Guy Allen has worked in Procurement and Supply Chain for 30 years with roles in the IT, Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals and
Automotive sectors. He was Chief Procurement Office for both Abbey
National and Fujitsu Services as well as working for Ford, IBM and GlaxoSmithKline as head of Global IT Procurement.
Whilst
meeting many practitioners thoughout a range of industrial sectors, Guy was
struck by the gap between intellectual, academic best practice and its
implementation in real organisations. It is a gap he has worked on closing throughout his
career and so he set up Real World Sourcing Ltd with the aim of helping
organisations bridge that gap on their journey to effective Procurement, Supply
and Cost Control.
Guy
is a regular speaker at conferences, colleges and organisations in Europe, the
Middle East and the US on
purchasing strategy, e-auctions and e-procurement, and been published in Supply
Management, Procurement Leaders, The Guardian and the FT.