ISM LA May Dinner Seminar

This program will highlight the importance of professionalism and attitude and offer answers to the most frequently asked questions on the subject.  Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a rookie in the field, this session will provide a hands-on approach for achieving a new level of professionalism.  It will include a discussion of the meaning of professionalism, a review of the attributes of true professionals and a look at attitude and the role it plays in defining our character.  If you’ve seen Merle speak before you don’t need convincing, if you haven’t, you don’t want to miss this opportunity.

Merle W. Roberts, CPSM, C.P.M.

Biographical Brief

Merle W. Roberts, CPSM, C.P.M. is an internationally recognized speaker and seminar leader.  He has presented over 1,000 full-day seminars on a variety of supply management topics ranging from “Fundamentals of Purchasing” to “CPSM Exam Preparation”.  He has delivered programs in 34 states in the U.S., three provinces in Canada, Mexico City, Mexico and Beijing, China. 

Merle has over twenty-five years of experience in Purchasing and Supply Management and is the Founder and CEO of Perpetual Frontiers - a management consulting firm specializing in business process improvement and professional development training.  He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Management at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA.

He taught as an Associate Professor in the Purchasing and Supply Management program at Coastline Community for twenty-three years and developed programs and taught for CSU-Dominguez Hills, UC-Riverside, and Fullerton College.  He is a contributing author to ISM’s CPSM Instructor Courseware, the author of ISM’s C.P.M. Review Course Module 4: Management - A Self-Study Workbook, and a contributing author of ISM’s C.P.M. Study Guide.  He is a former member of the C.P.M. item writing and review team and has been recognized as one of the “Top Nine Purchasing Professionals in America” by Electronic Buyers' News.