Saturday, February 04, 2012
Procurement Leaders Network
About The Procurement Leaders Network
The Procurement Leaders Network is an international membership-led community focused exclusively for executive level procurement, sourcing and supply chain management professionals.
The Network acts as a catalyst to spearhead innovation, leadership and strategy and has been developed in support of our members' growing global remit. It delivers high quality insight and perspective on today’s most critical corporate issues, whilst providing members with new ideas, approaches and strategies to meet their current and future business challenges.
Our community based approach aims to help our members to:
- Learn emerging business concepts, strategies and trends
- Share ideas, innovation, experiences and best practice
- Interact with likeminded peers
The Procurement Leaders Network is award-recognised for delivering the highest quality industry commentary and debate through its prestigious publication title, peer networking and collaborative experiences.
The membership programme
Membership provides access to an exclusive community of senior executives, industry innovators and academics from the world’s most progressive procurement organisations. Members are invited to attend high-profile gatherings and events, to share their views and experiences and to take part in online and offline activities that will help raise the profile of procurement both in their organisation and in the wider business community at large.
Membership has been designed to assist both organisations and individuals to:
- Keep abreast of new thinking and the latest trends and techniques being adopted within the industry
- Engage in and share best practice with global procurement leaders
- Keep up to date through focused news, industry publications and research reports
- Gain insight into the latest technology tools and ‘best-in-class’ solution providers
- Face-to-face and online peer collaboration
- Access an industry-wide archive of topic-related information and industry resources
- Find top talent by creating unique leadership succession tactics
- Leverage competitive advantage for the procurement team and their organisation
Network values
The Procurement Leaders Network bases its values on high-quality, trust, neutrality, focus, objectivity and competence, working closely with the support of it's members.
Awards & recognition
The Procurement Leaders Network is recognised for the following awards:
- 2011 - PPA Publisher of the Year (<£10m) - Winner
- 2011 - PPA Business Magazine of the Year - Finalist
- 2010 - IPAC Business Magazine of the Year - Winner
- 2010 - IPAC Media Brand of the Year - Finalist
- 2010 - IPAC Editor of the Year - Finalist
- 2009 - IPAC Business Magazine of the Year - Winner
- 2008 - PPA Columnist of the Year - Finalist
- 2008 - PPA Business Magazine of the Year - Finalist
- 2008 - IPAC Brand Extension of the Year - Finalist
- 2008 - IPAC Independent Publishing Company - Finalist
- 2008 - Business Website of the Year (paid for) - Finalist
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