Timestamps:

• How can procurement experts work actively to improve the image & brand of procurement?

• The biggest difference between direct and indirect buying?

• What experiences he took from a consumer buying experience which he could apply in his current role at Bibby Financial Services?

• How does working for Coop and Sony differ compared to working in smaller organisations?

• Greatest challenges, learnings and successes from building a procurement function from scratch.

• Concrete tips for people in immature or new procurement functions.

• What kind of talent & competency is important to find & expand upon as a new procurement organisation?

• What are some learnings he has from building up a new supplier base and/or taking over a supplier base from scratch?

• What’s one thing he knows now that he wish he knew at the beginning of his career?

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