Testimonials
Lisa Murray
Verizon
This is a really important event in terms of marketing and brand awareness [...] being shortlisted is a privilege and if you win it is even better
Luke Hanlon
Musgrave
Talking to the team today they are all excited about being here together to celebrate our success and here’s to many more years to come
Lexy Staffurth
Primark
We’re really proud to win the award, it’s been a really great evening and great to see so many Procurement people in the room
Brendan Fitzgerald
Musgrave
This is our first time applying for these awards, its great for the team behind the project
Lynda Cahalane
Pfizer
We’re absolutely honoured and thrilled and delighted to receive this award on behalf of Pfizer, great recognition for the team and all the hard work done over the last 12 months
Robert Cullen
Associate Vice President, Global Strategic Sourcing - VERIZON
Events like this [are] very important to a company the size of horizon. We're not a brand name in Ireland, but yet we have a thousand employees here and we want to get people to know who we are by networking and coming to events like this; and working with other companies, you never know where your next lead where your next employee might come from; where your next engagement; very important.
JC Abella
Alliances Director - IVALUA
This type of event is critical for evaluating as a marketing entity and sort of a software company; we want to get our brand out our success stories. We're here with one of our Irish customers; Irish distillers so they have a kind of a nice story to talk about how we help them.
Martin Action
Group Head of Procurement - daa - Procurement Team of the Year (Large)
We are incredibly excited; really thrilled about it; obviously it's not just about me, it's about a whole team of people; and obviously they contribute a lot every day to what we need to do to daa.
Mike Kerr
Procurement Project Advisor - TRANSLINK - Best Public Sector, Semi State or Govt. Procurement Project of the Year, Sustainable Procurement Team of the Year (Large) & Overall Excellence Award
I’m surprised to win because [of] the sheer class and quality of people we [are] up against; you know other companies like ourselves, but also private [and] public, everything; it's very hard to win this thing.
Vincent O’Reilly
OGP Category Manager - Office of Government Procurement - Best Green Procurement Project of the Year (SME)
We were really really happy but we only realized how disappointed we would have been if we hadn't had one; so we're really really happy… It builds interest in your organization in your company and it kind of builds that excitement that maybe you wouldn't have had otherwise
Josephine Bonanno
Procurement Advisor - PRIMARK - Best Procurement Collaboration of the Year (Large)
We were thrilled; very very happy, the good way to showcase the great work that the team do [does].
Cathal Walsh
Supply Chain Manager - GAS NETWORKS IRELAND, Sustainable Procurement Team of the Year (SME)
From the point of view of networking and meeting your colleagues and so on and so forth. Absolutely great event! Great night!
Robert Sweeney
Indirect Sourcing Manager - BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CRUISERATH BIOLOGICS - Best Supplier Management Relationship Award
We were absolutely ecstatic to be honest; it's been something that we've worked towards for 12 - 18 months; we've been putting a lot of emphasis on this so look it was absolutely ecstatic across the board.
Andrew Wilson
Prorgrammes Manager - Supply Chain Sustainability School - Best Procurement Collaboration Project of the Year (SME)
It was amazing! We were absolutely delighted to win the award; it's recognition for all of our hard work over the last year. We've only launched recently in Ireland so we can build on this; it's a fantastic accolade for us!
Dara O’Sullivan
Senior Procurement Specialist - AN POST - Sustainable Procurement Champion of the Year
I'm absolutely delighted; it was a tough competition with the others and great other nominees as well, I'm really delighted! It's a great way to network with other companies and you know get your message out there and yeah it's great it's a great process to go through.
Ceara McBride
Head of Procurement and Materials - BUS EIREANN - Best Green Procurement Project of the Year (Large)
Even doing the submission, you know you're writing down and you're kind of when you see it on paper you know it really comes together, and you can see how much you've done and the team's done and that's so; it's brilliant!