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The Newsletter of the Institute for Supply Management - New Jersey, Inc.
June 2015 • Vol. 13, No. 6
June Monthly
Membership Meeting
Crystal Awards Banquet
Annual ISM-NJ Crystal Awards
Dinner to Take Place June 10
Wednesday
June 10, 2015
The Dolce Hotels & Resorts
300 N. Maple Avenue
Basking Ridge, NJ
Click on Google Maps logo for directions
6:00 p.m.
Reception
(South Courtyard)
7:00 p.m.
Installation of Officers
& Directors
Dinner
Award Presentations
Rick Houtz
Crystal Award Recipient
Tina Trueba
Crystal Award Chairperson
Award Recipient
ISM-NJ Student Members: $50
Non-Members: $100
To Register Click Here
RSVP by June 5, 2015
To [email protected]
Rick Houtz, Vice President,
Procurement & Business Services,
Novo Nordisk, Inc.
Tina Trueba, Executive Director,
Global Strategic Sourcing & Americas
Shared Services, Celgene Corporation
t the June 10, 2015, Membership Meeting, to be
held at The Dolce Hotels &
Resorts, this year’s Crystal
Award recipient will be introduced
to the ISM-NJ Membership. This is
the highest honor that ISM-NJ offers
which we award to the Supply Chain
Executive of the Year. The recipient is
selected from nominations submitted
by the members of the association. In
addition, the dinner chairman for this
prestigious affair is the executive with
the next highest rating. It acknowledges
the commitment to excellence made by
the honorees. Rick Houtz, Vice President, Procurement & Business Services,
Novo Nordisk, Inc., has been selected
as the Crystal Award Recipient, and
Tina Trueba, Executive Director, Global
Strategic Sourcing & Americas Shared
Services, Celgene Corporation, is the
Crystal Award Chairperson. The ISMNJ is pleased and proud to honor these
two individuals.
The evening begins at 6:00 p.m.
with a reception followed at 7:00 p.m.
with the installation of officers & directors, dinner and the Crystal Awards
presentations. ISM-NJ hopes all
members will make an effort to attend
this special event. For more information
contact Kathy Perna at Headquarters at
908-431-1100 or ismnewjersey@gmail.
com.
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(For more information on the honorees
click here to turn to page 3.)
ISM-NJ Membership Total: 616
"Building a Powerful Profession: One Member at a Time"
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Executive Message
ISM-NJ Newsletter is published
ten times a year by the Institute for Supply
Management - New Jersey, Inc.
P.O. Box 6585
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
908-431-1100
Web Site: www.ismnj.org
Institute for Supply
Management - New Jersey, Inc.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President
Robert Murphy, CPSM
President-Elect
Tamra Pawloski
V.P./Business Development
Deborah Augustus, CPSM, C.P.M., A.P.P.
V.P./Finance & Treasurer
Virginia Kesler Carlson
Executive Director
Kathleen M. Perna
DIRECTORS
Director of National Affairs
Thalia Adams-Waingarten, CPSM, C.P.M.,
A.P.P.
Director/Education Liaison
Marilyn Gettinger, C.P.M.
Director/Programs
Denise Dunchus, CPSM
August (Gus) Manz, CPSM
Directors/Professional Development
Maria Kiwalle, CPSM, CPSD
Brian Brockett
Director/Membership
Lori Ciculya, C.P.M.
Director Communications
Angela Gregorowicz
Chairpersons
Sustainability Issues
Grace Goldbeck
Publications
William B. Scherler, C.P.M., APP
Diversity Issues
Preeti Kaur
Public Relations
Vacant
Career Outreach
Debora Csontos, C.P.M., PMP
Women & Leadership
Alicia Scales
Trustees
Thalia Adams-Waingarten, CPSM, C.P.M.,
A.P.P.
Victor Catalano, CPSM, CPSD, C.P.M.
Guy Haddix, C.P.M.
John Hanna, C.P.M, A.P.P.
Robert Murphy, CPSM
Kathleen Perna
Gurpreet Singh, CPSM, CPSD, C.P.M.
Wm. Miller Wood, Trustee Emeritus
Robert J. Murphy, CPSM
President
G
reetings! I find it very hard
to believe that I am sitting
here at my kitchen table
writing the Executive Message for the last Points of Purchase
of the 2014/15 program year. It seems
like I was just writing the message
for the opening PoP a few weeks ago!
This year has flown by and was packed
with memorable events. Your Board of
Directors, Committee Chairs & Members and volunteers started working last
summer to put together a program that
was informative, educational and hopefully fun.
