Procurement Heads

APRIL 27, 2023

Andrew’s career started in supply chain and M&A roles in Unipart Group, before moving to Royal Mail where he was part of the procurement leadership team that transformed the function, achieving CIPS Gold accreditation in the process. From there he moved to Avis Budget Group, where he established a global procurement and supply chain function before becoming General Manager/Managing Director for Avis Budget’s car rental and mobility businesses in Denmark and Sweden, from where he has just ret

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Procurement Heads

APRIL 28, 2023

That’s according to the latest statistics from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) – the trade body for the professional recruitment sector. The data – provided by Bullhorn – revealed that permanent jobs grew 10% month-on-month in March while demand for highly skilled contractors rose 4%. Placements also increased, up 21% for permanent jobs and 11% for contract positions between February and March.

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Procurement Heads

MAY 3, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, he spoke with Kane Nurse about his procurement career. How did you get into procurement? It’s an interesting story, procurement wasn’t a predefined career choice by any means. I actually fell into procurement. It was presented to me as an opportunity and challenge at the same time in my very first role by the Managing Director I was reporting to at the time, this followed a two-and-a-half-year stint in front-line operations.

Real-time Visibility 130

Real-time Visibility Negotiation Procurement Price 130

Procurement Heads

MAY 9, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, he spoke with Will Cooke about his career and what he looks for when hiring. How did you get into procurement? By accident, as 99% of people probably say! I graduated in accountancy and finance and thought that was what I was going to do but I struggled to find a role at that time. I ended up in a temp job with a cycle manufacturer, basically just data entry within the supply chain.

Risk 130

Risk Procurement Sustainability Supply chain 130

Procurement Heads

MAY 16, 2023

How did you get into procurement? At university, I followed a few classes on procurement and supply chain, loved it and decided that was the career path I wanted to take. What I really liked about procurement back then, and still love about procurement today, is the mixture of analytics and data-driven skills that you need, coupled with interpersonal skills, commercial acumen and negotiation.

Ethics 130

Ethics Sustainability supply chain software solutions Procurement 130

Procurement Heads

MAY 19, 2023

This year’s tournament, the fourth time the event has been held, was won by procurement consultancy State of Flux, who narrowly edged out the hosts in the final. James Dobbin, Director and Head of Practice for Financial & Professional Services, said, “It was great to see so many teams from across the sector join us and raise money for an incredible cause.

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Procurement Heads

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For our latest CPO Spotlight, Jon spoke with James Dobbin about how he entered the world of procurement and some of the challenges CPOs currently face. You went to the University of Bath, achieving a BSc honours in Business Administration. What made you choose a career in procurement? Could you tell us a bit about your career journey so far? The University of Bath was – and I think still is – a real centre of excellence for Procurement and Supply Chain.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

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Procurement Heads

AUGUST 16, 2023

For Procurement Heads’ latest Big Interview, he spoke with  Sagar Bhardwaj  about his procurement career. How did you get into Procurement? My career in procurement started when I completed my apprenticeship in business and administration at 17, working within the local authority where I was part of the property management and investment team and was involved in the publication of pin notices, quick quotes and mini competitions.

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Procurement Heads

AUGUST 9, 2023

For the latest of Procurement Heads‘ Futureheads series, Joe spoke to Matt Williment about his procurement career journey. What was it that lead you to pursue a career in Procurement? It was a complete off chance, I did a business degree then when I was at university, I decided to start filtering bits out that I wasn’t as particular in, stuff like; marketing, sales, finance that kind of thing and it left areas like supply chain, logistics and procurement so I thought I would go for that kind o

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Procurement Supplier relationship management Suppliers 130

Procurement Heads

AUGUST 2, 2023

For our latest CPO Spotlight, Ian spoke with Dan Goodson , Head of Industrial Practice, about his career with J. Murphy & Sons and advice to individuals starting their journey within Procurement. Please introduce yourself and an give an overview of Murphy Group. Murphy Group is a family-run business. It was set up in 1951. Our current CEO is John Murphy, who is the grandson of the original founder.

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Procurement Heads

AUGUST 1, 2023

Previously, EU countries sought to strengthen investment ties with China, but in recent geopolitical developments, China’s refusal to condemn Russia’s actions in Ukraine, and concerns over human rights violations have prompted a re-evaluation. While EU-China economic ties remain strong, the pandemic and conflicts have exposed the risks of depending heavily on China for critical supplies.

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Procurement Heads

JULY 27, 2023

There is a mature interim management market in procurement and supply chain disciplines, and attracting the best quality interims is often a challenge for organisations. Typically roles defined outside IR35 are more appealing for this population, although many will also be willing to work on an inside IR35 basis if the parameters are right. Either way, it’s of paramount importance to understand the IR35 criteria and implications when recruiting any temporary role and make sure these are implemen

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

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Procurement Heads

JULY 26, 2023

For Procurement Heads’ latest Big Interview, Andrew spoke with Gemma Burman about his career and the challenges he faces within his role. How did you get into procurement? It was by chance, more than anything to be honest. I’d been made redundant and a friend of a friend approached me with a proposal. Using my transferable skills from my civil and merchant background, I helped develop a procurement team for his private company.

