Ray Carter MA MCIPS MCMI Cert Ed – Author of “Practical Procurement” “Practical Contract Management” and “Stores and Distribution Management” and creator of the 10 (c) model Ray is the Director of DPSS Consultants (Developing People Serving the Supply Chain), www.dpss.co.uk - which is an international training and development consultancy made up of 20 specialist consultants. He began his management career in the public sector and thereafter for a large food manufacturer in the UK. He graduated from University with a Master’s Degree in Management Studies. His first book relating to supply chain management entitled Stores Management was then followed by Integrated Materials Management, was published in 1982 and has become a recommended text for a number of courses, including the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. This was followed by Stores and Physical Distribution, published by Liverpool Academic Press. His book Practical Procurement with Steve Kirby published by Cambridge Academic Publishing in 2006, and was followed by Practical Contract Management. Ray has had numerous articles and papers published in journals such as Supply Management and the Centre for Advanced Procurement's Praxis publication. Ray’s now famous ‘10c’s’ of supplier evaluation model, first published in 1995, has now become an accepted model for the evaluation of supplies and contractors and has been adopted by many organisations. It is also part of the CIPS level 4 syllabuses. Until 1991 Ray was Principal Lecturer in Supply Chain Management at the Business School, University of North London. In recent years, he has undertaken training and consultancy assignments for organisations such as Shell, Chevron, ADCO, ZADCO, NDC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Coca Cola, Lucas Engineering and Systems, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, BRC, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij.B.V, UK Intervention Board, Ericsson, British Aerospace, Marconi, BBC, Magnox, Ordnance Survey, Chevron, Caspian Pipeline Consortium, Tengzichevroil Company, Medway Council. Ray has worked in many locations, including the Far East, the Middle East, South America, Europe and Africa. The majority of these events have been related to strategic issues in relation to supply chain management, procurement and contracting

Dr. Jas Kalra, MCIPS is an Assistant Professor in Supply Chain Management at Newcastle University Business School and an Honorary (Assistant) Professor in Supply Chain Management at UCL. Prior to this, Dr. Kalra worked as a Senior Supply Chain Researcher at University College London, University of Bath, and Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester. His research interests are at the nexus of procurement, complex projects, and professional services. Specifically, his research focuses on how organisations set up and orchestrate inter-organisational networks to create, access, and operationalise assets, resources, and capabilities without owning them. Dr. Kalra’s research has been published in leading international academic outlets such as Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Production Planning & Control, and Oxford Handbook of Supply Chain Management. He also writes for the practitioner audience in the Conversation, Retail Gazette, and APM’s Project Journal, and has been invited to present his views in the media by Al Jazeera, Australian Broadcasting Network, a

Dr. Muddassir Ahmed is a Manufacturing Operations, Procurement and Supply Chain leader from international multi-site manufacturing experience in Electrical, Hydraulics and Internet industries. With considerable experience in deploying Continuous Improvement best practices in Europe, Middle East & Africa. Dr. Muddassir Ahmed has received a Ph.D. in Management Science from Lancaster University Management School, a MSc. in Management of Production from Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden and a B.E. in Textile Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. Muddassir is a Six Sigma Black Belt and has founded scmdojo.com – a source for all things to do with Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Leadership with the prime focus is to help the audience in making decisions and assist them to drive “Continuous Improvement” in the jobs and business they are in by providing tools, training courses, mentoring and virtual consultancy.

Salisu Uba is a seasoned Procurement and supply chain leader with more than a decade of experience across multiple sectors, including the oil and gas, finance, defence and the public sector in Africa, the Middle East and the UK. In his current role as a Commercial and Procurement Consultant with Evolve Commercial, Salisu is responsible for technology procurement and commercial business development and offerings. Before this, Salisu was the Managing Partner/Global Supply Chain Consultant at NatQuest Limited – a supply chain firm in Nigeria. In addition, he is currently undertaking a research programme on the adoption of Blockchain technology in the oil and gas supply chain at the University of Strathclyde Glasgow UK. He has managed and led new start-ups, organisational transformation and change across functions and regions, including recently, Africa Chamber of Digital Commerce, Home Eat Nigeria, etc. He has the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) fellowship, an MSc in Supply Chain Management from Aberdeen Business School RGU, U.K. and a PhD from the University of Strathclyde Glasgow.

Over the course of her 20-year career, which saw her work in Consumer Goods and Pharmaceuticals, Azukaego Chukwuelue has gained versatility and depth working across different fields in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Sales and Supply Chain. With competencies in revenue growth, international logistics, demand forecasting and supply network design, she is the go-to person for troubleshooting potential operational loopholes that span across forecasting and planning, customer relationship management, distributor management dynamics, RTM & Channel development strategies, idea to market, marketing mix strategies, logistics distributions cost models, efficient procure to pay models, warehousing, import and export operations amongst others. Azukaego Chukwuelue is passionate about continuous development, as well as leadership development in Africa, and she spends a big part of her time advocating for the improvement of supply chain structures and capabilities in the sector.

