Collaborating for Purpose
A new era of impactful procurement
Quickly becoming the leading procurement networking opportunities in Australia, our conference brings together key decision makers from Procurement Australia’s diverse member base.
With an audience profile rarely assembled at any one time, this is the perfect opportunity and platform for anyone looking to build and strengthen their business with organisations that represent an enormous slice of the procurement pie.
Level 1 Foyer 1.3 &1.4, Meeting Room 105 &
106, 1 Convention Centre Place South Wharf,
Melbourne, VIC 3006, Australia
Our 2024 Conference Partners
Bronze Sponsor
Bronze Sponsor - Canon
At Canon Business Services Australia (CBS), we help organisations lay the foundation for growth – solving the IT and operational capability or capacity challenges that slow them down, removing complexity and enabling scalability.
As a market leader in digital transformation for over 25 years, CBS has the experience and expertise to help mid-to-enterprise organisations across ANZ overcome capability challenges to optimise, automate and transform, for greater customer experiences.
We are a full-service digital transformation provider offering Managed IT Services, Cybersecurity, AI & Automation solutions, Business Applications and more. Our partnership approach and genuine interest in ensuring our clients get the service and results they need are proven in our high customer satisfaction scores and NPS of 81, from our extensive customer base of over 600 organisations.
Bronze Sponsor - Complete Office Supplies
COS is Australia’s largest family-run and operated business, led by second-generation sisters Belinda and Amie Lyone as Co-CEOs. With over 600 employees and warehouses in every state and territory, we deliver thousands of products to workers, patients, and students across Australia, ensuring their health, safety, and productivity.
We take immense pride in our commitment to community and sustainability, and it is thanks to the dedication of our people and the loyalty of our customers that COS donates 1% of annually to the Lyone Foundation and over $20 million has been donate to local charities focused on human welfare since 2013.
In 2024, we are proud to achieve net zero operations with 100% renewable energy. This milestone underscores our dedication to a sustainable future for our community and the generations to come.
Bronze Sponsor - Burson Auto Parts
Founded in 1971, initially distributed a small range of automotive accessories to service stations and automotive outlets around Melbourne. Today, we have over 1,800 team members and over 210 stores across Australia, building a reputation with the Automotive trade industry nationwide. In 2018, we began our international expansion, opening a store in Bangkok, Thailand. As we expand internationally, we operate at
Australian-level standards, ensuring that we never let our team and customers down.
We pride ourselves on our delivery service, it’s been at the core of Burson Auto Parts since the beginning.
With over 1200 delivery vehicles around Australia, we reach mechanics far and wide; in metro cities, the suburbs and regional towns.
Having over 40,000 trade customers, we are committed to supporting them and helping them grow their businesses. Through industry-leading product education and ongoing support, we’ve developed Burson EzyParts to reduce the time required to identify, quote, order, and fit the correct parts for any job.
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Bronze Sponsor - Lloyd Connect
Experience the Lloyd Connect Difference.
More than just another recruitment agency, we’re your true business partner. We act as a trusted adviser to add real value to our clients’ businesses and our candidates’ careers in every engagement.
Lloyd Connect is an award-winning boutique recruitment agency and the first Australian agency to offer Talent as a Service.
We offer recruitment for temporary and permanent roles across all industries, with specialisations in professional services, IT, executive, non-profit, health care education and government.
Founder Jenny Lloyd plays an active role in the business, continuing to work with clients and candidates and leading our team of handpicked consultants with demonstrated track records and a shared commitment to client and candidate care.
Bronze Sponsor - Ignite Telecom
Ignite Telecom is an Australian-based communications provider specialising in building tailored connectivity solutions for businesses. Our personalised vendor-neutral approach ensures that the guidance and technical expertise offered by our team are customised to your organisation’s unique requirements and objectives, free from external influences or affiliations.
The customers experience throughout the entire journey is the core value of our business. Our friendly, Australian-based team is here to support your digital transformation journey with expert guidance. Our team will listen to your needs, educate you on the wide range of technologies, recommend the right solution, deliver on our promise, and most importantly future-proof your business long-term.
Spark up a conversation with Ignite Telecom and experience the difference today.
