In the scenic setting of Spazio Parco Milano, within an 18th-century farmhouse revamped in a modern style and surrounded by a park spanning over 22,000 square meters, the awards were presented to the finalist projects of the 7th edition of The Procurement Awards.
It was an evening full of emotions, thanks in part to the presence of an exceptional host, actor and comedian Germano Lanzoni, who managed to engage and entertain the room packed with purchasing directors from the leading companies in Italy.
Alongside him on stage was Maria Teresa Bongiovanni, CEO of The Procurement, who opened the evening with these words: “We thought of taking you, for one evening, away from the noise of the present, in which, like brave captains, every day you are facing ever higher waves, called energy costs, inflation, lack of raw materials, and many other adversities. But paraphrasing a famous movie, ‘This is procurement, beauty!’”
Following that, Micol Barba, editor-in-chief of The Procurement, interviewed Giuseppe Morici, Senior Advisor, consultant, author, and member of the board of directors of the Feltrinelli Group, who, in a phone interview, shared his professional experience and vision of work in companies. He drew inspiration from his latest essays, “Fare i manager rimanendo brave persone” (Being a Manager While Staying a Good Person) and “Leader ma non troppo. Arte e fatica di guidare un’azienda” (Leader, But Not Too Much: The Art and Effort of Leading a Company).
After his speech, it was time to reveal the winners: Maria Teresa Bongiovanni and Germano Lanzoni unveiled the ranking of the top three finalist projects in each of the five categories in competition: Ethical and Sustainable Procurement, Cross-Functional Team Procurement, Skill Development, Negotiation Best Practices, and Innovation in Procurement.
The evening continued with the winners of the special awards, including the first edition of “Crescita Italia,” presented by The Procurement president, Alberto Mariani, to Enel’s project titled “Energie per crescere” (Energy to Grow).
“From this moment of great difficulty for our country, we can only emerge through a restart that involves everyone, and Enel’s project, which aims to train 5,500 resources by December 2023 to strengthen the companies in its supply chain, is an excellent example,” commented Alberto Mariani, as he presented the award to Alda Paola Baldi, Head of Procurement Italy.
THE WINNERS
● Ethical and Sustainable Purchasing
1st place: Eurodisplay: Pampers Naturello for a real circular economy
2nd place: Enel Spa: Green and High Recycled Content Cables
3rd place: BMS: BMS Corporate Forest
● Cross-functional team purchasing
1st place: SEA Airports – Entry-Exit Systems for Milan Linate and Malpensa airports
2nd place: Enel Italia – Energie per Crescere
3rd place: Bristol Myers Squibb – Buy@BMS Navigator
4th place: Snam – Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) of Portovesme (out of competition)
● Development of skills
1st place: Enel SpA – Academic Path Global Procurement
2nd place: SCL – Developing Skills to Effectively Negotiate Supplier Price Increases
3rd place: Snam – Shift your mindset to embrace change: ESG culture (out of competition)
● Negotiation best practice
1st place: Elettronica – Innovation of the “Sourcing Strategy” with the Hoshin Kanri methodology to improve purchasing performance
2nd place: Enel – CM24 – Unbundled Project
3rd place: SCL – The contractual significance in contexts of high volatility in purchase costs
4th place: Enel Italia – Supplier Development Program (out of competition)
● Innovation in Procurement
1st place: Alfaparf – No metal
2nd place: Camst – RIUSOO – An innovative non-purchase project
3rd place: Reale Mutua – Project for the digitalization of processes
4th place: Mediaset Group – Third Party Risk Management (out of competition)
5th place: Snam – Digital Transformation for Supply Chain – The Buyer 4.0: the digital generation of the contract (out of competition)
STARTUP Award
1st place: PlusAdvance
2nd place: Frieco
3rd place: Evogy
Special Awards
● High Impact Innovation
Snam – Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) of Portovesme
● Innovation in SMEs
Eurodisplay – Pampers Naturello for a True Circular Economy
● Special Mention TP Ambassador
Cristiano Cella-Planning procurement manager di Snam
Barbara Cecchele- Head of Group Purchasing di Dab Pumps
● Crescita Italia
Enel – Energie per crescere
● The Procurement magazine editorial award
Paolo Mondo – Nttdata advisor
Anna Spinelli – Cpo DHL Deutsche Post Group
● Purchasing people
Camst – RIUSOO – An innovative non-purchase project
Scientific Committee – The Procurement awards ‘22
President of the Jury: Francesco Calì, Managing director, Valeo-in
● Guido Amendola, Senior vice president corporate & group supply chain, Snam
● Paola Romano, Head of procurement, governance & coordination, Eni
● Alessio Chimenti, Director of Legal Affairs and Purchasing, Istituto Poligrafico Zecca dello stato
● Gustavo Piga, Professor of Economics, Università Tor Vergata
● Roberta Garizio, Indirect purchasing director, Lavazza
● Massimo Bergonzi, Global procurement director, Bracco
● Stefano Carosi, Purchasing Manager, Agenzia delle Entrate
● Stefano Ziliani, Chief value chain officer, Prometeon Tyre Group
● Valerio Dal Monte, Purchasing Director, Ip Gruppo Api
● Sabrina Ghio, General procurement, Ferrero
● Roberto de Mari, Head of procurement, safety & corporate service, Banca Mediolanum
● Giovanni Molteni, Head of procurement, Mediaset Group Italy
Scientific Committee – Contest startup ‘22
● Paola Felcaro, Purchasing manager, Schneider Electric
● Guido D’Agostino, Head of global procurement, Chiesi
● Daria Baradel, Director of operations, Arduino
● Fabiana Bobba, Responsabile qualifica fornitori e governance supply chain, Snam
● Massimiliano Masiero, Direct procurement director, Arcadis
● Roberto Mantese, Director supply chain risk manager, Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A.
