Future Talent Award
Wales has been fertile ground for the advancement of public procurement, with many outstanding examples of progress and achievement being celebrated in the GO Awards Wales.
This Award recognises the achievements of the next generation of public procurement professional in Wales. It focuses on individuals who are at the start of their career in public procurement – irrespective of whether this is their first role or through a change of career and recognises those who are going above and beyond to support organisational and National goals .
Open to: Individuals employed in a public procurement role for a Welsh contracting authority for less than three years as of January 2024.
Submissions must be supported by the contracting authority that the entrant is employed by – for example, a written statement with the name and position of the sponsor, either within the submission or as an attachment.
Timescale: Individuals employed in a public procurement role for a Welsh contracting authority for less than three years as of January 2024.
Entry Questions
Explain the impact you have had on the procurement function(s) or team(s) that you have been working with and how? How has this benefited both the organisation and wider stakeholders?
Please provide detail of a specific project or initiative that you have supported in your procurement role and explain the difference and impact your specific contribution has made.
Which challenges are you most passionate about procurement helping to solve? How is that evidenced in the approach you have taken so far?
What new skills have you developed or honed as a result of coming into a procurement role via one of our PPoT routes and how are these helping you and the team that you are working within?
Where are you on your professional journey and how are you supporting that via continuous professional development?