Bronze Sponsor - Readytech
Ready Contracts is Australia and New Zealand's leading contract management solution, which is used by over 150 of the country’s largest organisations and Government departments. Hosted in the cloud, Ready Contracts' modular solution provides organisations the flexibility to manage a single component of the contract lifecycle or end-to-end management for a complete integrated solution.
Bronze Sponsor - Bidfood
Bidfood Australia supports healthcare, aged care organisations, Government, not for profit and NGOs with a wide variety of cost conscious, high quality food, beverage and other options across Australia, to fulfil your facilities, residents and patients’ needs - always highly responsive, especially during supply emergencies, natural disasters or other unforeseen events.
Our 40+ business units offer extensive healthcare-focused ranges across the country via our local services and online store myBidfood, providing live local stock on hand, critical product reference information, reporting/analysis tools, or choose to integrate your third-party ordering system with Bidfood.
There’s a foodservice solution for any business via Bidfood’s dedicated team that you can rely and lean on.
Coffee Cart Sponsor
Coffee Cart Sponsor - Summit Fleet Leasing and Management
Established in Australia in 1997, Summit Fleet Leasing and Management is an integral part of the Sumitomo Mitsui Auto Service Company (SMAS). With its inception dating back to 1981, SMAS has evolved into a globally renowned fleet leasing and management organisation, with a significant presence across Japan, Australia, Thailand, India, and Indonesia. Recognised among the top 10 fleet leasing and management organisations worldwide, SMAS oversees a fleet exceeding 1 million vehicles, driven by a market reputation upheld by innovation and technological advancement.
Summit Fleet is renowned for providing robust mobility solutions through a dedicated team and advanced business intelligence systems. Our product offerings include operating leases, finance leases, chattel mortgages, novated leases, sale and leaseback options, and comprehensive fleet management. We aim to reduce costs, enhance employee experiences, and enable organisations to focus on their core activities.
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Trade Stand Sponsors
AIS International Group
At AIS International Group, we are your trusted partner in comprehensive background screening services. Accredited by esteemed agencies including the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, and New Zealand Ministry of Justice, we ensure due diligence in candidate vetting. Our expertise spans over 165+ countries, enabling us to conduct thorough national and international checks/verifications.
From criminal history to employment to education to financial & social media verifications, we provide reliable, swift, and cost-effective solutions directly sourced from primary authorities. With quick response times and a commitment to safeguarding your organization's reputation, AIS stands out as Australia's premier background screening service. Trust us to mitigate risks and ensure the integrity of your workforce.
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Toshiba
Toshiba Australia is a leading provider and promoter of advanced electronic and electrical products and systems. Specialising in industry-specific business solutions, Toshiba is the world's most trusted provider of these solutions, whilst reflecting our commitment to the future of the planet.
Sustainability is at the core of our corporate philosophy, and we are dedicated to supporting a sustainable environment in all our business activities.
Our offerings include Document Management and Workflow Solutions, IT Service and Support, Cloud Technology, Multi-function Printers, Desktop Printers, Barcode Printers, and much more.
Dulux
Dulux creates market-leading products that protect, maintain and enhance the spaces and places in which we live, work and play.
Quality and innovation are fundamental to our business. Our world-class chemists, technologists and product development specialists ensure we continue to be first-to-market with products and ranges that anticipate and respond to emerging construction, building and maintenance requirements.
Dulux partners with property managers, project managers, asset owners, facility managers and engineers to deliver first-class outcomes. Our respected range of premium products and unmatched technical expertise allows us to provide end-to-end support to the property maintenance sector.
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Winc
Winc is a workplace support company. We free up companies to do what they do best by taking care of everything a workplace needs to work - all in one place and delivered. We're here for all organisations, from SMEs to large enterprises, in education or health, private sector or government.
Our team of industry specialists is dedicated to delivering tailored solutions for our customers. That includes enabling Australian workers to perform their best whatever they do, wherever they are.
From office, facilities and safety essentials, services like print and marketing, to demonstrating what's possible with our technology and workplace solutions, Winc has the widest product range available. We offer Australian made, First Nations and sustainable options for every room in the workplace and aim to reduce our impact on the environment wherever possible in the way we operate.
