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ITA is excited to announce our Procurement Hub, a powerful new opportunity for our members to grow their networks and find new clients, suppliers and collaborators. When launching BITA we intended to provide connectivity and business for our members, as well as a friendly community. We have achieved this, but we are always seeking to improve and provide greater value. Growing the Community In response to consultations with our members, supporters and sponsors, we have created the BITA Procurement Hub, a new platform to help reach new clients and suppliers and fulfil specific needs. This has formed part of a greater strategy within BITA that was put into action this year. Our CRM system, Training Hub, new website and now the procurement hub, are all designed to work together perfectly, with the ambition to grow businesses, generate leads, and expand our community. With this goal in mind, we have been asking members to complete online forms. These questions enable us to know more about your business and what you
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offer, as well as what you are looking for with introductions. We know that our members represent a broad cross-section of industry in the UK and Ireland today, from sole traders working in competitive markets, to multi-nationals working in highly specialised industries, but by sharing this information we will be able to connect you with opportunity at the right level, and help you access that opportunity yourselves. If you haven’t already completed this form, you can find it online here. Targeted Introductions The Procurement Hub on the new BITA website is now up and running. If you go into your members area, you will see that you can browse available listings, and post your
own. When you post a job, it will be picked up by our members or the BITA team, who will then work through our CRM system, populated with the information each business has provided on their membership form, to match the right members with the right work. This is why it is so important to not only complete the form, but to make sure it is as comprehensively filled out as possible. We are running online interactive seminars to show members how to use the system, and publishing videos on our YouTube channel. If you need help, we’ll be happy to assist you. The Procurement Hub is the next stage of this mission and has the potential to provide organisations with a supply chain that will deliver savings, retain quality and fulfil skill requirements. We are the People who Know People that Help People, and this is the next phase of BITA, with our new mission to ‘Help more people and influence further, as a collective’. We hope that you are as excited about this new development as we are.
GOOD TO KNOW! The notices in the Procurement Hub are either an opportunity or a service, and you can browse by industry, or category. When you click into the listing, there will be instructions on how to contact the advertiser. If you have an opportunity or service you would like to list and are struggling, laura@bita.ie will be happy to help!
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