As we navigate a quickly evolving world panorama, the sourcing career stands on the crossroads of innovation, resilience, and strategic impression. Not confined to cost-cutting or transactional effectivity, sourcing has emerged as a significant driver of enterprise worth and sustainability. From navigating world provide chain disruptions to embracing rising applied sciences like AI, blockchain, and predictive analytics, sourcing professionals in the present day are shaping the way in which companies function — and thrive — in a unstable world.
The way forward for sourcing hinges on our capability to evolve with function. Which means investing in expertise, constructing inclusive groups, embracing a digital-first mindset, and recognizing the broader strategic position sourcing performs in enterprise transformation. It additionally means recognizing and celebrating the leaders, innovators, and rising stars who’re pushing the boundaries of what’s potential in procurement and provide administration.
SIG is shining a highlight on trailblazers but once more on the 2025 Way forward for Sourcing Awards. Will you or your workforce be acknowledged this 12 months?
Asserting the Judges for the 2025 Way forward for Sourcing Awards
We’re thrilled to announce the distinguished panel of judges for the 2025 Way forward for Sourcing Awards, happening this fall on the SIG World Govt Summit, October 6-8, 2025, in Scottsdale, Arizona.
This 12 months’s judging panel brings collectively an esteemed group of sourcing and procurement thought leaders, senior executives, lecturers, and former award winners — all united by a dedication to advancing excellence within the career. Their experience and perception will information the number of the people and groups who’re redefining what success seems to be like in sourcing.
Meet the judges by award class:
Improvements in Sourcing
Mike Morsch, CDK World
Elissa Ouyang, California Water Service Group
Michaela Dempsey, Levelpath
Improvements in Worth Chain Influence
Lawrence Kane-Transamerica
Michael Koontz, SimplSourcing
Kriti Jain, Lucid Motors
Improvements in Third Celebration Threat Administration
Linda Tuck Chapman, Third Celebration Threat institute
Dr. John Lehr, Fireman First Credit score Union
David Roma-Garza, Airbus U.S. Area and Protection, Inc.
Improvements in Provider Relationship Administration
Amit Nath, Lucid Motors
Amand Prochaska, Surprise Companies
Daniel Dorr, Provider.io
Improvements in Digitization
Amy Fong, Everest Group
Velda Arthur, CDK World
Rana Karimi, ProcureAbility
Improvements in Expertise Administration
Elizabeth Zucker, The Hackett Group
Rudy Lim, Gates Basis
Rising Star
Dr. John Lehr
Lawrence Kane
Amit Nath
Amanda Prochaska
Sarah Scudder
Sourcing Star
Amy Fong
Michael Morsch
Linda Tuck Chapman
Michael Koontz
David Roma-Garza
The Way forward for Sourcing Awards honor those that are making a measurable impression — whether or not by way of innovation, transformation, collaboration, or management — throughout classes together with sourcing, third occasion danger administration, expertise improvement, digitization, and extra.
Are you aware somebody driving significant change within the sourcing career? Or is your workforce breaking new floor in provider collaboration, digital transformation, or ESG?
Now could be the time to share your story. Submit your nomination in the present day.
Nominations for the 2025 Way forward for Sourcing Awards are open by way of June 18, 2025. Go to awards.futureofsourcing.com to evaluate classes, see previous winners, and submit your nomination.
Let’s have a good time the way forward for sourcing — collectively.
