CPO Honors

    The CPO Honors will return in 2024

    CPO Honors

    The CPO Honors Ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate the procurement profession and recognize excellence in the field. At the ceremony, Ardent Partners presents awards for outstanding performance and execution in the last year – “The CPO Honors” – to a variety of high achievers including Chief Procurement Officers, and other procurement leaders, procurement teams, as well as procurement solution providers and other experts. A new class of Chief Procurement Officers will also be inducted into the CPO Rising Hall of Fame based upon career achievements.

    The CPO Honors winners are selected from the pool of external nominations. So if there is a CPO or other procurement leader who you think is deserving, make sure to submit your nomination when the program returns next year.

    Click here to watch the the full CPO Honors 2019 highlights video.

    “We distinguish top performers in all Ardent Partners’ research efforts as ‘Best-in-Class’ enterprises: from this group, our research team has identified a smaller list of procurement leaders and organizations who are notable for their transformative strategies and results.”

    – Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer, Ardent Partners

    Candidates are chosen based upon external nominations, and must be nominated in the defined time period to be considered. So, if there is a CPO (procurement leader), procurement team, and/or industry expert that you think is deserving, make sure to submit your nomination next year! 

    THE CPO HONORS CATEGORIES:

    The Innovation Award: This award is presented to the CPO and team that have used new and innovative strategies and approaches to overcome significant hurdles.

    The Technology Excellence Award: This award is presented to the CPO and team that have leveraged technology solutions to impact procurement operations and performance.

    Best Team Performance Award: This award is presented to the procurement department that has excelled across the full scope of procurement operations to make a significant impact on overall enterprise results.

    The Leadership Award (CPO of the Year): This award is presented to the CPO who has driven new performance heights as a result of their direct involvement and leadership and overall exceptional executive management.

    Innovative Solution of the Year: Presented to the solution provider who most significantly impacted the market with innovative solutions.

    Best Technology Partnership: Presented to the best partnership between a solution provider and their procurement team customer on to a technology deployment.

    Future of Work Visionary: Presented to the leader or team who optimizes talent through the use of innovative strategies and/or technology.

    CPO HONORS NOMINATION FORM

    CPO Honors Timeline

    • Nominations open – June 15 thru September 30 
    • Finalists announced – October 15
    • CPO Honors Ceremony– November TBD

    Previous winners include:

    • Len DeCandia, CPO, Johnson & Johnson
    • Jose Turkienicz, CPO, UPS
    • Tom Linton, CPO, Flex
    • Walter Charles, CPO, Biogen
    • Shelley Stewart, CPO, DuPont
    • Gregg Brandyberry, CPO, GlaxoSmithKline
    • Uldis Sipols, CPO, Gillette
    • James L. Polak, CPO, General Purchasing, PPG Industries
    • CA Technologies’ Procurement Department
    • Vodafone Group (led by Ninian Wilson)
    • Steve Listzwan, CPO, Shire
    • Sara Malconian, CPO, Harvard University
    • Greg Tennyson, CPO, VSP Global
    • Anu Saxena, CPO, Hilton
    • Ivalua & Booz Allen Hamilton
    • Andrea Greco, CPO, CBRE
    • Dennis Silva, CPO, BCNET
    • GEP
    • Scout RFP & Biogen
    • Boston Scientific’s Procurement Department
    • Scott Singer, CPO, Rio Tinto
    • Watermark Retirement Communities’ Procurement Department