Ray Carter MA MCIPS MCMI Cert Ed – Author of “Practical Procurement” “Practical Contract Management” and “Stores and Distribution Management” and creator of the 10 (c) model Ray is the Director of DPSS Consultants (Developing People Serving the Supply Chain), www.dpss.co.uk - which is an international training and development consultancy made up of 20 specialist consultants. He began his management career in the public sector and thereafter for a large food manufacturer in the UK. He...

Dr. Jas Kalra, MCIPS is an Assistant Professor in Supply Chain Management at Newcastle University Business School and an Honorary (Assistant) Professor in Supply Chain Management at UCL. Prior to this, Dr. Kalra worked as a Senior Supply Chain Researcher at University College London, University of Bath, and Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester. His research interests are at the nexus of procurement, complex projects, and professional services. Specifically, his...

A frequent contributor on Business Newstory analysis, Jas is a prominent researcher in Supply Chain Management and Project Management

Dr. Muddassir Ahmed is a Manufacturing Operations, Procurement and Supply Chain leader from international multi-site manufacturing experience in Electrical, Hydraulics and Internet industries. With considerable experience in deploying Continuous Improvement best practices in Europe, Middle East & Africa. Dr. Muddassir Ahmed has received a Ph.D. in Management Science from Lancaster University Management School, a MSc. in Management of Production from Chalmers University of...

Salisu Uba is a seasoned Procurement and supply chain leader with more than a decade of experience across multiple sectors, including the oil and gas, finance, defence and the public sector in Africa, the Middle East and the UK. In his current role as a Commercial and Procurement Consultant with Evolve Commercial, Salisu is responsible for technology procurement and commercial business development and offerings. Before this, Salisu was the Managing Partner/Global Supply Chain Consultant at...

Over the course of her 20-year career, which saw her work in Consumer Goods and Pharmaceuticals, Azukaego Chukwuelue has gained versatility and depth working across different fields in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Sales and Supply Chain. With competencies in revenue growth, international logistics, demand forecasting and supply network design, she is the go-to person for troubleshooting potential operational loopholes that span across forecasting and planning, customer relationship...

Duncan Brock is a member of the leadership team of CIPS. His main role is to ensure that CIPS provides its corporate and public sector customers globally with products and services that help them develop and improve their procurement and supply team’s capability. In addition, he is responsible for increasing the number of offices and partners that CIPS has globally, with a particular focus this year on the USA. Duncan has over 30 years procurement experience as a change driver working with...

Meet Dr Ayanda Nteta (FCIPS) is a seasoned supply chain executive in the energy, manufacturing, banking and telecoms industries across various African countries. She has 20 years’ experience and an established track record in strategic sourcing, contract negotiations and supply chain for complex commodities. Ayanda has developed and implemented various sourcing strategies, including a USD70M enterprise development fund for the mining industry.  [email protected]

Adeyinka Banjo is the Head of Procurement at Sahara Group. With a career spanning over 2 decades within the Energy sector and FMCG, he has many stories to tell. A rainmaker is a person who produces distinctive and consistent financial performance in terms of profits, ROI & cashflow for a business. Mr. Banjo is one of this breed, he is a shrewd business leader, supply chain professional, a sourcing strategist with focus on ensuring availability and affordability ultimately delivering on...

Mandla Madi has been running a competent procurement and advisory firm for 25 years with focus on supply chain technology and procurement business process modeling. Starting his career with a computing degree in the decades ago. He is a certified Chartered MCIPS. Mandla is a proponent of customer centric procurement strategy and implementation. He can be contacted on https://www.bayajulaservices.com/contact/

In this episode, we meet with Andrew Neilson. He has worked within the procurement and supply chain arena for nearly 30 years in various senior global roles across years. A chartered Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and  transport, he is recognised for both his achievements as well as his industry leading knowledge within procurement, supply chain and  logistics. In addition to the above, Andy was elected to CIPS...

In this episode we meet Dolly Makole, the governance supremo who never shys away from leading by example. She says procurement professionals must be rewarded more. Dolly doesn't believe in consequence management as a solution for higher compliance. In this episode she opens up on her start in procurement and details how she rose to be a top procurement governance go-to-expert. If you want to know how to deal with irregular expenditure in procurement, make sure you listen to the very end, for...

On this episode Simba meets Channon Hachandi, the Deputy Head of Procurement at WFP. He is a Zambian national based in Rome, at the World Food Programme headquarters, where he is responsible for procurement to support food and financial aid to over 100 million people in distress, in 84 countries, with an annual spent of USD$ 4 Billion for the World Food Programme. WFP is a UN agency for provision of food. He started his career in finance and transitioned to supply chain. Channon relies on his...

This episode explores the journey of a successful procurement leader Dr. Faith Mashele FCIPS – she shares her sweet moments and biggest challenges. Simba’s conversational style and questions tap into nuggets of wisdom for you. Faith is the chairperson of the CIPS Gauteng Branch Committee. She joins us on this show to tell us about her experience and career. She is the Head of Procurement Centre of Excellence for Nedbank. What does it take to rise to this level.

In 2016, Simba received the CIPS Young Professional of the Year Award. What’s his secret? In this episode, Simba explains why MEET ME AT THE TOP podcast will empower procurement people. He tells us how this podcast will lead you to the top. He believes every procurement leader has trade secrets and lessons to learn from. The conversations on this podcast are designed to deliver that inspiration and instructions through storytelling.

This podcast is produced by CIPS GAUTENG BRANCH and it is dedicated to PROCUREMENT PEOPLE. We talk to procurement veterans about their work and careers. Each episode offers a unique peek behind the curtains. This show combines memorable stories with actionable insights from best-in-class procurement leaders to help you drive your procurement strategy and career into desired results. If you’re a procurement or supply chain professional— or you want to be one — this show is for you. The show...

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