Sourcing Industry Awards
TPI

2010 Sourcing Industry Awards
NOMINATION FORM

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Your Details
Name of Organisation:
Contact Name:
Job Title:
E-mail:
Telephone Number: (Office)
Telephone Number: (Mobile)
Address:
Postcode:
Industry sector:
Category
Select the category you wish to enter.
Each nomination can only be submitted for ONE category.
Judging Criteria
The Judging Panel will mark each nomination for each category against the Judging Criteria, which includes:
  • Quality of the submitted nomination (i.e. all information submitted in the nomination is evidence based and all required information has been provided, including two references to sponsor and validate the entry)
  • Clarity of the aims/objectives of the sourcing initiative
  • Quality of the planning and execution
  • Demonstration of the following attributes as applicable to the awards categories:
    • Best practice
    • Leadership
    • Teamwork and stakeholder engagement
    • Collaboration
  • Demonstration that the sourcing initative supports organisational objectives
  • Evidence of timely and effective resolution of challenges encountered
  • Demonstration of innovation/creativity in the implementation of the sourcing initiative
  • Demonstrated cost and performance improvement benefits to the organisation(s)
  • Evidence of knowledge transfer from lessons learnt to other internal business areas / organisations
Nomination Form
You are limited to 3500 characters for items 1-7.
1. Participating Organisation(s) or Individual
List the organization(s) or individual involved in the sourcing initiative.

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2. Aim/objective of the Sourcing Initiative
Describe the reason that the sourcing initiative was undertaken and how it was selected.

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3. Planning and Execution
Briefly outline the planning process and describe how execution occurred to bring about a successful result.
Your response should identify and demonstrate leadership/collaboration/teamwork/ stakeholder engagement initiatives (if nominating for "Best Sourcing Relationship" award).

In your response also indicate any innovative/creative implementation of solutions.
Also indicate any metrics used to measure (a) progress and (b) success.


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4. Support of Organisational Objectives
Outline how the success of this effort supported organisational objectives.

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5. Challenges and Resolution
Identify any significant challenges encountered, the process for resolution, and the solutions. Identify best practices.

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6. Benefit to the Organisation(s)
For "Best Sourcing Relationship" and "Best Young Sourcing Talent" award nominations, please document and quantify commercial and performance improvement benefits. All benefits should include supporting facts and figures. Entrants may wish to include validation of these from stakeholders outside the sourcing function — internal customers, service providers, etc.

For "Service Provider Excellence" award nominations, please document examples of service leadership and successful relationship management. Examples should include supporting statements with validation from stakeholders outside the sourcing function — internal customers, other service providers, etc.


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7. Knowledge Transfer
Describe any efforts to share lessons from this effort with other internal organizations, business areas or the organisation's wider sourcing team.
For "Best Sourcing Relationship" and "Service Provider Excellence" award nominations, you should also indicate how these results can be transferred to other organisations, and specify the likely candidates for transference.


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8. References
Please provide two references to sponsor and validate the nomination.
Reference #1
Name:
Title:
Organisation:
E-mail address:
Phone number, including country and area codes:
Reference #2
Name:
Title:
Organisation:
E-mail address:
Phone number, including country and area codes:

Please contact TPI's Alison Emery at sourcingindustryawards@tpi.net, if you have questions or need assistance.

Thank you for entering the 2010 TPI Sourcing Industry Awards recognition program.


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