World Procurement Awards

The world’s most prestigious procurement accolade

Shortlist Announced

10 March 2023

Celebration Date

25 May 2023

Headline Partner

Ivalua

Celebrate in style

Bringing together 1000+ of procurement’s elite, expect a spectacular evening of inspiration, recognition and entertainment as we celebrate the function and reveal awards winners live.

Your host for the evening:

Dara O’Briain

Globally celebrated comedian and best-selling author

Ivalua Procurement Excellence Award

Ivalua Procurement Excellence Award

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The flagship award, recognising a leading and impactful example of the procurement function creating significant value for the business.

Excellence can be defined as when procurement delivers tangible and quantifiable commercial impact through advanced approaches to spend management and collaboration.

Shortlist

  • Accenture – The University Procurement Hub
  • Cipla
  • Crown Agents
  • Haleon
  • HelloFresh
  • Mars
  • Massader
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Santander
  • Whitbread

Supplier Collaboration & Innovation Award

Supplier Collaboration & Innovation Award

Showcasing how procurement has worked with the supply base to drive innovation into the organisation – whether it be product, service or process.

The supply base is a rich source of innovation, and procurement is perfectly positioned to orchestrate how the organisation can capture and leverage innovation.

Shortlist

  • Audi
  • Beiersdorf
  • bp
  • CBRE
  • JLL
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Primark
  • Schneider Electric
  • Siemens
  • The Kraft Heinz Company – Value Added Days
  • The Kraft Heinz Company – Consumer Ready Ideas
  • Uber
  • UPM

Transformation Award

Transformation Award

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Celebrating significant advancement in a procurement function, whether improvement of an underperforming team or taking an already high-performing unit to the next level.

Procurement transformation can be driven by a number of goals – to achieve a step change in capability, to move closer to business strategy, to align with key markets or in response to business or political cycles, to name a few.

Shortlist

  • CME Group
  • EXPRO
  • FIS
  • GSK
  • Intuit
  • News Corp
  • Santander
  • Save the Children
  • Schneider Electric
  • The Kraft Heinz Company
  • Uber
  • UCL

Business Partnership Award

Business Partnership Award

Showcasing the function that illustrates true alignment and deep collaboration with the business for ultimate business success.

True business partnership means that procurement is involved early in strategic decision-making across relevant functional teams and is a valued contributor to planning and decision-making at a strategic level.

Shortlist

  • EXPRO
  • Firmenich
  • Haleon
  • HSBC
  • Philip Morris International
  • Primark – Transforming retail store cleaning
  • Primark – Click & Collect launch
  • Schneider Electric
  • ServiceNow
  • Siemens Healthineers
  • Turkcell
  • Uber

Environmental & Social Impact Award

Environmental & Social Impact Award

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Recognising the procurement function that is significantly reducing the environmental impact of their business through innovative and collaborative approaches across the business and supply base.

Shortlist

  • Beiersdorf
  • CBRE
  • Diageo
  • HEINEKEN
  • Hilton Supply Management
  • Mars
  • Nomad Foods
  • Schneider Electric
  • Telstra
  • Unilever – Plastic waste management
  • Unilever – HDPE PCR supply chain
  • Unilever – Deforestation-free business

Intel Supplier Diversity & Inclusion Award

Intel Supplier Diversity & Inclusion Award

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Celebrating the procurement function that uses its influence and reach to positively impact the diversity and inclusivity of its supply base.

With many global companies purchasing goods and services from tens of thousands of suppliers, the opportunity to make significant improvements to the diversity within that supply base is obvious. Responsible and progressive procurement functions, therefore, must look to work with suppliers that are representative of the communities, geographies and demographics they serve and touch.

Shortlist

  • Accenture
  • Diageo
  • Jacobs
  • JLL
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Logitech
  • Meta Platforms
  • Sanofi
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • UPS

GEP Procurement Team Award

GEP Procurement Team Award

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Recognising teams that share a clear purpose and are committed to excellence in procurement and driving business impact; yet foster a culture of openness, individual and collective growth, and trust.

Shortlist

  • Bayer
  • Beiersdorf
  • bp
  • Bridgestone
  • Danfoss
  • Diageo
  • EVRi
  • EXPRO
  • Kroger
  • Siemens
  • UCL
  • Volta Trucks
  • Walgreens Boots Alliance

SAP CPO of the Year Award

SAP CPO of the Year Award

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Celebrating the senior-most procurement leader who empowers their team, inspires progress for the function, and is fixated on delivering sustainable and business-critical results for the organisation.