Duncan Brock is a member of the leadership team of CIPS. His main role is to ensure that CIPS provides its corporate and public sector customers globally with products and services that help them develop and improve their procurement and supply team’s capability. In addition, he is responsible for increasing the number of offices and partners that CIPS has globally, with a particular focus this year on the USA. Duncan has over 30 years procurement experience as a change driver working with senior executives and procurement leadership teams in the design and mobilisation of business-wide procurement processes & delivering improved business benefits. He’s had a specific interest throughout his career on implementing category management and developing the skills and capabilities of procurement teams. His procurement experience comes from working for Ford, Mars, Black & Decker, NTL (now Virgin Media) and RSA. As a senior consultant he worked for QP Group and Future Purchasing with clients such as Diageo, Barclays & Nestlé. Duncan regularly chairs & presents at procurement and supply conferences and forums, and is a spokesperson for CIPS for media interviews.

Meet Dr Ayanda Nteta (FCIPS) is a seasoned supply chain executive in the energy, manufacturing, banking and telecoms industries across various African countries. She has 20 years’ experience and an established track record in strategic sourcing, contract negotiations and supply chain for complex commodities. Ayanda has developed and implemented various sourcing strategies, including a USD70M enterprise development fund for the mining industry.  ayanda@ayandanteta.co.za

Adeyinka Banjo is the Head of Procurement at Sahara Group. With a career spanning over 2 decades within the Energy sector and FMCG, he has many stories to tell. A rainmaker is a person who produces distinctive and consistent financial performance in terms of profits, ROI & cashflow for a business. Mr. Banjo is one of this breed, he is a shrewd business leader, supply chain professional, a sourcing strategist with focus on ensuring availability and affordability ultimately delivering on profit and returns. Mr. Banjo, tells us about his journey from the shipyards to learning negotiations at Harvard Law School to implementing global strategy of a multinational covering West Africa within the FMCG sector. Simplify. Structure. Action.  If you want to contact him, he is on LinkedIn under his name.

Mandla Madi has been running a competent procurement and advisory firm for 25 years with focus on supply chain technology and procurement business process modeling. Starting his career with a computing degree in the decades ago. He is a certified Chartered MCIPS. Mandla is a proponent of customer centric procurement strategy and implementation. He can be contacted on https://www.bayajulaservices.com/contact/

In this episode we meet Dolly Makole, the governance supremo who never shys away from leading by example. She says procurement professionals must be rewarded more. Dolly doesn't believe in consequence management as a solution for higher compliance. In this episode she opens up on her start in procurement and details how she rose to be a top procurement governance go-to-expert. If you want to know how to deal with irregular expenditure in procurement, make sure you listen to the very end, for the cure of this governance pandemic. We ask, what if the Deputy Chief Justice leading the public enquiry into the allegations of corruption gives her a call, and he asks her, for advice on possible remedial action on  governance for public sector procurement. Listen to the podcast to hear more.

On this episode Simba meets Channon Hachandi, the Deputy Head of Procurement at WFP. He is a Zambian national based in Rome, at the World Food Programme headquarters, where he is responsible for procurement to support food and financial aid to over 100 million people in distress, in 84 countries, with an annual spent of USD$ 4 Billion for the World Food Programme. WFP is a UN agency for provision of food. He started his career in finance and transitioned to supply chain. Channon relies on his questioning skills to understand stakeholders needs resulting in problem solving. He makes an interesting connection between ethics and value for money.

This episode explores the journey of a successful procurement leader Dr. Faith Mashele FCIPS – she shares her sweet moments and biggest challenges. Simba’s conversational style and questions tap into nuggets of wisdom for you. Faith is the chairperson of the CIPS Gauteng Branch Committee. She joins us on this show to tell us about her experience and career. She is the Head of Procurement Centre of Excellence for Nedbank. What does it take to rise to this level.

In 2016, Simba received the CIPS Young Professional of the Year Award. What’s his secret? In this episode, Simba explains why MEET ME AT THE TOP podcast will empower procurement people. He tells us how this podcast will lead you to the top. He believes every procurement leader has trade secrets and lessons to learn from. The conversations on this podcast are designed to deliver that inspiration and instructions through storytelling.

This podcast is produced by CIPS GAUTENG BRANCH and it is dedicated to PROCUREMENT PEOPLE. We talk to procurement veterans about their work and careers. Each episode offers a unique peek behind the curtains. This show combines memorable stories with actionable insights from best-in-class procurement leaders to help you drive your procurement strategy and career into desired results. If you’re a procurement or supply chain professional— or you want to be one — this show is for you. The show has two goals: to share helpful information resources, and to inspire, hopefully making your journey as an procurement professional a little bit faster, easier, and maybe a little bit more fun. To help with that, we have guests every month on the show who are willing to share their stories and their advice.