Main procurement specialisms:

Direct and Indirect (all categories - manager), SRM, E-Sourcing

Companies previously worked for:

Caterpillar

Most senior role held:

Indirect Purchasing Manager

Greatest achievements in Procurement:

Supplier consolidation, cost reduction according to business plan, and introduction of SRM process

Best procurement advice I’ve been given:

Understand your customers' needs and attend to them in the best possible way

Procurement advice I’d give:

1. Thank openly. There is always more than one solution to stakeholders' needs
2. Visit your supplier, especially the major ones – that is mandatory

What I wish I’d known:

Learn, learn, learn; having that attitude should prevent you from 'what I wish I’d known’