When paired with EasyProcure, our unique procurement management engine, our customers can save on reporting time and optimise their procurement spend through flexible order settings and approval workflow.
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CIPS
CIPS is a global, not for profit membership organisation driving positive change across the procurement and supply profession.
We are the world’s largest organisation dedicated to procurement and supply; helping to support, improve and raise standards by defining and amplifying best practice in all sectors.
We lead in education and training, helping professionals advance their ambition.
Our professional designation, MCIPS, is recognised globally and constitutes the professional certification “license” for procurement and supply.
We provide insights, information, resources and tools enabling members to develop their own best practice.
We help build capability within organisations by interrogating, troubleshooting and training.
Through all our work, CIPS builds a professional community; a global network of professionals powering procurement and supply so our societies can thrive.
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Bunnings Trade
Bunnings has a long history of supplying the building and construction industry in Australia and New Zealand, and now we’ve evolved to support other businesses too.
Our division Organisations is a holistic B2B solution now supplying ranges from Hardware, building products, tools, plumbing needs, electrical needs, gardening products and accessories. We work with a variety of organisations and small businesses across a range of sectors and industries such as Tourism, Hospitality, Agriculture, Facilities Management, Aged Care, Education, Manufacturing and Government.
Our teams are here to solve the every day requirement big and small for businesses.
To find out more on our services, range and leading brands, and to hear from some of our business customers contact the team.
Winya
Winya Indigenous Furniture is a majority Indigenous owned business and the only company in Australia awarded by the UNITED NATIONS for Leadership in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Winya is a genuine Indigenous business, founded in 2015 before any Government Procurement Policies by Kamilaroi woman, Debbie Barwick, the inaugural chair of the First Australian’s Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Greg Welsh, whose father was a hidden generation Kamilaroi man.
Together, Debbie used her expertise in labour hire and Greg leveraged his background in the Australian furniture industry to build Winya’s profit-for-purpose model that creates traineeships & apprenticeships for Indigenous people with partners across the Australian furniture industry.
FCM Travel
FCM Travel is one of the world's leading global travel management providers spanning more than 90 countries worldwide. FCM services medium, large, and multinational companies and blends global presence with local, flexible and personal service. It provides end-to-end corporate travel and expense management solutions that will lead to greater savings for your business.
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Haven Home Safe
Haven Home Safe is delighted to be the charity partner for the 2024 Procurement Australia Conference.
As a registered community and affordable housing provider delivering housing and homelessness services across Victoria, we believe that everyone should be able to access a home no matter what circumstances they find themselves in. By increasing the diversity of housing options available and shaping communities that forge a connection between people and place, we can deliver better futures for all Victorians.
For 45 years we have worked with government, public and private partners to mobilise funding and collaborate for better solutions for our clients.
Recoveries & Reconstruction
As a family founded and operated business with over three generations of experience, the team at Recoveries & Reconstruction (R&R) works closely with its clients to identify their individual needs, and then devise solutions to meet these needs with efficiency, professionalism and integrity.
At R&R we have an in-depth understanding of the debt collection industry, and have developed streamlined processes which save our clients valuable resources and time.
Not only is R&R an incorporated legal practice – ensuring our clients are abreast of all relevant policies, regulations and rulings – we adhere to the highest national and international ISO: 9001 quality management standards and deliver exemplary client and debtor services by employing a sensitive and timely approach to securing funds.
Space Station
Founded in February 2020, Space Station is a premium Australian company located in the western end of Collins Street, Level 10 of building 440, a prestigious corporate hub in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD.
We provide a range of flexible and dynamic workspaces. Choose from contemporary meeting rooms, training rooms, Conference and Event Facilities to hire for your next corporate meeting to Private Office Spaces (short and long-term), Virtual Office Services and Members Lounge Access.
At Space Station, we cater to the diverse needs of entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized businesses by providing a dynamic and supportive work environment.
Our goal is to foster connections across industries, encourage collaboration, and empower our members to succeed in an ever-evolving business landscape.
Comensura
Comensura simplifies workforce acquisition and management with smart tech, enabled by smart people, streamlining people-based procurement. Our adaptive VMS technology, c.net, and experienced team provide seamless solutions for contingent talent, enhanced procurement and workforce management. We save companies money and time, while ensuring full compliance and better access to talent.
