Please note:
  • You will not be able to save your work and return to complete it later. Be prepared to complete the entire form.
  • Responses are restricted to 1,000 characters (about 6-7 sentences).
  • It is critical that you carefully review the questions and the terms of this nomination. Your nomination may be rejected or delayed if your form is not complete or if we cannot satisfy the terms and deliverables.

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* 1. Please enter the email address for the person who is coordinating this nomination and for whom SIG can contact with questions.

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* 2. Please enter the contact information for the person who is coordinating this nomination and for whom SIG can contact with questions. Again, SIG must be able to contact this person with questions. 

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* 3. Please list the name of the two companies being submitted in this joint nomination.

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* 4. Please provide the following information about the submitting company:

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* 5. Please tell us about the company with whom you are submitting this nomination, i.e., "Joint Company":

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* 6. If you are submitting a nomination on behalf or including another company, please provide a point of contact at that company. SIG may need to reach out to that contact, so please advise this person that SIG may contact them regarding this nomination and that SIG may request approval for use of their company’s logo and name.

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* 7. How did you hear about this awards program?

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* 8. If you indicated you heard about this program from a referral, please identify the name of the reference.

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* 9. We are submitting our nomination in the following category/categories. *PLEASE NOTE: You may select up to 3 categories that apply for your project to be considered, but you will only be eligible to win in one category. If you are submitting more than one project, separate nomination forms are required.

  Preference 1 Preference 2 Preference 3
Innovations in Digitization
Innovations in Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)
Innovations in Governance/Compliance
Innovations in Outsourcing
Innovations in Sourcing
Innovations in Supplier Diversity
Innovations in Supplier Performance
Innovations in Sustainability
Innovations in Talent Management
Innovations in Third Party Management

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* 10. What precipitated the need for this joint project? What was the problem you were trying to address? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 11. How were things handled originally? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 12. What drivers led to the need for change? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 13. What were the goals for this project? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 14. How did your team(s) assess the risks for this project’s strategy? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 15. What were the outcomes achieved, in terms of performance/customer satisfaction/revenue/sales and any other relevant financial gains? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 16. How were outcomes measured? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 17. How did the outcome(s) differ from what was expected and why? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 18. How transformative has this been as a strategy within the organization? Response limited to 1000characters.

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* 19. How are employees dealing with the change? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 20. How will the team(s) ensure that the new model remains relevant and adapts to the future needs of the market? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 21. How will emerging technologies or approaches be applied to deliver further value? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 22. What is being done to safeguard the future benefits and which of the nominated companies is the recipient of those benefits? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 23. How did your team(s) make a business case for this project? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 24. How will the outcomes of this project help the relevant sourcing organization gain a seat at the executive table? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 25. How will the outcomes of this project create a competitive advantage for both companies? Response limited to 1000 characters.

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* 26. Please provide a short title to identify your project. For example, "How Acme Company Reduced Costs and Built Efficiencies with a World Class Supplier Diversity Program". You can view additional guidelines here.  Response limited to 75 characters.

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* 27. Please provide a short description (125 words) to summarize your project, goals, challenges, achievements, successes, partners, outcomes, etc. You can view additional guidelines here.

Optional: In the process of promoting the Future of Sourcing Awards and your participation, we may use participating companies' logo(s) and/or headshots for our marketing materials. If it is possible for you to upload any of these materials here, please do so. Alternatively, you may send them via email to awards@sig.org and our team will confirm receipt. File size is limited to 16MB.

Preferences:
-  1 Company logo in high resolution with transparency (PNG-file format)
-  1 Headshot in high resolution for each nominee (JPG or PNG file format)

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* 32. By submitting this nomination:

By submitting this nomination (and people/teams), you are agreeing for us to contact them and have them agree to the following:

  • We agree to the publicity rules as stated in the Awards Entry Pack. (SIG reserves the right to use the company names of nominees in our communications. Finalists agree that their company names and logos may be used in our communications.)
  • We agree that if we are selected as a finalist in any category, that we will contribute responses to a written interview article prior to the Awards.
  • We understand that if we are chosen as a finalist, we will be required to attend the Awards and purchase tickets if we are not SIG members.
  • We agree that if selected as a winner in any category, we will be available for a podcast to be recorded after the Awards.

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