS dinner actually. Not bad considering we have the longer established CIPS Supply Management Awards, as well as an increasing number of similar events in other connected industries – so for example, consulting firms might these days go to the Management Consultancy Association Awards rather than taking a table at a procurement event.
The audience was very largely private sector, although the inclusion of a public sector award meant there were a few tables taken by that sector. It’s also a more international audience than the CIPS SM event, with more large multi-national firms both on the short-lists and present. Running it in parallel with the Procurement Leaders World Procurement Congress obviously worked well in attracting some serious practitioners to the dinner.
Simon Callow was a capable host, although he was more restrained than I expected. The money raised for Save the Children brought a feel-good factor to the evening as well.
We might reflect a bit more on Procurement Leaders next week, but for now, well done to all the award winners –
Excellence
Unilever
Procurement Leader
Kimberly-Clark - Cynthia Dautrich
Future Leader
BlackBerry - Mat Moore
Procurement Champion
HP - Marty Homlish
Innovation
F. Hoffmann-La Roche
CSR
Lafarge Tarmac
Learning & Development
TELUS
Cross Functional Collaboration
Buhler
External Collaboration
Rio Tinto
Best Procurement Employer
Mars, Incorporated
Best Procurement Service Provider
Newton Europe
Public Sector
Essex County Council
Risk Mitigation
Delphi
Transformation
BlackBerry
Best Procurement Team
Procter & Gamble
Lifetime Achievment Award
John Paterson
Was there anyone there who didn’t get an award – that’s a long list!
You procurement get a lot of fun don’t you? Good to see Mars winning an award . They are probably the most engaged employer.