Dinner Meeting 

(Dinner Meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Odyssey Restaurant, 15600 Odyssey Dr., Granada Hills, CA 91344)

   Wednesday
March 14, 2012

 (Register for the event here)

 

The National Association of Purchasing Management - San Fernando Valley proudly presents:

SUCCESSFUL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT –
ALIGNING CONTRACTS TO CORPORATE BUSINESS STRATEGY

presented by Elaine Whittington, C.P.M., CPCM, A.P.P.

 This dinner presentation will cover the basics of contract management beginning from source selection to contract closure.  The supply chain manager has a responsibility to assure not only that the contract is completed on time and within budget constraints.  There is also a responsibility to include the firm’s business strategies in the written contract as a contribution to the firm’s success.  With this in mind the material will provide some ideas on how best to include these items in the written contract.  This information will be useful to all supply chain managers who wish to support their firm’s goals and objectives.  It will indeed demonstrate the importance of supply chain management personnel and the necessity of their contributions.  

Elaine Whittington has worked in the purchasing field for over forty years. She earned her degree from UCLA and taught “Fundamentals of Purchasing” at UCLA Extension.  She spent twenty five years with Lockheed-Martin.  Elaine has presented workshops and keynote presentations  throughout the United States as well as Australia, Mexico, Sweden, Germany and Canada.  She taught and consulted in both the private and public sectors of the business world.  Elaine served as President of the Los Angeles Affiliate of the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) and she also served as president of the National Association of Purchasing Management.  This was before they changed their name to the Institute of Supply Management.  Elaine is a recipient of ISM’s esteemed J. Shipman Gold Medal Award.  This medal is awarded each year to one outstanding member of the profession.  Currently, she serves as the Chair of the Scholarship Committee and a Consulting Director for the National Association of Purchasing Management – San Fernando Valley, an affiliate of the Institute of Supply Management.  

Your reservation is greatly appreciated since we have a minimum commitment to the restaurant.

 Coming up next:                            

April 11, 2012 – Mike Taylor – “Negotiation Leverage”
May 16, 2012 – Supplier Night (Bring your business cards for drawings!)
June 13, 2012 – Steven Miller – CPO of Walt Disney Company