TAPA EMEA and TT Club launch ‘Young Supply Chain Professional of the Year’ Award 2024

TAPA EMEA has launched its second annual ‘Young Supply Chain Resilience Professional of the Year’ Award sponsored by TT Club, the leading provider of insurance and related risk management services to the international transport and logistics industry, to help identify outstanding individuals excelling in the profession.

The award supports TAPA EMEA and TT Club’s aim to recognise young talent and encourage career development in the cargo security and supply chain resilience sectors.

“We have a hugely impressive pool of young talent in the TAPA EMEA membership. Attracting young professionals into the cargo security and supply chain resilience industry is vital for all stakeholders and it is also important that we encourage their development and recognise their accomplishments. This TAPA EMEA and TT Club award gives individuals in our industry an opportunity to earn recognition for their talent and innovation and an achievement they can carry forward in their careers. I ask senior managers in our membership to encourage young professionals in their teams to participate is this year’s award,” said Thorsten Neumann, President & CEO of TAPA EMEA.

“It is important for every industry to nurture the next generation of leaders. The business focus on supply chain resilience and cargo security has never been greater with the world facing economic, geopolitical, health and environmental challenges and disruptions in addition to the now well-established and growing threat of cargo crime,” said Thorsten Neumann, President & CEO of TAPA EMEA. “With this award, in partnership with TT Club, we hope to identify the people responsible for innovative solutions to these risks and whose efforts are helping to ensure the secure movements of goods throughout the end-to-end supply chain.”

The 2023 Award was won by Sjef Boekestijn of Boekestijn Transport Service for his entry on the creation of a new automated security auditing tool linked to clients’ Standard Operating Procedures.

Highly commended certificates were also awarded to:

Nataliia Ryzhkina of Ahlers submissions for her submission relating to ‘Secure transport in Ukraine’
Marcus Wiessner of Continental AG for his paper on ‘Business & Supply Chain Project Series’
Ivca Kaiserova of Amazon for her entry on ‘Preventing thefts from linehaul operations by chameleon carriers.’

The ‘Young Supply Chain Resilience Professional of the Year’ Award is open to all supply chain security stakeholder members of TAPA EMEA.

To enter, applicants must produce an up to 1,500-words submission on an innovative cargo security or supply chain resilience initiative they have developed or contributed significantly to.

Potential areas of focus can be:

a project outlining an innovative approach to supply chain security concerns;
a particular supply chain security/cargo loss challenge that you have faced and overcome with an innovative solution;
an innovative solution you have developed and deployed to address a new or emerging supply chain security risk.

Mike Yarwood, Managing Director Loss Prevention at TT Club, stated: “TT Club are extremely proud to continue their sponsorship of the TAPA EMEA ‘Young Supply Chain Security Professional of the Year’ Award into 2024. The inaugural award last year was a great success and attracted a number of bright young minds from the industry to showcase their respective security solutions. It is hugely gratifying to witness the excellent work that is being done in the industry to combat security challenges faced. We are excited to see the award programme develop and look forward to reviewing the 2024 submissions”.

Entries will be judged on their originality, complexity, innovative solutions, and success in improving supply chain resilience for the applicants’ companies or clients. All entries will be judged by members of the TAPA EMEA and TT Club leadership teams and the winner will be invited to receive their award at TAPA EMEA’s RESILIENCE@RISK Conference in Amsterdam on 12 & 13 June 2024.

Travel and two night’s accommodation will be offered by TAPA EMEA and TT Club to the winner as part of their prize in addition to the Award trophy.

Rules of entry

Applicants must be 35 years or younger in 2024.

You must be based in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region.
Your employer must be a member of TAPA EMEA.
You must gain your employer’s permission to enter.
You must agree to the publication of your winning entry by TAPA EMEA and TT Club.
The judges’ decision is final.

Entries for the award must be submitted before the closing deadline of 01 May 2024. The winner will be notified by 1 May 2024 to ensure they can join TAPA EMEA and TT Club in Amsterdam in person to receive their award.