The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) has presented the Procurement Excellence Standard Certificate to Seplat Energy Plc.The Global Chief Executive Officer, CIPS, Ben Farrell, led the delegation to make the presentation to the Seplat Energy team led by the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Samson Ezugworie; and the General Manager, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Valentine Agwu.

  Seplat Energy’s application to be assessed against the CIPS standards started in February 2023. During the period, CIPS-approved assessors reviewed – amongst other criteria – the company’s processes, policies, ways of working, among others against 98 elements and across five dimensions (categories) used in assessing the operations of a supply chain management organisation.

     The CIPS boss observed that the award has only been issued to a few organisations who have demonstrated to be aspirational, continuingly obsessed with being better and raising the bar.

  Farrell said: “We don’t give these certificates away, because they are serious, meaningful recognition of that ambition. So, it is designed for hard work and to be rigorous, because we want people to feel at the end of it that they are really proficient, and they are capable of all the things it is designed to do. So, it is a real recognition of your commitment and the team’s commitment. Congratulations to you all.”