Register now for the 4th CIPSA Category Management Forum

CIPS Australia will be running the 4th CIPSA Category Management Forum on the 6th and 7th of April, 2011 at the Australian Technology Park Conference Centre, Sydney.

Category managers are now expected to harmonise specialist professional knowledge with specialist market awareness and demand management skills in each complex category they manage.

Driving value from each category of expenditure requires a broad range of skills, from understanding the market, to sourcing, managing internal stakeholders and effectively managing contracts and supplier performance and relationships. This event will help category managers understand better the broad issues they face and learn more about their specialist categories in dedicated category specific seminars.

The programme will feature ten plenary sessions on generic category management subjects and three seminar streams addressing specific categories.

The programme provides procurement practitioners with a unique opportunity to hear the latest ideas on how to optimize their category management programmes. Delegates will get the opportunity to select four specific category based seminars during the course of the event.
 
The following categories will be addressed in specific seminars
 
Facilities IT Software and Services Insurance
Telecomms & Data Marketing Services Utilities
Contract Labour & Recruitment Fleet Corporate Services
Professional Services 3PL (3rd Party Logistics) Travel
 
The Category Management Forum also provides delegates with an excellent opportunity to build networks with other category managers responsible for managing the same categories. Huge value can be derived from the opportunity to exchange ideas during the sessions and breaks in the event.

To register and for more information, click here.