John Matthews was a partner of ADR International for 13 years during which time he led many substantial consultancy assignments in clients with revenues ranging from £30 million to £20 billion. Prior to that he was head of purchasing for two FTSE250 companies and has held a variety of other purchasing positions with blue chip companies in his 30 year career.
His experience and expertise, and that of other members of the Arish team, mean that we can quickly deliver the results you want for your organisation. We do this not by offering standard “solutions” but by tailoring how we work in your business to suit you. This may for example mean we work in one of the ways identified below :
Conducting a strategic review of the role and activities of purchasing and redesigning the organisation structure, processes teams and measurement to deliver the new vision for purchasing. Offer supportive and stretching challenge for a purchasing leadership team to stimulate new thinking. Deliver interim purchasing leadership to maintain and drive value delivery for existing teams during periods of succession management. Conduct a review and optimisation of existing processes and strategies to ensure they drive consistent high performance and underpin a standard level of capability. Develop and deliver formal training events to identify and embed new competences across a team. Undertake small group coaching and mentoring of key operational purchasing staff to achieve accelerated and enhanced savings and other additional values. Take responsibility for hands on management of suppliers, including conducting negotiations, to deliver cost savings and other value improvement objectives. Design and manage eAuction events with, or on behalf of, clients to pilot this new technology in organisations new to eAuction/eRFX tools.So whether your need is for expert advice for, and supportive challenge of the senior team, focussed and tailored coaching and mentoring of purchasing staff or hands on operational management of specific teams, spends or suppliers then Arish Consulting has the expertise to meet those needs.
