Ben Smith Email & Phone Number

Ben Smith is a Commodities Procurement at Hovis Ltd. He possess expertise in supply management, esourcing, stakeholder engagement, commodity pricing, cost model development and 16 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Ben is the first person I met when I joined Tesco two years back and since then have worked with him on various eSourcing events driving savings, efficiency & compliance across Tesco Group. I believe, Ben’s strength lies in his patience to clearly understand the situation and communicate the plan effectively. He is very professional and methodical in his approach and is always available to support. He is a great asset for the team and it has been an absolute pleasure and great learning experience to work with him. Wish you all the very best Ben and a great & rewarding career ahead!!" and "I have worked with Ben since Sep 2010. During the 2 years since that time, Ben has been the key member of the Tesco eSourcing team, working to drive global adoption of technology and best practice, which has quadrupled spend and savings under management during this period. Ben has travelled extensively to promote best practice and lead the training of colleagues across Europe and Internationally and thanks to his efforts, established the central team in India, responsible for all offshore support, so important to the management, monitoring and reporting of eSourcing at Tesco. Ben's extensive knowledge of technology Buyers can use to track commodity intelligence and his ability to convince senior manager's about the importance of this data in the decision making process involved in supplier selection, commodity availability and price indexing has created new functions within Tesco and Ben has established himself at the core of that change, leading that and sharing his knowledge with internal stakeholders across the business at all levels. A great sense of humour, empathy and respect for others lies at the heart of what Ben stands for and I feel privileged to work with you Ben and watch as your career at Tesco progresses in the coming years."

Listed skills include Supply Management, Esourcing, Stakeholder Engagement, Commodity Pricing, and 17 others.

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  Enfield Grammar School

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