Communisis awarded CIPS Gold Certification for purchasing and supply management excellence

8 December 2011

Leading marketing services provider Communisis has been awarded the highly exclusive and prestigious Gold Certification from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS).

This certification recognises Communisis’ strategic expertise in purchasing and supply management. It also acknowledges the company’s proven ability to establish the purchase and supply business function as a standalone competitive advantage for the organisation and its clients. This has been achieved through the fostering of strong internal customer and key supplier relationships, directly contributing to the improvement of overall profit, efficiency and effectiveness.

CIPS Gold Certification is the ultimate global recognition for purchasing and supply process management excellence and has only been awarded to 14 organisations in total. The award symbolises ongoing dedication to improvement and innovation in the supply and purchase management field. To be awarded the certification, Communisis underwent a robust audit, interview and modular assessment process and demonstrated a standard of excellence in 16 different areas including Strategic Intent, People Performance, Risk Assessment and Continuity Planning, Project Management, Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Alan Martin, Group Purchasing Director at Communisis said, “Achieving CIPS Gold Certification is something that we have worked extremely hard towards and are very proud to achieve. This award is evidence to the fact that Communisis is home to the most trustworthy and profit enhancing supply and purchasing systems on the market - an asset that we look to pass directly onto our customers. This is an area of the business that we value extremely highly and to receive such a highly coveted industry award is a true testament to the hard work that we have put into establishing ourselves as an industry leader.”

David Noble, CIPS CEO said, ”This has been a most impressive approach to CIPS Gold Certification. The whole team have thrown themselves wholeheartedly into the process including Andy Blundell, the CEO and John Wells Group Commercial Director, so there has been full support and commitment at a strategic corporate level.

“Communisis were able to show robust evidence in all 16 modules – innovation, creativity, leadership, customer engagement, risk awareness, willingness to learn and a culture of continuous improvement. They also pulled in the resources of their marketing team to produce the gold module papers as an e-book with a contemporary look and easy-to-read format, so they have gone beyond their own learning and shared more widely.

“Their sourcing processes are world class, and we’re pleased that Communisis have joined an elite group of Gold Certification clients offering an excellent service.”

To be awarded the CIPS Gold Certification an organisation must have previously held a Silver Certification in the area. Other organisations that are holders of the CIPS Gold Certification include ASDA (Walmart), BBC, Zurich Financial Services, PriceWaterhouse Coopers PPA, DEFRA and the National Air Traffic Services (NATS).

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