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.

Sheldon Mydat

Suppeco is an award winning transformational SaaS platform, delivering a paradigm shift in B2B attitude.

Trusted by market leaders, Suppeco is the next generation of collaborative relationship platform. Enabling organisations in any industry to drive an infinite array of targeted opportunity for value creation and growth. 

Transparency.
Actionable visibility.
Frictionless access.
Supplier performance excellence. 
Adaptability and resilience.   
Social audit compliance.
Innovation & growth. 

Visit our page and say hello. Click to follow, stay connected for news, regular updates, new releases, concessions and advice. 

Experienced Procurement Leader.
Tech Founder & Innovator. 
Collaborative Supplier Relationships (a.k.a SRM) Procurement & Commercial Professional. 

Engaging with clients to promote best in class customer-supplier relationships.

Transition Modelling analysis and negotiation for outsource, M&A, divestment, and exit. 

Functional governance modelling, operational risk assurance,
Binding collaboration and incentive,
Core innovation - vision road-maps & frameworks.

Clients include:
public-sector, logistics, financial services, communications, defence, SI consultancy, and some of today’s most recognised names.

Specialities: 

Suppeco Collaborative Relationships
Supplier Management Optimisation
Transition Modelling for Outsource & Divestment

Founder and CEO

This week, as Suppeco’s founder, I was invited to spend two highly valuable days at the renowned Fast Growth Icons event.

I want to express my sincere thanks to Uday Singh for your outstanding excellence and hospitality. My appreciation also to the Barclays investment team and all the other generous sponsors Evelyn Partners and S&W Rothschild & Co Brabners and Talkr. I was genuinely humbled to meet so many accomplished and fascinating business leaders.

The last two days have been significant for Suppeco, giving us clarity of thought and alignment on what comes next - in fact, confirming our direction.

Excited for 2026 - and yes, a little nervous. The last five years at Suppeco have been about building a brand that stands on its own. When SRM is mentioned, Suppeco is in the conversation. That is a bona fide brand play. Now it’s time to scale.

CEO at Suppeco (IDC Named Innovator) Revolutionising SRM | Procurement and Supply Chain Leader | Supplier Relationship Evangelist & Speaker.

Five years on - can we still say post-Covid as a frame of reference?
Are we now more measured and sensible by default? 
Plenty of organisations have slipped back into old ways.  

I can say as far as Suppeco is concerned that Covid clearly marked a slow but enduring turning point. Attitudes did change - they always do after a major event - and then they slowly slip back into complacency. But the pandemic was different. Perhaps the seemingly never-ending seismic hits felt by supply chain since, have shocked companies into longer term resilience. Any company that isn't scanning 3-5 years ahead in today's environment is trading on luck IMO.   

More reading in the comments, courtesy SRM Today

Happy Friday LinkedIn Network 👋

A value takeaway for procurement and supply chain pros, and SRM nerdy types (like me 🤓)

Quick recommendation to follow SRM Today – the first SRM industry news feed focusing on supplier relationships, strategy, and geo-supply dynamics. It’s packed with data and industry insights.

🚀 Also, sign up and get quick sound bites straight to your inbox! 

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