Damien Thackeray

Director of Direct Procurement @Ocado Technology

Nottingham, GB
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WORK HISTORY

Sep 2025 — Present

Director of Direct Procurement @Ocado Technology

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Hatfield, GB

Leading the Direct Procurement team responsible for the strategic sourcing of Ocado\'s Storage and Retrieval Automated Platform. Driving commercial value whilst managing business risk with a Global Supply Chain, supporting projects and customers in markets across the world, whilst embedding a Supplier Relationship Management across key suppliers.

EDUCATION

2006 — 2010

Loughborough University

BEng, Mechanical Engineering

2015 — 2019

CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

MCIPS, Procurement and Supply

SKILLS

Lean ManufacturingContinuous ImprovementEngineering DesignProcurementProject ManagementSupply ManagementPurchasingEngineeringProcess EngineeringManufacturingOperations ManagementSix Sigma

ABOUT DAMIEN THACKERAY

MCIPS qualified Procurement leader with experience leading high performing teams across direct and in-direct categories. I work collaboratively with key business stakeholders and supplier partners to support business and customer requirements, delivering cost reduction, managing risk and generating additional value. I thrive on being able to make a difference and influence strategy and business decisions. I have the flexibility to adapt processes to the requirement, and the energy and drive to lead projects to completion. I maintain a clear customer focus with a value added approach to procurement.

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