Softskills for the 21st century procurement and supply professional

EVENT DETAILS

An opportunity to learn about developing key soft skills form two leaders in the field, discuss soft skills and career progression with other procurement and supply professionals in a structured session and network with other professionals in the Manchester area.

If you have any queries please contact branchevents@cips.org

EVENT VENUE:

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School - Seventh Floor All Saints Campus Oxford Road Manchester, M15 6BH United Kingdom

Event registration from 5.30pm.

EVENT SPEAKERS

Chris Whiteley

Managing Director, The  21st Century Leadership Company. 

Chris help leaders to lead effectively and develop happy, connected, and high-performing teams. As a proven leadership coach and mentor, Chris's ethos is simple and yet highly effective. To explore a leaders’ mindset, thought processes, methods and aspirations to accelerate personal development. What's more, to channel this progression into the transformation of individual and team performance.

Professor David Bamford, BSc (Hons), MPhil, PhD, CMgr, MCMI, FHEA

Professor of Operations Management, Manchester Metropolitan University. 

Professor David Bamford is an experienced industrialist/academic who has published over 250 articles, book chapters and reports as well as presented widely on his topics to both academic and practitioner audiences. His multiple publications include two co-authored books: Essential Guide to Operations Management and Managing Quality. David's research interests are: operations management improvement strategies; supply chain management, quality management; sports operations management; strategic organisational change; leadership. E.g. His work at the London 2012 Paralympics, assessing athletes perceptions of the operational resources design and delivery, influenced design aspects of the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Games.