Contract management 130

Contract management Contract Supply Chain Efficiency Price 130

Procurement Heads

JULY 19, 2023

For our latest CPO Spotlight, Stephen spoke with Sagar Bhardwaj , Head of Practice – Consumer, about what has changed for him professionally since he last spoke with Procurement Heads. How much has changed for you professionally since your last Head2Head with us? Our organisation is up and running, we have Category Managers, and we have regional teams.

Real-time Visibility 130

Real-time Visibility Procurement Sustainability Import 130

Procurement Heads

JULY 12, 2023

Passionate about digital transformation and innovation, Nick spoke to Procurement Heads’ James Dobbin about his experiences, outlook and drivers. How did your procurement journey begin? Like many in procurement, I didn’t have a lifelong dream that this was what I was going to do with my career, I came out of university and found a role with a local business.

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Procurement Heads

JULY 5, 2023

Martin Lee is Chief Procurement Officer at KPMG, and fellow member of the Sustainable Procurement Pledge. He caught up with James about his career and thoughts within the CPO role. You joined Ford Motor Company back in 1995, straight from A Levels, what made you choose a career in procurement, and could you tell us about your career journey so far? Back in 1995, I was just considering what I should do at university, with the thought of going to uni not really clear in my head.

Chief Procurement Officer 130

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 28, 2023

Amanda Davies is Chief Procurement and Sustainability Officer at Mars Wrigley and a member of the Mars Wrigley Global Executive Team, based in Chicago, Illinois.   In her current role, she is responsible for connecting the dots between Mars Wrigley’s sustainability goals and the needs of their supply chain.  Amanda oversees the environmental impact of more than 15,000 suppliers that Mars works with, while also unlocking the possibility that their suppliers and partners can bring into the busines

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Supply Chain Efficiency Leadership Supply chain 130

Procurement Heads

JUNE 26, 2023

Procurement Heads’ Head of Industrial Practice Dan Goodson explores the obstacles encountered in these sectors and the scarcity of qualified candidates following the recruitment boom. Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic led to increased recruitment activity in procurement across various industrial sectors due to a number of factors but namely a lack of availability of raw materials and specialist products.

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 20, 2023

C ould you tell us a bit about your background? I have been a supply chain professional for 37 years, quite precisely! I describe it as closer to four decades than three decades, and a good chunk of that has had a heavy focus on procurement. I really do view myself as a supply chain professional, having worked in roles as wide-ranging as transportation and logistics, import/export, material planning, procurement, leading supply and demand teams, and material distribution across nine different in

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 14, 2023

For Procurement Heads’ latest Big Interview, Vicky spoke with Gemma Burman about her procurement career and procurement’s role within Cadent. How did you get into procurement? When I finished my qualification in business studies, I joined a laser company as an administration assistant and part of that role was buying stationery and coordinating travel arrangements.

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Suppliers Procurement Procurement team 130

Procurement Heads

JUNE 14, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest CPO Spotlight, he spoke with Dan Goodson about how he got into procurement & what he’s doing to improve diversity. How did you get into procurement? I’m not one of those people who, as a child, had their long-term career vision in place. It has been much more of an evolution over my career. I have done various roles throughout that time in project management, commercial, finance, strategy, and then latterly in procurement.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

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Procurement Heads

JUNE 6, 2023

Could you tell us a bit about yourselves? Darron: I am Director of Orbis Procurement, which is a partnership of three local authorities, and as such am Director of Procurement for Surrey County Council, East Sussex County Council and Brighton and Hove City Council. Orbis Procurement provides procurement services to the three Councils as well as a range of district and borough councils that gain significant benefits from working in partnership with us.

Contract management 130

Contract management Contract Supply Chain Efficiency Procurement 130

Procurement Heads

MAY 31, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, he spoke with Gemma Burman about his procurement career. How did you get into procurement? My background before I went into procurement was in stores management and stock control. I took a position with Balfour Beatty Rail Infrastructure and part of my remit was to set up new stores for them at their Beeston Depot.

Negotiation 130

Negotiation Supplier relationship management Suppliers Procurement 130

Procurement Heads

MAY 19, 2023

This year’s tournament, the fourth time the event has been held, was won by procurement consultancy State of Flux, who narrowly edged out the hosts in the final. James Dobbin, Director and Head of Practice for Financial & Professional Services, said, “It was great to see so many teams from across the sector join us and raise money for an incredible cause.

Procurement 130

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Procurement Heads

MAY 16, 2023

How did you get into procurement? At university, I followed a few classes on procurement and supply chain, loved it and decided that was the career path I wanted to take. What I really liked about procurement back then, and still love about procurement today, is the mixture of analytics and data-driven skills that you need, coupled with interpersonal skills, commercial acumen and negotiation.

Ethics 130

Ethics Sustainability supply chain software solutions Procurement 130

Procurement Heads

MAY 9, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, he spoke with Will Cooke about his career and what he looks for when hiring. How did you get into procurement? By accident, as 99% of people probably say! I graduated in accountancy and finance and thought that was what I was going to do but I struggled to find a role at that time. I ended up in a temp job with a cycle manufacturer, basically just data entry within the supply chain.

