November 15, 2024 | Online
PASA Connect Personal Development Day.
A one-day online event dedicated to your personal growth in procurement.
Fuel your professional and personal growth.
Back for the third year, our Personal Development Day is focused on your needs and designed with a proactive programme to boost your personal growth in a complex and challenging business environment.
Facilitated by experts.
In 2022, we had 10 experts on hand to offer clear advice on how you can develop your career in procurement.
Programme.
9.00am
Taking charge of your own PDP and collecting CPD points to prove it
MC – Imelda Walsh, Director – Birmont Group (Melbourne)
9.15am
In today’s fast-paced workplace, the ability to lead and influence without direct authority is not just an advantage—it’s essential. Whether you’re juggling relationships with internal stakeholders or coordinating with external suppliers, mastering these skills can make the difference between success and mediocrity.
Join us to learn key strategies for enhancing your influence, driving collaboration, and achieving exceptional results, even without formal leadership power. Don’t miss this chance to enhance your influence skills and transform your approach to management!
Beth Berghan Leadership and Communication Coach
9.45am
We have all heard of Chat GPT and now both Co-Pilot and Meta A.I. tools. But how do you best use them in an everyday context – in procurement, say? What are the ways to make them more effective, more accurate and more useful in reducing the workload of busy buyers?
Rory Clarke, Solution Architect & Lead Analyst, Pareto Toolbox
10.15am
COFFEE BREAK
10.30am
Is your profile on LinkediN fully completed? Even 50% for that matter? Why does it matter? And how you can use the tricks’n’tips of LinkedIn to build your personal brand and help build your profile with both stakeholders and suppliers alike.
Jo Saunders, LinkedIN Strategist, Wildfire Marketing
11.00am
Project management in procurement rarely means managing one project, proactively and to PMI standards. More likely, managing dozens of separate initiatives and procurement simultaneously.
How can procurement practitioners better manage the ‘spinning plates’ of multiple procurements simultaneously? What tips and techniques could you deploy?
Barbara Clifford – The Time Tamer and leadership coach
11.30am
All procurement teams are busy! So, there is often too little time to invest on proactively following the procurement professional agenda and all the trends you should be across in your role as a leading procurement practitioner.
Listen to our own Gordon Donovan, the global head of procurement research for SAP, and voted the #1 procurement influencer in the world in 2023, explain the current top trends in procurement – and also explain exactly why and how you can easily follow the procurement agenda in 30 minutes per month through Gordon’s Window.
Gordon Donovan FCIPS MSc, Global Vice-President Procurement Research, SAP
12.00pm
A lightening fast 5 minute video introduction to the PASA weekly e-News bulletin which is published FREE to the PASA community every Tuesday – what does it include exactly and why subscribe?
Samantha Webb, Editor, The PASA Procurement Insider eNews
12.10pm
LUNCH
12.30pm
Studying part-time for MCIPS can be achieved individually investing only a reasonable amount of time and cost for many people. Not everyone has to pass 15 exams.
Understand how CIPS study centre, Academy Global, in Sydney offer modest programmes online to get through levels four, five and six towards MCIPS and enter the CIPS exams up to five times per year.
Genevieve Malcolm, Director at Academy Global (AG)
1.00pm
How to get the best out of yourself … and shape your own candidate value proposition to be a better candidate in your next interview for a promotion or a new role
MC – Imelda Walsh, Director – Birmont Group (Melbourne)
1.30pm
Speakers.
Imelda Walsh
Imelda, a Director and co-owner of Birmont Group, leads the recruitment practice. With a decade of experience and a diverse background in senior roles at major international companies and boutique agencies, she excels in all facets of procurement recruitment. Imelda forges impactful partnerships with executives, offering personalised solutions driven by her dedication to advancing individuals’ career journeys.
Barbara Clifford
Barbara inspires others with her enthusiasm for making things easy.
