Robert Copeland
Group Procurement & Supply Chain Director (Cpo) @G4S
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WORK HISTORY
Group Procurement & Supply Chain Director (Cpo) @G4S
Accountable for a function with 250 FTE across 80 Countries in 6 continents with suppliers, supporting an annual £2.0B ($2.8B) spend Transformed Procurement, switching from highly decentralised tactical purchasing function to a digitally led, centrally managed commercial leaders delivering outstanding value and operational efficiency Implemented digital transformation of procurement capabilities, to provide real time tracking of supply chain performance, spend analytics, contract risk and compliance, allowing a consolidation of procurement SG & A costs, whilst increasing procurement capabilities and capacities Launched high profile global ESG supply chain programme, covering 50 countries giving momentum to mitigate modern slavery, greenhouse gas, whilst in parallel building social inclusion in the supply chain. This provided solutions to institutional investors requiring their investments raise their ESG performance, From 2020 took over leadership of European, UK & North American Fleet Management teams vehicles) Rolled-out new global Procurement minimum standards, audited annually by Group Audit in each country, underpinning newly launched global supply chain policies and set the foundation of an aligned global Procurement community Launched cross border changes to Fleet management, Travel Management, Workwear distribution and Security Technology distribution, these changes demonstrated the value of a truly capable and trusted Procurement and supply chain function, able to provide leadership and commercial credibility
EDUCATION
INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Génie productique (GPR)
Milton Abbey School
GCSE & ALevels
University of Nottingham
Bachelor's Degree, Production Operations Management with French
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