NAPM-TC Committees

Professional Development Committee
This is a great team of purchasing professionals with the focused direction of providing the best possible educational opportunities for our members to gain certification, recertification and knowledge of best practices across the industry. We strive to advance the purchasing profession through these educational opportunities. Additionally, our goal is to hold them at the most convenient times, in the most central locations possible for the majority of our members.

Marketing Committee
The mission of the Marketing Committee is to increase awareness of the activities of NAPM-Twin Cities association to our members. In addition, we provide support to the other committees of our association such as Professional Development, Membership, and Fall Conference in promoting their activities as well as other association special events. We also maintain and determine improvements to our website and communicate our activities through various media such as mailings, email, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Yahoo.

Membership Committee
The Membership Committee seeks ways to recruit and retain existing and new members. Examples of responsibilities include: assist Affiliate Administrator contact members regarding membership renewal, new membership orientation, new membership social events, membership drives and incentives work with Marketing Committee to develop membership materials. The Committee recommends policies, procedures, and initiatives to assure a growing and vital membership organization.

Fall Conference Committee
The Fall Conference Committee exists to promote the training of purchasing professionals at all levels of skill and ability. The goal is to develop a conference that will enhance the technical skills and breadth of professional knowledge by identifying trends, facilitating the process of sharing of information and promotes learning opportunities to develop and/or enhance specific knowledge and skills.