Barbara Clifford (The Time Tamer) is a co-founder of The Hinwood Institute. She is the lead trainer and coach in Time Management and she is a recognized leader in Stress Management. An experienced coach, speaker, columnist and facilitator, Barbara’s equips busy business leaders to make courageous decisions in pressure situations for the long-term benefit of their business, team and personal wellbeing. She’s passionate about making order from chaos and transforming stress into a source of strength. She has spent over 20 years working in stressful, time precious industries such as film, hospitality and marketing. Since then, Barbara has worked with small business, Not For Profits, Aboriginal Organisations, Media, Marketing, Aged Care, Universities, Health Services and Cruise Ships. Barbara is a regular enrichment speaker on cruises and she was a weekly columnist for the ‘The Centralian Advocate’. She has been featured in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Woman’s Weekly, ABC National, Westpac Wire, In the Black and Breathe Magazine. She lives in the desert of Alice Springs, Australia working with people around the world.
Rory Clarke
Rory is the Head of Microsoft Development for Pareto Toolbox. Rory is an energetic consultant who has extensive experience at converting large volumes of disparate data into complex data ecosystems to create new value and enable advanced analytics.
An accredited Microsoft Developer, he has a deep understanding of the Microsoft Power Platform and is excellent at architecting innovative solutions to solve business problems using Microsoft technology
Beth Berghan
Professional Coach providing confidential Coaching, one-on-one, to groups and teams, with a focus on the development of Leadership and Communication skills, including people management, career progression, building positive relationships and work/life Harmony.
Beth Berghan’s extensive experience in management and senior executive positions, including Faculty Director at TAFE Queensland, Australia, was uniquely enriched by her simultaneous ownership of three successful small businesses. This dual perspective, coupled with her work as a consultant and coach since 2007, has given her a deep understanding of the demands of Executive roles and the challenges that small business operators face, making her a relatable and empathetic coach.
Gordon Donovan FCIPS MSc
Having over 30 years procurement experience leading transformations and establishing functions to deliver enterprise-wide value, Gordon is recognized as a leader who having qualified with a graduate diploma in 1996 and achieving a master’s in strategic procurement is a Fellow of CIPS.
Gordon has extensive experience in developing frameworks, processes and governance ensuring world class procurement outcomes are achieved. He is recognised as a thought leader within procurement, and a sought-after speaker, writer and presenter
Gordon has led procurement teams in Health, Rail, Finance and the public sector in the UK as well as in Asia.
Within SAP Gordon’s role as Vice President of Research for Procurement and External Workforce requires him to continually track the latest trends happening in the procurement profession, carry out deep research on these trends and form insights that allow SAP to plan their strategy accordingly
Samantha Webb
Samantha started her career in London, working in various public relations roles for leading charities before heading to the marketing department of international television broadcaster AMC Networks. She progressed to global public relations associate at Mattel and ended her career in the UK as the Property Hub’s content manager. Upon relocating to Australia in 2018, Samantha set out as a contractor, returning to her roots as a journalist and copywriter. Today, she edits PASA’s Insider newsletter, specialises in real estate copywriting and writes about women’s wellness. Samantha holds degrees in professional writing and journalism.
Genevieve Malcolm
Genevieve joined AcademyGlobal in 2017 and conducts training needs analysis, develops learning strategies, designs curriculum and evaluates training outcomes for AcademyGlobal’s partners and clients. As an ISO 9001:2015 quality assured organisation, Genevieve is also responsible for AcademyGlobal’s quality assurance policy and quality management system.
Genevieve manages AcademyGlobal’s strategic partnerships with organisations including the University of Queensland, the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, the Institute of Public Administration Association (IPAA) NSW and IPAA Victoria. She sits on the NSW Branch Committee for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS). Genevieve holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and a Graduate Certificate in Education and Digital Learning from UTS.
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What people say about our events.
The PASA conference was the best conference I had attended in many years – many practical advice and applications that my team and I can put to use straight away, a great investment of our time.
Procurement Professional
It was great to hear a wide range of presentations from a diverse mix of speakers, especially in person.
Procurement Professional
I very much enjoyed the depth and variety of skills experience of the presenters.
Procurement Professional