We started off the year with a talk
by members of the Paranormal Consulting and Investigations Group of NJ
and the history of the Secret Service;
an engrossing discussion with Jack
Shaughnessy, a former agent. Our October breakfast meeting featured a hotel
evacuation (and who doesn’t love that!).
ISM NJ presented the most successful
Women & Leadership Conference ever
in Jersey City and November brought
our annual combined meeting with the
APICS North Jersey chapter
Before we knew it the holidays
came and went and we were right
back at it in January with social media
lessons learned by PSE&G during
Superstorm Sandy and a discussion of
corporate cultures. February gave us a
pair of Rutgers Professors and our annual joint meeting with Central Jersey
APICS. March brought an incredibly
successful full day Supply Management
Editor
Dale Nieves
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Forum at Princeton University. Your
forum committee outdid themselves
with a deep dive into cyber security and
a look into the future of procurement
and supply management. The bar is set
really high for next year! April featured
a visit with the Purchasing Professionals
of Benjamin Moore at their North Jersey Headquarters and May our annual
Supplier Diversity Fair.
If that were all that happened it
would be a packed year. But the dinner meetings and forums were just the
beginning. Our affiliate hosted dozens
of courses, webinars and programs and
a small army of dedicated volunteers
worked tirelessly to make it all happen!
Many of them ventured out to Arizona
for the 100th ISM International Conference. They chose the learning track that
interested them most and picked up a
few affiliate awards along the way. Just
rewards for their hard work!
Now we arrive at the end of another
great program year and come together
at our Crystal Awards Banquet to honor
two deserving leaders of Procurement in
New Jersey. Our Crystal Award grows
in notoriety and prestige every year and
the list of honorees reads like a Who’s
Who in New Jersey business over the
past 20 years.
After a short break, your Board of
Directors and volunteers will be right
back to work planning programs and educational opportunities for the 2015/16
year. If you avail yourself of the diverse
program offerings offered by the ISM
NJ, remember to thank one of the many
volunteers that give of their time and
talent to make the ISM NJ affiliate a
leader among all the groups around the
country. They are proud of their efforts
and rightfully so! If you do not avail
yourself of these programs ……..What
are you waiting for!
On behalf of your Board of Directors and the countless volunteers that
keep our affiliate not just running but
growing and excelling, I’d like to wish
all our members and their families a
safe, happy and restful summer. We’ll
be ready for you in the fall.
Get to know the Crystal Award recipients
Rick Houtz is Vice President of
Procurement and Business Services for
NNI, the US affiliate of Danish-based
Novo Nordisk A/S, a global healthcare
company that employs over 40,000
people in 75 countries worldwide. With
over 17 years of professional experience, Rick brings a wealth of leadership, change management, procurement
knowledge and strategic insight to NNI. Rick started with NNI in 2012 and led
the execution of the procurement transformation program, creating a more
strategic-minded team and approach. This engendered a stronger interface
with key stakeholders, promoted more
transparent, straightforward processes
and enabled increased value contributions across the business enterprise. Rick also led his team to execute
against an ambitious opportunity plan
and successfully delivered over 3% savings on total spend in 2014; while doubling the spend professionally sourced
over a two year time-frame. Additionally, his team developed and executed
category strategies with full cooperation
and collaboration from key stakeholders across 12 key spend areas. Rick is
very focused on talent acquisition and
colleague development in which he
coaches his team to support the growth
of the function. In September 2014, Rick assumed additional responsi-
bilities for facilities, security, fleet and
travel. Prior to joining NNI, Rick has
regional and global procurement experience with companies such as, Becton
Dickenson, Pfizer and IBM.
Tina Trueba is the Executive Director of Global Strategic Sourcing and
Americas Shared Services for Celgene
Corporation. In this role, Tina is accountable for developing the strategy
and driving the global business solutions for contracting, supplier management and financial operations for $3B
of spend annually.
Prior to joining Celgene, Tina was
the VP of Finance at InventivHealth
responsible for global financial shared
services enabling speed, customer
service, quality and synergies across the
portfolio while partnering with the business leaders to grow the enterprise from
$700M to $2B in less than 18 months.
She led company-wide payroll, accounts payable, purchasing and record
to report functions driving best in class
processes positioning the company for
outsourcing relationships. In addition
she implemented Oracle HFM and
Essbase platforms enabling external
reporting and corporate financial consolidations for 140 legal entities in 50
countries.
Tina joined Inventiv Health from
Avaya where she was responsible for
leading the restructuring management
office for the Silverlake/TPG privately
held portfolio company, Avaya, and
delivered $300M of incremental cost/
cash opportunities in 2009/2010. She
reported directly to the chief operating officer as his chief of staff and led
a variety of enterprise-wide initiatives
focused on cost reduction and asset
optimization in areas including corporate overhead, real estate, manufacturing and provisioning. She began her
career at Avaya in 2007 as a Divisional
CFO for a $2.5B Division representing
50% of Avaya’s revenue and 30% of
EBITDA. During her 20+ year career,
Tina has held several senior level positions within accounting, finance, global
business services and sales operations.
