Rich Sains

Acada

Working with a number of FTSE100 and large enterprises such as M&S, Canon, Boots, Diageo, Costa Coffee, Premier Inn, ASOS, Janus Henderson, Dentsu and Value Retail to transform their IT and procurement functions.

Managing Consultant

The Procurement Conversation

Host of The Procurement Conversation Podcast - speaking to Procurement leaders and industry experts about the biggest topics facing the profession. 

Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube

Podcast Host

Marks and Spencer

Head of IT procurement

IT and Ecommerce Procurement Manager

buyingTeam

Working with O2, Reuters, Man Group, Countryside, Universal Music and others to optimise their procurement of IT.

Solutions Developer - IT and Telecoms

Touchbase

Head of Procurement and Logistics

The Procurement Conversation Podcast Host | Elevating Procurement | Procurement Leader | 10x Procurement |

My mission is to increase the love for Procurement. I want our people to love the job and stakeholders and suppliers to love working with us.

I do this through:

1) Acada: Software that prioritises strategic activity, measures the impact we have on our businesses, and facilitates self service for low value, low risk buying.

2) Elevate: An online learning experience to develop our peoples 'Procurement EQ' and the Procurement Lounge community to support this learning.

3) Advisory: Strategy development, transformation, benchmarking and process re-engineering.

I also host the Procurement Conversation podcast and write the Procurement Weekly Newsletter where we share insights and best practices on procurement topics and trends. 

If you are interested in working with us or learning more about our products and services, please feel free to contact me at rich@acadatech.com.

Founder

We help procurement leaders to solve many of the challenges they face in today's complex environment and manage their teams more effectively and objectively.

Cognizant

Head - Global Workplace Services (GWS) - India & APAC

AVP - Procurement

Wipro Limited

Formerly Alight Solutions, Aon, Hewitt Associates

General Manager & Practice Head

Alight Solutions

Vice President - Global Spend Mgmt. & Corp. Real Estate

Global Spend Management 
Corporate Real Estate
Travel Management 
Lean Six Sigma

Senior Director - Global Spend Mgmt. & Corp. Real Estate

Nortel

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Leader, EMEA & Asia Purchasing Services

Supplier Relationship Manager

Tata Teleservices Ltd

Asst Manager

Magnum Group of Companies

Negotiations | Procurement | Real Estate | Process Improvement | Executive Coach | MRICS | ISB | Yoga

27 years of experience in Corporate Real Estate, Cost Optimization, Project Management & Process Improvement.

Worked with industry leaders like Magnum Group of Companies, Tata Teleservices, Nortel, Hewitt Associates, Aon, Alight Solutions & Wipro. Currently working with Cognizant.
 
Am a Civil Engineer with a Post Graduate degree in Construction Management.

MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad & a certified Lean Six-Sigma practitioner.

Recognized for improving organizational capabilities and exceeding expectations by cost optimization and developing high-performing world class teams.

Demonstrated success in planning and executing strategies for Procurement function in global eco-system.

Key skills include leading Teams in rapid changing environment, Process Improvement, Project Management, Data Analytical, Problem Solving, Improving Customer Experience and Relationship Management.

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