Since 2001 we’ve been helping organisations plan, build and manage their workforces. We bring simplicity to the complex process of acquiring contingent talent, workforce management, and people-based services procurement. All of this is made possible by our proprietary, adaptive tech, as well as data-driven insights and a team of experts.
Blackwoods
At Blackwoods, we take pride in providing unique solutions that our customers value, to support the growth and success of Australian business. With a diverse range of options, our commitment to our customers spans generations. As a dynamic solutions-based company, we are dedicated to delivering innovative and effective outcomes for every customer. Blackwoods is committed to providing industries with the tools, safety equipment, work gear and solutions they need to succeed. Our extensive range of high-quality products and reliable service can help streamline operations, enhance productivity, reduce cost and ensure a safe working environment. With a commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction, Blackwoods is your trusted partner for all your industrial solutions. Blackwoods is committed to Keeping Australia working, since 1878.
RACV Solar
RACV Solar - Commercial solar and energy solutions
Reduce your energy costs, achieve strong financial outcomes, and lean into a cleaner energy future with the help of our experienced team.
We’re one of Australia’s most experienced commercial solar and energy solution installers. We can help you transition your facilities to renewable energy and deliver strong financial returns. Our key services include commercial solar, battery storage, EV chargers, renewable energy roadmaps and system operation and maintenance.
RICOH
Ricoh is a leading provider of integrated digital services and print and imaging solutions designed to support digital transformation of workplaces, workspaces and optimize business performance.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh’s global operation reaches customers in approximately 200 countries and regions, supported by cultivated knowledge, technologies, and organizational capabilities nurtured over its 85-year history. In the financial year ended March 2023, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,134 billion yen (approx. 16.0 billion USD).
It is Ricoh’s mission and vision to empower individuals to find Fulfillment through Work by understanding and transforming how people work so we can unleash their potential and creativity to realize a sustainable future.
For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com.au
IPA
At IPA by Synergie we believe in the power of relationships and the potential of people. Our mission is to drive the growth of businesses and the careers of individuals. Through all the ups, downs, loops and restarts of any anyone's journey, by providing specialised recruitment services unique to our customers. With a steadfast commitment to safety, integrity, and excellence, we create inclusive workplaces where everyone can thrive. Join us in this shared journey, and let's turn ambition into reality together.
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Other Sponsors
Session Sponsor - Appliances Online
We live and breathe legendary service at Appliances Online. It’s the reason why we’re Australia’s most loved online retailer and why we’ve served more than 2.5 million unique customers. What really makes us different is the fact we tailor our business to what our customers want and need. The same legendary services that you know and love in our retail division can be found in our Commercial Division, with the same care and attention-to-detail given to every client. Our industry-specialist account managers have decades of combined experience and are used to working tirelessly to ensure that you’re supplied with the right appliances for the job.
Morning Tea Sponsors - Hertz
Hertz Australia: Global Reach and Local Expertise
With our extensive global network and strong Australian presence, Hertz is uniquely positioned to meet all your car rental needs with unmatched quality and service.
Hertz is a well-established global car rental company, offering travelers quality service across over 150 countries. With strong representation in key emerging markets, including the Asia Pacific region, we also offer chauffeur-driven services in selected locations worldwide.
As a leader in the Australian car rental market, Hertz provides customers with a wide range of fleet options through a superior network of rental locations at major airports, cities, and suburban and regional areas across Australia.
Award Sponsor - Bunnings Trade
Bunnings has a long history of supplying the building and construction industry in Australia and New Zealand, and now we’ve evolved to support other businesses too.
Our division Organisations is a holistic B2B solution now supplying ranges from Hardware, building products, tools, plumbing needs, electrical needs, gardening products and accessories. We work with a variety of organisations and small businesses across a range of sectors and industries such as Tourism, Hospitality, Agriculture, Facilities Management, Aged Care, Education, Manufacturing and Government.
Our teams are here to solve the every day requirement big and small for businesses.
To find out more on our services, range and leading brands, and to hear from some of our business customers contact the team.