Our CPO of the Year award recognises a great leader who is at the top of their game and is responsible for a high-performing team that delivers tangible business results. This award is restricted to senior-most executives with strategic responsibility for their organisation’s procurement function.

Shortlist

  • Gilles Neron, Air Canada
  • Isabel Hochgesand, Beiersdorf
  • Amanda Davies, Mars
  • Daniel Bartel, Schneider Electric
  • Sébastien Bals, UCB

Future Leader Award

Future Leader Award

Highlighting an individual who is the one to watch for the future – a passionate, curious high performer who is destined for great things, whether as a future CPO or leader elsewhere in the business.

Recognising and developing future leaders is crucial to the retention of high-potentials, as well as succession planning – these are the individuals who will be leading our procurement functions in the coming years and who will take the function itself to even greater heights.

Shortlist

  • William Hau, Applied Materials
  • Aubrey Edwards, CBRE
  • Astrit Salihu, Cornerstone Building Brands
  • Giulia Usai, GSK
  • Desiree Sova, Kroger
  • Doug Britton, Mars Veterinary Health
  • Stuart Price, Nomad Foods
  • Marlene Avellan, Philip Morris International
  • Vince Naylor, Santander
  • Amy Porter, Whitbread

Risk & Resilience Award

Risk & Resilience Award

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Showcasing a procurement organisation that has helped the business to navigate unexpected events and volatile environments, using advanced techniques, processes and technology.

Supply chains are a complex melting pot of risk, with the global business and geopolitical landscape providing challenges that are rarely seen. Those procurement functions that provide predictability, security of supply, rapid responses and confidence to the executive committee will drive significant competitive advantage.

Shortlist

  • BD
  • Beiersdorf
  • CBRE
  • Firmenich
  • Gestamp
  • GSK
  • Schneider Electric
  • The Kraft Heinz Company
  • Unilever
  • Zurich Insurance Company

Supply Chain Initiative Award

Supply Chain Initiative Award

Recognising how a function has taken a fresh approach to managing its complex supply chain for positive business impact or collaborated deeply with the supply chain function for the same aim.

Supply chain agility has never been more critical to keeping goods and services moving for company success and customer satisfaction. Procurement functions that drive and collaborate on supply chain initiatives that have positively impacted the performance of a company will stand out. This could be a specific project or a long-term programme that has achieved significant results.

Shortlist

  • Alcoa
  • Crown Agents
  • EY
  • GE Gas Power
  • Kroger
  • Nomad Foods

Digital Impact Award

Digital Impact Award

Celebrating the procurement function that has driven significant positive impact by implementing a digital technology or data solution

Deploying technology for technology’s sake has repeatedly resulted in disappointing, expensive failures. But those procurement organisations that make full use of the data at their disposal to drive business insight or implement leading digital solutions can drive significant competitive advantage.

Shortlist

  • Accenture
  • Aramco
  • Beiersdorf
  • CBRE
  • HEINEKEN
  • Hero MotoCorp
  • IBM
  • MTN Group
  • Network Rail
  • Save the Children
  • Unilever

Procurement Technology Provider Award

Procurement Technology Provider Award

Recognising the technology provider that demonstrates the most impactful and valuable solution for procurement functions.

Procurement excellence cannot be achieved without digital enablement and the functions that partner with solution providers who provide a significant return on investment are the functions that progress faster. The award celebrates technology solutions that have a clear value proposition and address a meaningful and tangible procurement challenge or opportunity.

Shortlist

  • akirolabs
  • Archlet
  • Candex
  • Certa
  • Cirtuo
  • Commodities AI
  • Globality
  • Ivalua
  • Keelvar
  • Scoutbee
  • SHIPSTA
  • Sievo
  • TealBook
  • Vizibl

Procurement Consultancy Project

Procurement Consultancy Project

Highlighting the consultancy or advisory organisation that is helping the procurement function to push boundaries within its business.

Professional services have made a significant contribution to the evolution of the function over the years and continue to do so. This award recognises the project in which a procurement team has been supported by an external organisation through the provision of advisory, consultation or recruitment services.

Shortlist

  • Bain and Company
  • Consus Global
  • Crown Agents
  • Infosys Portland
  • Insight Sourcing Group
  • Procurement Garage
  • Retearn Group

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Spotlight your excellence

With the world’s most prestigious procurement award

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Build and motivate your team

Attract, retain and reward top procurement talent

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Turn stakeholder heads

Position your team as a strategic partner in sustainable business growth

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Prove your business impact

Show board directors and investors how you’re driving and delivering value

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Celebrate your achievements

Enjoy recognition within and outside your organisation

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Select the categories you would like to enter

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Populate each required section using your submission checklist. Tip: No need to complete all at once; you can save and come back to your entry at any time.

