The CIPS Supply Management Awards judging panel consist of representatives from CIPS and Supply Management in addition to other respected procurement leaders across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
The CIPS Supply Management Awards judging panel consist of representatives from CIPS and Supply Management in addition to other respected procurement leaders across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
We are confident that our awards stand out from others in the industry for being highly transparent, robust and ethical. Our standards are incredibly high and we carefully select judges based on this.
We invite judges from a selection of backgrounds, sectors and professions to ensure we have a wide range of knowledge and experience that reflects the range of entries we receive. We invite representatives from the previous winning organisations as well as senior procurement leaders. We do not allow consultants to join our panel and we limit non-CIPS judges to just two terms on the panel. Judges are allowed to enter the Awards and have to sign a confidentiality agreement with us, as well as declaring any conflicts of entry regarding the entries. Judges do not score categories which their organisations have entered and are not privy to scores or discussions on the judging days.
Commerce Decisions – Official Technology Supplier to the CIPS Awards.
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Alex is a global procurement, supply chain and sales leader, with a track record of delivering bottom- line results through comprehensive busi...
Cath is a member of the CIPS Group leadership team. She joined CIPS in June 2011 and is responsible for a global portfolio that encompasses CIPS’ e...
Emma studied BA Business Studies and Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University and completed the CIPS Professional Diploma in 2003. Emma develo...
Jan Fokke Van Den Bosch is responsible for the global procurement department at HSBC, a role he has held since March 2016. Jan’s career starte...
Julia Brown is CPO of Carnival Corporation & Plc overseeing strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management. She assumed this newly created ro...
Katharina Stenholm joined Danone in 2017 as senior vice president, chief cycles and procurement officer responsible for the global procurement fu...
Nikolaus Kirner is a seasoned board member and C-level executive with core capability honed from decades of professional business leadership and manag...
Ninian joined Vodafone in 2009 as SCM IT director and was appointed to the board of the Vodafone Procurement Company in November 2009. From 2014 to ...
Rob has been CPO of Direct Line Group since September 2016, heading up a team of 85 and leading the transformation of a department responsible for...