Finally, procurement executives will get to be recognized in 2017, as Instinct Wave will be honouring and celebrating  companies, teams, stakeholders and individuals who have raised the bar of excellence in the procurement sector at the first ever Nigeria Procurement Awards.

Scheduled for April at the Oriental Hotel, Nigeria Procurement Awards (NPA) the first of its kind will celebrate outstanding achievements by rewarding companies, teams, stakeholders and individuals who have demonstrated unparalleled ability to succeed and have continually set standards of excellence in the procurement sector.

In a press statement, Instinct Wave CEO, Akin Naphtal lamented that the impact of the procurement unit in various firms is hardly celebrated or recognised.

We would like to change this mind set by celebrating and rewarding exceptional talents, teams and organizations that have demonstrated excellence in delivering best practice and innovation in the procurement and supply chain sector in Nigeria.

Procurement functions are now playing pivotal roles in the success of their firms, and by playing such strategic roles; their functions have risen to huge prominence in a highly competitive global business environment he added.

Nigeria Procurement Awards will further emphasize the value and importance of the procurement function and also convince organisations of the need for its further development and professionalisation.

In order to be awarded, procurement units are to submit entries of outstanding projects that have heightened the contribution of procurement and also created values for their companies.

Public and private companies will jostle for nothing less than 30 awards categories. These include, Procurement Professional of the Year, Industry Personality of the Year, Best Collaborative Procurement Award, Best Innovative Use of Technology in Procurement, Procurement Team of the Year, Most Progressive Public Procurement, Best Supplier & Enterprise Development Project, Excellence in Procurement: Telecom, Excellence in Procurement: FMCG and Best Procurement Support Organisation of the Year.

Instinct Wave is the organizer of the highly successful 7th MarketingWorld Awards , 7th Ghana Information Technology &Telecom Awards (GITTA), 3rd Nigeria CFO  Awards, Ghana Construction Awards, West African Telecom Summit & Expo and Ghana CFO Awards