Tina received her MBA in Finance
from Fairleigh Dickinson University and her undergraduate degree in
Accounting from Rutgers University.
Tina is an avid traveler and enjoys
exploring new places. In addition to
spending time with her family, Tina
indulges her passion for giving back by
participating on the board of directors
for The KidKind Foundation, a charity
geared toward teaching children and
their communities about the power of
kindness and good character.
Member Spotlight
Former ISM-NJ President wins award
G
urpreet Singh has been chosen to receive the American
Society for Quality’s 2015
Armand Feigenbaum Medal. Gurpreet’s work promoting and teaching the application of Lean Six Sigma
to new areas, including supply chain
management, were cited as specific reasons for his selection. The medal, which
is known around the world, is awarded
annually to an individual 35 years old
or younger for leadership, outstanding
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service and dedication to the field of
quality.
Singh worked as a production
and industrial engineer in India before
coming to the U.S. to attend graduate
studies at Rutgers Business School. In
2005, he completed his MBA with concentrations in supply chain management
and strategic management. In addition
to teaching, he now runs Strategic Supply Chain & Six Sigma Consulting.
Thirty new members join ISM-NJ
R
ecently 30 purchasing
professionals joined ISMNJ, bringing the total
membership to 616 The new
members are:
Rodrigo Alvim
Textainer
Paola Baez
Rutgers University
Ruxandra Barbu
Rutgers Business School
Alexandria Castillo
Rutgers University
Luis Castillo
Rutgers University
Irene Coleman
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Susana Corsino
PSE&G
Gautham Elango
Rutgers University
Stephanie Herrera
Rutgers University
Linh Hoang
Rutgers University
Marvins Linder
Rutgers University
Ronnie Lozada
Rutgers University
Jade Martin
PSEG
Cesia Olortegui
Rutgers University
Vincenza Orlando
Rutgers University
Brian Piazza
PSEG
Sona Rupani
Rutgers University
Shank Sachdev
Rutgers University
Jasdeep Sandhu
Rutgers University
Patricia Scott
Fannie Mae
Elijah Shabazz
Rutgers University
Scott Sliker
Rutgers University
Sharon Suchil
Rutgers University
Ros Tantillo
Rutgers University
Sean Tindell
Rutgers University
Joanna Tsno
Rutgers University
Douglas Wallace
Actavis
Beverly White
BKW Transformation Group
Tracee Wright
PSEG
Agata Zarowna
Rutgers University
Summer
Hiatus
DCAT Sharp Sourcing 2015 is the must-attend event for pharmaceutical sourcing
and procurement professionals and their suppliers facing the challenge of delivering value in an environment marked by increasingly complex global supply chains,
greater cost pressures, and dynamic business conditions. Attendees will participate
in specialized suppliers’ and buyers’ forums, as well as gain solution-based, practical
insight from industry experts on innovation, crowdsourcing and a risk management
roundtable.
Date: July 16, 2015
Location: Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Contact: DCAT Office 1-800-640-3228
Website: http://www.dcat.org/Pages/about_SharpSourcing2015.aspx
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The ISM-NJ newsletter
will take a summer hiatus
for the next two months.
The next issue of “Points
of Purchase” will be
published in September.
Have a great
summer!
ISM-New Jersey
2015 Training Schedule
June 19, 2015
October 2, 2015
November 5, 2015
CPSM #3
Leadership
Supply Chain Metrics
Webinars
June 16, 2015
July 21, 2015
September 22, 2015
December 4, 2015
Cost Reduction Initiative
Key Performance Indicators for Supply
Management
Commodity Segmentation
The Capital Equipment Purchase
For locations please go to the Meetings Page link: http://ismnj.org/meetinginfo.php
ISM-NJ Membership Meeting
Schedule
September 16, 2015
October 8, 2015
November 12, 2015
ISM-NJ Joins the
Social Media
Have you checked out
ISM-NJ on our Social
Media Sites yet?
The addresses are listed
below.
https://www.facebook.com/ism.nj
https://twitter.com/ismnj
https://www.linkedin.com/
groups?gid=1820065&trk=my_
groups-b-grp-v
Bridgewater Marriott
The Olde Mill Inn (Breakfast Meeting)
60th Anniversary - The Dolce Hotel & Resorts
Congratulations to Kathleen McGrady, C.P.M.
who recently re-certified as Certified Purchasing Manager
Save the Date
ISM-NJ Women & Leadership
Conference
October 15-16, 2015
Wyndham Hamilton Park
Conference Center
Florham Park, New Jersey
Details forthcoming….
