David Shields
Co-founder @Value Match
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WORK HISTORY
Co-founder @Value Match
Through our people and relationships Value Match applies our procurement expertise to enhance the value created in our communities and environment. We work with customers, candidates, suppliers, and other stakeholders to put understanding of value and the creation of value at the core of the solutions and services we offer.At Value Match we are always conscious of creating value for people, relationships, community, and environment. We are able to do this through the services we offer, the causes we support and through the Value Match Foundation, you can read about these in our community stories.Value Match provides a complete solution to meet the procurement needs of all organisations and support suppliers to successfully bid into procurement. We have 4 service lines: Resourcing – Matching talent with opportunity. Consultancy – Matching expertise with purpose. Training – Matching capability with knowledge Bid Management – Matching suppliers with buyersThe Value Match Foundation provides support to organisations with charitable purposes at their heart, aiming to increase their financial sustainability through commercial activity. Matching socially purposed buyers with suppliers, our aim is to enable buyers to source all their requirements from suppliers that are pursuing a social mission.
EDUCATION
The University of Manchester
BA Hons, History and politcs
CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
FCIPS, Procurement and Supply Chain Management
National School of Government
Institute of Personnel and Development, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
SKILLS
ABOUT DAVID SHIELDS
I work across the public and private sectors helping organisations develop procurement and commercial strategies, building capability while using technology and data to deliver sustained impact. Interested, let\'s talk +44••••••••70 I lead the team at Value Match and we provide solutions for procurement and commercial teams in the UK and globally built around consultancy, resourcing and bid management.As part of my role at Social Value UK, I have launched a programme called Contract for Change, which seeks to harness the Social Value created by embedding social value as an integral part of an organisation’s purpose and mission, whilst ensuring that this focus provides direction to the organisation’s commissioning and procurement activity. The approach will provide direction on how to position, plan, procure, and provide for the creation of greater Social Value by organisations.I am also a NED at the Blackpool Council owned, Blackpool Operating Company Ltd, supporting the Executive Team in further delivering operational excellence while stimulating economic growth.I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.Specialties: Transformational change management, eCommerce, procurement and commercial experience in both public and private sectors. Incorporating social value and environmental think into procurement and commercial strategies and operations.
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