Risk 130

Risk Procurement Sustainability Supply chain 130

Procurement Heads

MAY 3, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, he spoke with Kane Nurse about his procurement career. How did you get into procurement? It’s an interesting story, procurement wasn’t a predefined career choice by any means. I actually fell into procurement. It was presented to me as an opportunity and challenge at the same time in my very first role by the Managing Director I was reporting to at the time, this followed a two-and-a-half-year stint in front-line operations.

Real-time Visibility 130

Real-time Visibility Negotiation Procurement Price 130

Procurement Heads

APRIL 28, 2023

That’s according to the latest statistics from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) – the trade body for the professional recruitment sector. The data – provided by Bullhorn – revealed that permanent jobs grew 10% month-on-month in March while demand for highly skilled contractors rose 4%. Placements also increased, up 21% for permanent jobs and 11% for contract positions between February and March.

Budget 130

Budget Data Influencing Contract 130

Procurement Heads

APRIL 27, 2023

Andrew’s career started in supply chain and M&A roles in Unipart Group, before moving to Royal Mail where he was part of the procurement leadership team that transformed the function, achieving CIPS Gold accreditation in the process. From there he moved to Avis Budget Group, where he established a global procurement and supply chain function before becoming General Manager/Managing Director for Avis Budget’s car rental and mobility businesses in Denmark and Sweden, from where he has just ret

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain supply chain budgeting Stakeholder engagement Supply chain 130

Procurement Heads

APRIL 26, 2023

For Procurement Heads ’ latest Big Interview, she spoke to Will Cooke about her career. How did you get into procurement? I studied procurement and obtained a Master’s degree in supply chain and international procurement. Following three years of studying international business, I had the option to choose across various specialisations for my Master’s degree and decided to try something completely new, which would sort of enhance my curriculum.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Efficiency Sustainability Risk management 130

Procurement Heads

APRIL 18, 2023

Could you tell us a bit about your background? I am currently a partner at Edenseven, a consultancy based on delivering business performance through sustainability, but my background is as a Procurement Director and Global CPO. I first moved into procurement at Coca-Cola and ended up leading the strategic procurement team there, I was then Group Procurement Director for Dairy Crest before moving to become Global CPO for Tata Global Beverages.

Sustainability 147

Sustainability Supply chain Procurement Procurement team 147

Procurement Heads

APRIL 12, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Head2Head, he spoke with James Dobbin. Could you explain your role at Turner and Townsend? South West and Wales for us is a very large region. There is a clue in the title but is as far as Southampton and Portsmouth, all the way down to the south west tip of the UK, all of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset and Devon, up through Gloucestershire and a chunk of South Wales as well, so a really large geographic area which is home to nearly 500 of our team members no

Management 130

Management Procurement Import Contract 130

Procurement Heads

APRIL 5, 2023

How did you get into procurement? I sometimes wonder actually, how did I end up here? But it was quite simple for me, I was leading the National operation for a rather large FMCG organisation and this included logistics, supply chain, quality management, innovation and field operation, unbeknown to me there was a procurement team from the centre that had decided to consider outsourcing the whole operation, but what they had failed to do was engage with the key stakeholder, me.

Procurement 130

Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Collaboration Supply Chain Efficiency 130

Procurement Heads

APRIL 4, 2023

This year’s tournament, which will be the fourth time the event has been held, provides an excellent opportunity for procurement professionals to come together and raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Procurement Heads’ Financial & Professional Services team will host this year’s tournament, which will take place in London on the evening of Thursday 18th May.

Procurement 130

Procurement Networking Management 130

Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

For Procurement Heads ‘ latest Big Interview, Lorna spoke with Gemma Burman about her procurement career. How did you get into procurement? Well, like a lot of people, I fell into procurement really. After I graduated, I did struggle to find out what I wanted to do, so I went through a few temporary roles and at the same time I actually met a woman who worked in marketing for Peel Holdings in Manchester, and we walked our dogs at the same time in the same place.

Sustainability 246

Sustainability Agile and Lean Supply Chain Influencing Procurement 246

Procurement Heads

MARCH 27, 2023

Jason Roberts, CEO & Founder of Kaleida explains more. “For a while, we have been thinking of ways to recognise the achievements of corporate buyer partners whose strategic social value programmes attain ‘Fully-inclusive Supplier Diversity’ status. “We wanted a symbol to recognise this accomplishment. “A symbol to aspire towards. “A token to reflect their understanding that Exclusive truly is not Inclusive. “It is with great pleasure that I introduce

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Procurement Heads

MARCH 22, 2023

For the latest in Procurement Heads ‘ Big Interview series, he spoke with James Dobbin about how his career in procurement began and what he looks for when recruiting procurement talent. How did you get into procurement? I think, like most people, it wasn’t my first choice at school, but I was studying for a Business Management Degree at university, one of my core modules was procurement and supply chain and I liked it.

Contract 130

Contract Suppliers Procurement Supplier relationship management 130