Save The Date
November 12, 2015
The Dolce Hotel, Basking Ridge, NJ
ISM-New Jersey Celebrates 60 Years
Guests Include Tom Derry, ISM CEO
Hans Melotte, Chief Procurement Officer, Johnson & Johnson
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2015 Raymond Clayton Education Award Application
One ($1,000) scholarships will be awarded to a College Junior or Senior Full-Time Student based on GPA,
volunteerism, and quality of presented essay.
Applicant must be a current ISM-NJ Student Member in in order of application to qualify.
Name:__________________________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________________________
Email:___________________________________________________________
Telephone:_______________________________________________________
Grade Point Average (GPA):________________________________________________
Extra-Curricular Activities:
College University Name & Address:______________________________
Applicant agrees they have met the Eligibility Requirements of a minimum GPA of 3.0
Each applicant will need to attach the following:
 Personal statement as to their volunteer activities, awards, clubs and professional associations,
goals & objectives for next 5 years, what you will do with this scholarship
 Resume
 Copy of your winter GPA standing
 Professor recommendation
Award recipient will need to attend ISM-NJ September 2015 Membership Meeting to receive Award.
Signature:_______________________________________________________
Personal Statement (use additional space as needed):
Application and Proof of Eligibility must be received by June 30, 2015. Mailed, E-mailed or Faxed to:
ISM-NJ
P.O. Box 6585
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
908-431-1100 • Fax 908-431-1122 • E-mail: [email protected]
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2015 Raymond (Ray) Clayton Education Award Application
One ($500) scholarship will be awarded to a High School Student based on GPA,
volunteerism, and quality of presented essay.
Member must be a current ISM-NJ member in good standing in order of application to qualify.
Member Name:___________________________________________________________
Member Address:_________________________________________________________
Member Email:___________________________________________________________
Member Telephone:_______________________________________________________
Student Name:____________________________________________________________
Grade Point Average (GPA):________________________________________________
Extra-Curricular Activities:
High School Name and Address:_____________________________________________
Name and Address of College or Other School that the Student has been accepted to:
Member agrees that their Student has met the Eligibility Requirements of graduating from High
School in 2014-2015 with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and that the Student will be attending a
College or Other Accredited School of Learning in the Fall of 2015 and will furnish necessary
proof to ISM-NJ. Each applicant will need to attach a person statement as to their future goals.
Member will need to attend ISM-NJ September 2015 Membership Meeting to receive Award.
Member Signature:_______________________________________________________
Personal Statement:
Application and Proof of Eligibility must be received by July 1, 2015.
ISM-NJ
P.O. Box 6585, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 • 908-431-1100 • E-mail: [email protected]
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2015 ISM-NJ Women & Leadership Diamond Award
Nomination Form
The ISM-New Jersey Women & Leadership Diamond Award will be given annually at the Women & Leadership
Conference which will focus on the leadership and mentoring of women in the supply management role. The
candidates will need to submit the following form with a personal statement to the ISM-New Jersey Office by August
31, 2015. Recipients will be highlighted in NJBiz and Garden State Woman website.
2015 ISM-NJ Women & Leadership Diamond Award Nomination Form
Deadline – August 31, 2015
Name:
Title/Position:
Company:
Address:
City
Phone:
State
Fax:
Zip Code
E-mail address
Finalists will be selected based on the following criteria. Please rate the nominee’s performance in each of the items
below on a scale of l (low) to 5 (high):
 Promoting Supply Management Profession
 Bottom Line Contributions
 Diversity/Minority Development
 Leadership Qualities
 Environmental/Recycling Commitment
 Innovative Programs Initiated
 Mentoring Programs
 Other Memberships
Please submit personal statement and biography of candidate:
Nominations are not limited to ISM members. Nominations will be kept confidential. Nominees will be notified
of award status by September 11, 2015. Recipient will need to attend October 2015 ISM-NJ Women &
Leadership Conference Luncheon at which time award will be presented.
Submitted by:
Company:
Phone:
Date:
E-mail:
ISM-NJ, P.O. Box 6585, Hillsborough, NJ 08844  (908) 431-1100  Fax (908) 431-1122  E-mail – [email protected]
ISM – NEW JERSEY, INC.
Kathleen Perna, Executive Director
P.O. Box 6585, Hillsborough, New Jersey 08844
(908) 431-1100 ▪ Fax (908) 431-1122 ▪ Email – [email protected] ▪ www.ismnj.org
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