Deadline Nears for young supply management pro nomination.
Press Release Summary:
ThomasNet® and Institute for Supply Management® (ISM) invite nominations of supply management professionals 30 years or younger by October 30, 2015 for second annual "30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars" Recognition Program. Each of 30 winners will receive free one-year membership in ISM, and one "megawatt star," along with their nominator, will receive all-expense-paid trip to ISM's 2016 annual conference. As role models, honorees inspire others to build supply management careers.
Original Press Release:
Two Weeks to Go: Deadline for "30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars" Program Almost Here
ThomasNet.com and ISM to Celebrate 30 Outstanding Millennials Making a Difference in Supply Management
New York, NY and Tempe, AZ – Attention, supply management professionals: There is still time to publicly recognize your youngest achievers for their outstanding work. ThomasNet® and Institute for Supply Management® continue to invite nominations for their second annual “30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars” Recognition Program. But nominators must move fast: The deadline for online submissions is October 30, 2015, just two weeks away.
By honoring outstanding professionals who are 30 and younger, ThomasNet and ISM want to reach other Millennials who would thrive in supply management. This is especially urgent as the Baby Boomers who “dominate” the industry retire and leave more jobs than people to fill them. The organizations hope that the honorees will serve as role models and inspire other Millennials to build supply management careers.
Part of the challenge is showing this generation how exciting the profession has become. For example, Wesley (Wes) Whitney, Sourcing Specialist, Enterprise Products, Houston and one of the first “Rising Stars”, never pictured himself in his current role. “When I was a child, my grandmother held a supply management job and it was the opposite of what I wanted to do. Fast forward to adulthood, when a friend of mine entered the industry, and I realized how impactful it has become. I love being able to affect my company’s performance, and I want to make supply management my lifetime career,” he said.
The ThomasNet/ISM program rewards individuals like Wes Whitney who are making a difference through their innovation, leadership, initiative and/or collaboration. Anyone in the private or public sector who will be 30 or younger by December 31, 2015 is eligible.
Each of the 30 winners will be rewarded with a free one-year membership in ISM. The “megawatt star” among them, and their nominator, will receive an all-expense-paid trip to ISM’s 2016 annual conference, May 16-18 in Indianapolis.
To nominate a Rising Star by October 30, please go to www.thomasnet.com/30under30.
About Institute for Supply Management®
Founded in 1915 as the first supply management institute in the world, Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) is committed to advancing the practice of supply management to drive value and competitive advantage for its members, contributing to a prosperous and sustainable world. This year, ISM celebrates 100 years of leading, innovating and guiding the profession through the renowned ISM Report On Business®, highly regarded certification programs, and the newly launched ISM Mastery Model™. This personalized learning program encourages professionals to become experts in their field by filling in knowledge gaps in areas of supply management through competency-based training. ISM is a not-for-profit organization with global influence, serving supply management professionals in more than 90 countries. For more information, please visit: www.instituteforsupplymanagement.org.
About ThomasNet®
ThomasNet provides solutions that make it easier for buyers and engineers to partner with the right industrial suppliers. For nearly a century the Company’s “big green books” -- the Thomas Register -- were considered indispensable to B2B buyers and manufacturers alike. Today, ThomasNet offers tools to facilitate every step of the buying process. This includes industry’s leading supplier discovery platform, free online at ThomasNet.com.
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