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Check back through relevant category criteria--have you covered all the points?

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Submit your entry by 30 December 2022

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Entry Overview

COMPANY & FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
‣ Detail what markets and regions your organisation operates in.
‣ Explain how procurement is structured in your organisation, and how and why this contributes to superior performance.

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Elevator pitch

COMPELLING OVERVIEW
‣ Imagine you have 60 seconds to communicate the impact of the project or initiative to your board of directors.
‣ Record a short video as your elevator pitch

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Describe your approach

CHALLENGE
‣ Describe the challenge (or the opportunity) that the entry addresses.
‣ Explain the reason for you committing resource and/or investment to the initiative.

APPROACH
‣ Outline what you did.
‣ Describe how you ensured the outcome would be a success.
‣ Explain who was involved from procurement, the wider business and beyond.
‣ Show when the initiative was established and how long it took to show results.

OUTCOME
‣ Explain the impact of the initiative and why it was deemed a success.

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Showcase the impact

EVIDENCE
‣ Provide evidence of the success and a testimonial of its impact by a senior stakeholder from outside procurement.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
‣ These can include third-party endorsements, analyst reports, other accreditations etc. Please limit these to three slides/pages Tip: Supporting evidence should be clearly referenced and illustrative of the quality of the submission. Avoid attaching large documents that will disengage the Judges.

Judged by the best

Meet your esteemed panel of judges.
Entries will be profiled in front of the biggest names in the function as they determine who to shine a light on.

Dave Deakin

Group Chief Procurement Officer
Rolls Royce

Kai Nowosel

Managing Director
Accenture

Alvin Limqueco

SVP - Supply Chain Management
Philippine Airlines, Inc.

Veronica Jones

Chief Procurement Officer
Gilead

Christian Friedrich Linhart

Group Chief Procurement Officer
Ooredoo

David Wylie

Director of Commercial and Procurement
Thames Water

Tony Roberts

Head of Procurement
URENCO Group

Michael Skyum

Head of Supply Chain
BW Offshore Ltd

Graham Wright

CPO
Kyndryl

Paris Pavlou

Executive Director
General Motors

Robin Shahani

Chief Procurement and Real Estate Officer
FIS Global

Celeste Steyn

Head of Procurement
South African Reserve Bank

Thomas Roemer

Chief Procurement Officer
Covestro

Nolan Smith

VP Global Supply Management
Corning

Emma Chantos

Emma Chantos

CPO, Head of Global Business Services
Intuit

Andrew Cannon Brookes

Global Head of Supply Chain Management
Standard Chartered

Andy Richards

Group Manager Procurement
Auckland Transport

David Everett

Head of Indirect Procurement, Honda Motor Europe
Honda

Jan Piskadlo

GM Head Group Procurement
MISC BERHAD

Lisbeth Buschkühl

Senior Vice President Supply Chain and Chief Procurement Officer E.ON SE
Eon

Maria Luisa Alvendia

FVP, Chief of Staff and Supply Chain Advisor
Meralco

Tim Snow

Vice President Procurement, Contracts, Insurance and Sustainability
Inmarsat

Hervé Le Faou

CPO
Heineken

Alex Drew

Global Procurement Director,
Fleet Management

Arindam Sengupta

CPO APAC
Dole Asia Holdings

Amanda Davies

Chief Procurement & Sustainability Officer
Mars

Carol Danoff

SVP and Chief Procurement Officer
Warner Bros Discovery

David Lainchbury

SSVP International Operations & Chief Procurement Officer
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.

Siva Periasamy

VP Global Supply Chain,
Tata Communications

Marielle Beyer

Head of Global Procurement
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

Marcos Eloi

CPO
Kraft Heinz

Melissa Salo

CPO
Walgreens Boots Alliance

Monique Beersma

Head of Global Procurement IM&S
Givaudan S.A.

Stuart Caborn

CPO
Nomad Foods

Tiffany Sen

CPO
The Met

David Hauxwell

CPO
AB InBev

Volker Pursche

CPO
Siemens Healthineers

Paul Howard

Chief Commercial Officer
NZDF

Zoe Ren

CPO
Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Tamás Gyömbér

CPO
MOL Group

Jackie Strum

Corporate VP and GM of Global Supply Management,
Intel

John Butcher

Group Procurement Director
Just Eat Takeaway.com

Russ Major

CPO
USAA

Jamie Westfahl

CPO
Molson Coors

Headline Partner

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