18 February 2010 | Carly Chynoweth

This year’s CIPS Supply Management Awards, which celebrate and reward excellence in purchasing and supply, are open for entry.

The awards are free to enter and include nine team categories as well as an overall winner.

Buyers can also enter one of the two individual awards: CIPS Procurement and Supply Chain Management Professional of the Year and the CIPS Young Procurement and Supply Chain Management Professional of the Year, open to CIPS members aged 30 or under. 

Shirley Cooper, the CIPS president and the procurement and supply chain director at Computacenter, will again chair the judging panel.

E-procurement firm BravoSolution is the headline sponsor, while RS, Hays Procurement and American Express are also sponsoring the event. QinetiQ Commerce Decisions is the official technology provider for the judging process.

The deadline for entries is 16 April. Winners will be announced at a gala event at Grosvenor House Hotel in London on
8 September.

UK readers can find more information in the awards brochure with the 18 February issue of Supply Management or visit the website.