Purchasing news

NLMK Group became the winner of the Competitive Procurement Leadership 2022 contest in the “economic efficiency of purchasing operations” nomination.

NLMK Group won the Grand Prix at the Leader in Competitive Procurement Awards, earning the title of Company of the Year in the field

NLMK Group won the gold prize in the Exemplary Procurement nomination at the annual SAP Value Awards. The nomination recognizes the most effective business initiatives in procurement, supplier and contractor relations, and business network development.

Anatoly Khebnev, NLMK Group Vice President for Procurement, was named Best Procurement Director in Metals and Mining by the annual Top 1000 Russian Managers rating compiled by the Russian Managers Association and Kommersant Publishing House.

NLMK Group has placed among the top 5 companies in the first non-credit rating of procurement management quality compiled by Expert RA and the Expert Business Solutions analytical company.

On 30 June 2021, NLMK Group held its Annual Online Conference for Strategic Suppliers, which was attended by over 150 of the Company’s partners. The participants discussed development trends in steelmaking and the impact of macro- and microeconomic factors on NLMK Group’s activities.

NLMK Group, an international steel company, won the ‘Leader in Competitive Procurement’ award topping the ‘Competitive procurement professional’ nomination.

In July 2020, NLMK Group was the first among Russian companies to integrate an internal solution for managing catalogues - SAP Ariba Catalog - with the Industry Mall electronic catalogue.

On July 17, 2020, we held the first on-line NLMK Group conference for suppliers. We shared with our partners the company's and the functional area’s strategies and discussed the main interaction-related issues.

NLMK Group has launched a ‘virtual assistant’ pilot: a digital service for real-time interaction with suppliers and optimization of standard supply chain operations.